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• Acts and Regulations
• Cases
• Industrial Awards and Agreements
• Treaties
• International Organisations
• Current interest
• Legal Electronic Journals
• Newspapers
• Update Bulletins/ Legal News Services

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Hansard / Parliamentary Debates

• Parliament of Australia Hansard home page contains links to Senate and House of Representatives (1996 + only)  and a  search engine (look under "Comprehensive search" on homepage.
• Australian Federation fulltext database from University of Sydney Library's SETIS program
• NSW ParliamentHansard
• ACT Hansard
• Northern Territory Hansard
• Queensland Parliament Hansard
• Queensland Parliament Hansard - historical versions
• South Australian Parliament Hansard
• Tasmanian ParliamentHansard
• Victorian Parliament Hansard
• Western Australian Hansard

• New Zealand Hansard Current year only
• UK Hansard - Commons and  House of Lords
• U.S.Congressional Record
  see alsorelated links Government Sites

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Legislation

Bills

NOTE: for subscription services, see our Law Databases - Legislation page

• BillsNet the text of bills, Daily Bills List, Explanatory Memoranda (linked to individual bills)
• CommonwealthBills Digest: contains bills summaries and related material, (produced by the Parliamentary Library)
• Index to Explanatory Memoranda 1901-1982 - for an index to Explanatory Memoranda 1901-1982. From 1982 - they are listed in BillsNet.
• Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia for related parliamentary materials and Guide to Australian legislation from the Australian Parliamentary Library. A guide to the passage of legislation, statutory interpretation etc., with links
• ScalePlus Bills of the Commonwealth and non-self-governing Territories. Also ComLaw January 2005 Current material being loaded into ComLaw, eventually to replace Scaleplus.
• LAWLEX from Anstat. Bills from the Commonwealth, NSW, Victoria and Queensland, and Explanatory Memoranda ( click here for password for alert service)
• GovPubs: the Australian Government Publications Guide a guide to bills on the internet
• NSW Parliament.  Bills List
• Northern Territory Bills
• Victorian Bills and Explanatory Memoranda
• South Australia:   House of Assembly and Legislative Council Bills   
• Queensland bills and explanatory memoranda
• Passage of Bills - Parliament of Tasmania
• Australian Capital Territory bills from the ACT Parliamentary Counsel's Office

• UKParliament - Bills before Parliament
• U.S.Congress (Thomas)
• Canadian bills from the Canadian Parliament site
• South African bills from the South African Government Information homepage - documents link

Tip: We recommend you also try looking for the homepage of the relevant Government Department, using the indexes linked in Government sites.

Acts and Regulations

NOTE: for subscription services, see our Law Databases - Legislation page

Free legislation services include:

Australia

• SCALEplus and ComLaw January 2005 Current material being loaded into ComLaw, eventually to replace Scaleplus.
• AustLII
• LAWLEX Australian legislation, (plus NSW, Qld, NT and Victoria) from Anstat.
• GovPubs: the Australian Government Publications Guide a guide to government publications on the internet
• Federal Register of Legislative Instruments (FRLI) (including regulations, rules, by-laws, disallowable orders, determinations, declarations, proclamations and the legislation of non self-governing Territories).
• Guide to Australian legislation from the Australian Parliamentary Library. A guide to the passage of legislation, statutory interpretation etc., with links

New South Wales

• New South Wales legislation from the Parliamentary Counsel's Office. Includes Acts and regulations in force, Acts 'as made' from 1990, and repealed Acts
• New South WalesActs from AustLII New South WalesRegulations from AustLII

Queensland

• Queensland Legislation from the Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel

South Australia

• South Australian Legislation from the South Australian Parliament
• Index to South Australian public Acts and Regulations from the Australian Law Librarians Group (SA Division)

Victoria

• Victorian Acts and Statutory Rules from the Victorian Government
• Victorian Acts and Victorian Regulations from AustLII

Western Australia

• Western Australian Acts and Regulations from the State Law Publisher of Western Australia

Northern Territory

• Northern Territory Legislation

Australian Capital Territory

• Australian Capital Territory Acts and Regulations

Tasmania

• Tasmanian Legislation from the Tasmanian Government
• Christmas Island and Cocos-Keeling Island Acts and Ordinances from SCALEplus

Commonwealth

• Commonwealth Legislation from CommonLII

New Zealand

• New Zealand Legislation Acts and Regulations, from the NZ Parliamentary Counsel Office

United Kingdom

• UK Statute Law Database (provided by the Department for Constitutional Affairs) - the official revised edition of the primary legislation of the United Kingdom made available online. Legislation available from 1267+
• United Kingdom Acts (provided by HMSO) 1988 + only  U.K. Statutory Instruments 1987 +
• BAILII, the British and Irish Legal Information Institute.
Laws of England and Wales, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland and United Kingdom
• Lawfinder - Provides access to United Kingdom legislation and parliamentary publications, including command papers.
• Legislation of Scotland from HMSO

Europe

• Eur-Lex Includes primary materials from the Europan Union.
• Celex European Community's database of legislation, caselaw and publications. (Free access now available) Note: no longer updated since 1 January 2005; it can be used to search for documents dated before 31 December 2004. For current legislation see Eur-Lex.

Germany

• German legislation. In German language. Official site from the German Ministry of Justice

United States

• US Code and  US Code Popular Names Table (Cornell University)
• U.S. State Law Resources (provided by Findlaw)
• Lexis and Westlaw (access for password holders only)

Hong Kong

• Hong Kong ordinances and regulations from the Hong Kong Legal Information Institute (HKLii)

Canada

• Consolidated Statutes and Regulations of Canada (Dept. of Justice)
• Canadian Statutes and Regulations from CanLII, the Canadian Legal Information Institute

South Pacific

• Countries of the Pacific legislation from PacLII. Countries include Cook Islands, Fiji Islands, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvulu, Vanuatu etc.
• Philippines laws provided by Pinoylaw.com
• Philippines laws provided by Chan Robles law firm

India

• India - Bare Acts and Rules

Singapore

• Singapore Statutes Online

South Africa

• Acts of South Africa

Thailand

• Acts, Bills, Regulations of Thailand from the Thai Law Reform Commission website

World

• AustlII's World Legislation links - World legislation
• Constitution Finder

  see alsorelated links Government Sites

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Cases

NOTE: for subscription services, see our Law Databases - Cases page

Australia

• AustlII contains caselaw from Commonwealth and most State jurisdictions, including some tribunals.
• High Court cases since 1947, from AustLII
• Federal Court judgments
• Federal Magistrates Service Significant judgments
• Corporate Law Judgments  - selected and maintained by the Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation and Faculty of Law, Melbourne University
• Lawlink: New South Wales Court and Tribunal Decisions (NSW Attorney-General's Department)
  Includes Supreme Court cases, 1999-   and
  Court of Appeal cases, 1999-  
  NSW Local Court cases, 2002-  
  NSW District Court Cases, 2006-  
• Decisions of the Superior Courts ofNew South Wales, 1788-1899  - selected and edited by Bruce Kercher, Division of Law, Macquarie University
• Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court judgments
• Northern Territory Supreme Court judgments
• Queensland judgments from Jan. 2000 onwards from Queensland Courts
• South Australia Supreme Court judgments from AustLII
• Tasmania Supreme Court judgments from AustLII
• Western Australia Supreme Court judgments from AustLII
• Summaries of recent cases:
  Publishers homepages . For example, Lawbook Co. includes Weekly judgment summaries

  Foreign Courts

  • WorldLII Select by country or alphabetically by court

  New Zealand

  • Brooker's Court of Appeal Cases
  Judicial Decisions of Public Interest Selected judgments from the Supreme Court and High Court, from the NZ Ministry of Justice
  • New Zealand Courts and Case Law from WorldLII

  Pacific Countries

  • Pacific countries from PacLII. Countries include Cook Islands, Fiji Islands (including Fiji Law Reports), Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvulu, Vanuatu etc.

  Philippines

  • Philippines Supreme Court decisions provided by Pinoylaw.com
  • Supreme Court decisions of the Philippines provided by Chan Robles law firm

  United Kingdom

  • UK, England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland cases (from BAILII, the British and Irish Legal Information Institute)
  • UKHouse of Lords (selected, since 1996)
  • Daily law notes summaries of the most recent judgments of the House of Lords, the Privy Council, the Court of Appeal and all divisions of the High Court. Provided by The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales
  • TimesLaw Reports:  The Times Law Report for today, and facility to search back issues for cases from Jan.1996
  • Selected judgments from Court Service
  • Casetrack - Courts of Appeal, High Court, QBD (including Crown Office), Chancery and Employment Appeals Tribunal judgmentsfrom Smith Bernal. Password required - University of Sydney students and staff email Law Library for password
  • Lawfinder - Provides access to selected United Kingdom, Scottish, Northern Ireland and European cases.
  • Proceedings of the Old Bailey containing accounts of over 100,000 criminal trials from 1714, held at London's central criminal court.
  • English Year Book Reports, 1268 - 1535 - an index and paraphrase of the printed reports.
    Compiled by David J. Seipp

  Hong Kong

  • Hong Kong Legal Information Institute Judgments from the Court of Final Appeal, Court of Appeal, Court of First Instance, District Court,Family Court and Lands Tribunal.

  European Union

  • Court of Justice of the European Communities cases from the Court of Justice and Court of First Instance
  • Institute of Global Law Summaries in English of French German and Austrian cases in the fields of constitutional, administrative, contract and tort law.

  United States

  • U.S. Federal and State Decisions(provided by Lexnotes)
  • U.S.Federal Courts Finder  (Emory Law Library)
  • U.S.Supreme Court Decisions (searchable database provided by Findlaw)
  • Links to US Judgments provided by WorldLII
  • Lexis and Westlaw (access for password holders only)

  Canada

  • Cases from Canadian courts collected by Lexum
  • Cases from Canadian courts (Federal and Provincial) from CanLII (Canadian Legal Information Institute)
  • Cases from Canadian administrative tribunals collected by Lexum

  Japan

  • Prominent judgments from theSupreme Court published by the Supreme Court of Japan

  International Law Courts and Tribunals

  • WorldLII's International Courts & Tribunals Project
  • Also, see our Weblaw link:
  • International Law: Courts, Tribunals and their Decisions

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  Industrial Awards and Agreements

  • WageNet: Australian Industrial relations information site, contains awards and agreements
  • NewSouth Wales Awards
    

     see our Weblaw Industrial Law Subject Guide for more links

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  Treaties

  See our Weblaw International Law Guide for comprehensive links to international law resources on the Web. For example,

  • Australian Treaty List (on Austlii)
  • United Nations Treaty Series  Treaty Reference Guide
  • UK Treaties from 2002
  • Pacific Islands Treaty Series via PacLII
  • FletcherSchool of Law and Diplomacy Multilateral treaties database
  • ENTRI: Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators

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International Organisations

See our Weblaw International Law Guide for comprehensive links to international law resources on the Web. For example,

• UN Documentation Centre
• Commission of the European Communities - Documents (Com.documents)
• WTO and GATT dispute settlement reports

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