Australasian Databases -
a partly completed agenda
Australian '
National Law Collection
'
- all legislation from all 9 jurisdictions
- all
superior Courts from all 9 jurisdictions
- some caselaw available
within hours
of decision
- special databases such as
transcript
and
pre-1900 decisions
Lesser Courts and Tribunals, often the only source
- decisions of over 45 other Courts and Tribunals
- examples:
NSW Industrial Awards
;
Patent Office
;
WA Information Commissioner
;
NSW Residential Tribunal
- on target for comprehensive coverage of significant Australian Courts and Tribunals by 2003
Regional
and Common Law
databases
- Regional databases include
New Zealand,
Pacific Island nations and East Timor
- Common Law databases include Privy Council, UK and Ireland on
BAILII
(operated by AustLII)
Special collections
of secondary materials
-
treaties
,
law reform
reports,
indigenous law
, law journals etc
All databases, or combinations of them, can be searched together
Graham Greenleaf