Faculty Of Business & Law Subject Resources

Websites For Law & Justice

CASES:
      Australian
      Foreign

LEGISLATION:
     Australian
     Foreign

LAW GATEWAYS

LAW BY TOPIC:
     Administrative Law
     Criminology
     Equal Opportunity
     Environmental Law
     Family Law
     Industrial Law
     Intellectual Property
     Law Reform
     Parliaments
     Taxation

Cases
Note FirstPoint via inDOOR is recommended for case research.

Cases - Australian
Administrative Appeals Tribunal - Administrative decisions of the Australian Government
Australian Industrial Relations Commission decisions - Commission decisions from 1983-2000
Family Court of Australia - Full text cases and citations
Federal Court of Australia - Decisions of the Federal Court of Australia

Cases – Foreign
BAILII – British and Irish Legal Information Institute - Full text cases and legislation of England & Wales, Ireland, Nth Ireland, Scotland, UK & Commonwealth, and European Union
CanLII –Canadian Legal Information Institute - Canadian full text cases and legislation
Court of Justice and Court of First Instance - European Union cases of the Court of Justice and Court of First Instance
Court Service - Full text judgments from British High Court and Court of Appeal
EUR-Lex - European case law, legislation, and treaties
House of Lords: judicial work and judgments - Judgments of UK House of Lords since Nov 1996
ICLR- Incorporated Council of Law Reporting - Publishers of the Daily Law Notes, Weekly Law Reports, and the Law Reports
Irish law site - Irish case law and legislation
Legal Information Institute: Supreme Court collection - US Supreme Court current and historic decisions
Proceedings of the Old Bailey - Accounts of criminal trials held at London’s central criminal court from 1674 to 1834
Supreme Court of Canada - Judgments from the Supreme Court Reports

Legislation
Note – AustLII is not recommended for Australian legislation as it may be out of date. Use Lawlex as the gateway site.

Legislation - Australian
ComLaw - Full text legislation of Commonwealth and non self-governing Territories
GovPubs: the Australian government publications guide - Guide to types of Australian government publications, such as Acts, Hansards, Parliamentary Papers, etc
LawLex - Searchable database of Australian Federal and State Government Acts
State Law Publisher - Full text Western Australian legislation, numbered and consolidated statutes and regulations. Access to Government Gazette, Industrial Gazette, Bills, Hansard, Index to WA Statutes.

Legislation - Foreign
BAILII – British and Irish Legal Information Institute - Full text cases and legislation of England & Wales, Ireland, Nth Ireland, Scotland, UK & Commonwealth, and European Union
CanLII –Canadian Legal Information Institute - Canadian full text cases and legislation
EUR-Lex - European case law, legislation, and treaties
Irish law site - Irish case law and legislation
Office of Public Sector Information - Full text of Public and Local Acts, and Statutory Instruments of the UK parliament
Thomas: legislative information on the Internet - US Congress Bills and Congressional Record
 

Law By Topic
 
Law by Topic - Administrative Law
Administrative Appeals Tribunal - Administrative decisions of the Australian Government  

Law by Topic – Criminology
Australian Institute of Criminology - Crime and criminal justice in Australia
Crime Research Centre - UWA Law School site for research into Crime
Proceedings of the Old Bailey - Accounts of criminal trials held at London’s central criminal court from 1674 to 1834

Law by Topic - Equal Opportunity
Equal Opportunity Commission of Western Australia - Various EOC publications and selected decisions of equal opportunity judiciaries and tribunals from Australia and international jurisdictions

Law by Topic - Environmental Law
Environmental Law - Directory of annotated links concerning environmental law
International environmental law - International environmental law sites

Law by Topic – Family Law
Family Court of Australia - Full text cases and citations
Family Court of Western Australia - Information about the Family Court of Western Australia, including court forms

Law by Topic – Government
Government of Australia - Commonwealth Government information
Government of Western Australia website - Information on government departments and agencies
J-Net – Western Australian Ministry of Justice information on courts, tribunals etc

Law by Topic – Industrial Law
Australian Industrial Relations Commission decisions - Commission decisions from 1983-2000

Law by Topic - Intellectual Property
IP Australia: - Information on patents, trade marks and designs

Law by Topic - Law Reform
Australian Law Reform Commission  - Full text ALRC Reports
Law Reform Commission of Western Australia  - Information on past and current projects
Law Commission for England and Wales - Full text UK Law Commission publications

Law by Topic – Parliaments
Parliament of Australia - Information on parliamentary Houses and committees, progress of legislation, and Hansard
Parliament of Western Australia - Information on Legislative assembly and legislative council committee, bills, and Hansard
United Kingdom parliament - Links to Hansard, parliamentary publications and archives

Law by Topic – Taxation
Australian Taxation Index - Links to Australian Taxation Office, State Taxation Offices, Taxation Institute of Australia
Statetax.com.au - Taxation information for Australian states and territories

Law Gateways
National Library: Australian law on the Internet - Comprehensive guide from the National Library of Australia
Jurist Australia: the legal education network - Case law citations, legislation links
LawLinks: legal information on the internet - British and Irish legal information with comprehensive links
LII: Legal Information Institute- US court opinions (Federal and State), US codes and legislation
LLRX: Comparative and foreign law guides - Guides to law and legal systems of Australian and various international jurisdictions
PacLII: Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute - Pacific island judgments & legislation
Weblaw - Co-operative subject gateway to internet resources for Australian legal researchers.
WorldLII: World Legal Information Institute - Full text international case law and legislation
World wide government information - Government information of various international jurisdictions

 
 
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