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Researching Australian, New Zealand and Papua New Guinean Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 September 2014

Carole L. Hinchcliff ,
Megan Fitzgibbons  and
Claudia Davies
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Abstract

In this paper Carole Hinchcliff, Megan Fitzgibbons and Claudia Davies review free resources that can be used when researching the law in Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea. Background descriptions of the countries' legal systems are provided, along with brief descriptions of websites which provide access to the legislation and case law of the relevant jurisdictions. The article is based on a presentation developed by Carole, and subsequently delivered by Megan and Claudia, at the International Federation of Library Association (IFLA) meeting in August, 2013.

Keywords

free legal informationlegal researchlegal sources
Type
International Perspectives
Information
Legal Information Management , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , September 2014 , pp. 193 - 201
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s) 2014. Published by British and Irish Association of Law Librarians 

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Footnotes

1 See Council of Australian Law Deans, Studying Law in Australia, http://www.cald.asn.au/slia/lawschools.php

2 http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/lawlibrary/research-tools/research-guides

3 http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/index.html

4 http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/australia.htm

5 http://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide/nations.php

6 http://www.loc.gov/law/help/foreign.php

7 http://guides.lib.monash.edu/legal-abbreviations

8 http://www.legalabbrevs.cardiff.ac.uk/

9 http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/browse/foreign-law-guide

10 http://www.austlii.edu.au/

11 http://www.dfat.gov.au/treaties/

12 Graham Greenleaf, ‘Policy Foundations of AustLII: One Approach to Free Access to Law’, presentation at AustLII Research Seminar, 4 June 2013, http://www.austlii.edu.au/austlii/seminars/2013/AustLIIRS_0613PPTs.pdf.

13 http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/special/legalhistory/

14 http://ozcase.library.qut.edu.au/

15 http://www.austlii.edu.au/lawcite/

16 https://jade.barnet.com.au/Jade.html

17 http://www.hcourt.gov.au/

18 http://www.hcourt.gov.au/library/high-court-bulletin

19 http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/hca/bulletin/

20 http://www.comlaw.gov.au/

21 http://my.lawlex.com.au/

22 According to the ‘more info’ page on Legify, http://legify.com.au

23 http://www.ecolex.org/

24 http://faolex.fao.org/

25 http://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex_browse.home

26 http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/

27 http://www.refworld.org/type,LEGISLATION,NATLEGBOD,,,,0.html

28 http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/

29 http://www.loc.gov/law/help/maori-customary-law.php

30 http://www.nzlii.org/

31 https://forms.justice.govt.nz/jdo/Introduction.jsp

32 https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/from/decisions/judgments

33 http://www.waikato.ac.nz/library/resources/resource-lists/directory-of-decisions

34 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/

35 Parliamentary Counsel Office, ‘Official online legislation now available through this website’ 6 January 2014, http://www.legislation.govt.nz/news.aspx#official

36 http://www.pngjudiciary.gov.pg/home/

37 http://www.paclii.org/pg/

38 See PacLII disclaimer at http://www.paclii.org/paclii/disclaimers.html

39 See PacLII ‘about’ page at http://www.paclii.org/paclii/