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Overseas Legal Links

United Kingdom	United States of America
New Zealand & South Pacific	Canada
Continental Europe	Asia
Comparative Law	International Law

Reference work for the School of Law (i.e. identify sources of ideas & quotes) usingAustralian Guide to Legal Citations (AGLC2) / Melbourne University
View or download AGLC2 here (167 pages)

United Kingdom

BAILLI : Collection of UK legislation and unreported versions of caselaw, affiliated with AustLII.

BUBL : Bulletin Board for Libraries Law webpage provides links to UK sites on many legal topics.

Court Service Website: Agency running most courts and tribunals in England & Wales, judgments from 1996-

Law Society of England and Wales: Professional body for solicitors in England and Wales

Law Society of Ireland : Overview of the work of the Law Society and of the legal profession in Ireland

Law Society of Scotland: Governing body for Scottish solicitors

Old Bailey Online: 55,000 full-text trials (1674-1799) and accounts of trials in London's central criminal court.

UK Parliament: Parliamentary information for House of Commons and House of Lords, includes hansards 1988-

UK Statute Law Database: Official primary legislation of the United Kingdom

United States of America

American Bar Association: Resources for legal professionals, including CLE materials, publications and legal news

Avalon Project (Yale Law School) : Historical documents on Law, History, Economics, Politics and Diplomacy

Findlaw: US Code, Court Decisions, some law reviews & a web search engine which may be limited to law materials

Legal Information Institute (Cornell Law School): U.S. legislation and caselaw, affiliated with AustLII

LLRX: Free online law journal focussing on law and technology for legal professionals

Thomas - Legislative Information on the Internet: Library of Congress database of legislative materials.

US Federal Courts Finder: Directory of U.S. federal courts and case law.

US House of Representatives: Information about representatives and issues currently being debated by the house

US Senate Information about senators, congressional committees and legislation i.e. bills currently under scrutiny

Whitehouse: Information about the current president and the US government

New Zealand and South Pacific

Law Commission of New Zealand: Reviews NZ law and supports government bodies in reviewing the Law.

Ministry of Justice, N.Z.: Links to court resources and policy materials across the justice sector.

New Zealand Government Web Pages: Official Gateway to New Zealand Government.

New Zealand Law Society: Professional association which represents all practising lawyers in New Zealand.

New Zealand Legal System : Overview of the law in New Zealand.

New Zealand Legislation : Free unofficial versions of New Zealand statutes and regulations.

NZLII: Collection of New Zealand legislation and cases, affiliated with AustLII

PacLII: Collection of Pacific Island legislation and cases, affiliated with AustLII

Treaty of Waitangi: information on the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand's founding document.

Canada

Access to Justice Network (ACJNet): Canadian federal and provincial statutes, regulations and decisions.

Best Guide to Canadian Legal Research: Tips for researching Canadian (and other Countries) laws.

Canadian Bar Association: Association of Canadian legal professionals

CanLII: Collection of Canadian legislation and cases, affiliated with AustLII

Canadian Parliament: Information about the Parliament and issues currently under consideration

Department of Justice, Canada: Information about Canadian Law Reforms and primary legal materials.

Findlaw, Canada: Index to Canadian legal materials on the web with links to resources of Provinces & Territories.

Supreme Court of Canada: Provides detailed information about the court and the Canadian judicial system.

Continental Europe

Council of Europe: Intergovernmental organisation established in 1949 to consolidate democracy in Europe.

EurLex: Access to European Union law: treaties, legislation, cases etc…

Europa: Gateway to the European Union providing information about the union and its member countries

European Court of Human Rights: Provides detailed information about the court and links to full-text decisions.

Institute of Advanced Legal Studies: Legal research guides for European Union member states.

Asia

AsianLaw: University of Melbourne Law School site aimed to develop Australian understanding of Asian law.

Asian Law Centre: University of Washington Law School site aimed to develop U.S. understanding of Asian law.

HKLII : Collection of Hong Kong legislation and cases, affiliated with AustLII

Japanese Law: English translations of legislation, links to useful sites including courts and government bodies

LawAsia: The Law Association for legal professionals of Asia and the Pacific Region.

Comparative Law

Aboriginal Law & Legislation : Indigenous laws from around the world

Agreements, Treaties and Negotiated Settlement Project (ATNS) examines treaty and agreement-making with Indigenous Australians and the nature of the cultural, social and legal rights encompassed by past, present and potential agreements and treaties.

Comparative & Foreign Law Guides: Individual country profiles provided by LLRX.com

Finding the Law - Islamic Law (Sharia): Information about Islamic Law

Globalex: Information on Comparative Law, International Law and foreign law research

Jurist: Law and the latest legal developments from around the world.

LawRunner: Directory of LawRunner home pages for every nation in the world, utilises the Google search engine.

Legal systems of the world : University of Ottawa site showing the different legal systems are of the world.

Official Government Web Pages by Country: Provides links to government web pages all around the world

World Fact Book: CIA site with detailed information about countries, including legal and political structures.

International Law

Human Rights Library:. University of Minnesota site linking to International human rights documents and materials.

International Criminal Law (ICL): International Criminal Court (ICC) cases and relevant commentary and statutes.

International Bar Association: largest international organisation of Law Societies, Bar Associations and lawyers.

International Court of Justice: Full-text documents, selected historic decisions and matters before the Court.

International Governmental Organisations: Links to intergovernmental organizations (IGOs).

Labordoc: International Labour Office site providing indexes, and some full-text, materials related to work.

Multilaterals Project a subject list of international multilateral conventions including treaties in the fields of the environment, human rights, commerce & trade and laws of war & arms control.

NATLEX: International Labour Organization site,with links to national labour, social security and related human rights legislation covering over 190 countries and over 160 territories and subdivisions.

Refugee Law Site: University of Michigan site, links to court decisions around the world defining the term "refugee".

Refworld the leader in refugee decision support, contains reports relating to situations in countries of origin, policy documents and positions, and documents relating to international and national legal frameworks.

United Nations: Collections of U.N. Resolutions, press releases and conference materials.

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change information about the international treaty that sets goals and rules for confronting climate change.

UN Pulse: UN Pulse alerts you to selected just-released UN online information,publications and documents.

WorldCourts.com provides information and research assistance in the area of international judicial organisations.