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Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law |
NetWatch: September 2000
| Author: | Anne Greenshields Librarian - Law, Murdoch University |
| Issue: | Volume 7, Number 3 (September 2000) |
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
The site includes "Notifications about referrals, assessments, and approvals", databases relevant to the act, agreements and declarations etc.
URL: http://www.environment.gov.au/epbc/index.htmlLaw Search Online from Ausinfo
Search or browse across Australian Commonwealth Government sites. Links to online resources and/or information about print material. Primary legal material on Scaleplus linked in to this site.
URL: http://www.lawsearch.gov.au/subsearch.asp
URL: http://scaleplus.law.gov.au/Welcome.html
Research Finder - Search Australian Research sites.
Research Finder is an internet search engine which searches exclusively the web sites of Australia's research organisations including Australia's 41 universities. The great majority of the 1.5 million pages is from the
university web sites. The index is updated on a 2-3 week cycle.
URL: http://panoptic.act.cmis.csiro.au/research-finder/Report on Parallel Importing (Australia).
Intellectual Property and Competition Review Committee (Ergas Committee) report on parallel importing under the Copyright Act 1968.
URL: http://www.ipcr.gov.au/ipcr/
BINAS Online and Regulations
"BINAS works together with OECD towards a common resource on harmonization in biotechnology. A joint page, BIOBIN, helps navigating between OECD's BioTrack Online and United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)'s BINAS (Biosafety Information Network and Advisory Service.)"
"United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Member States are increasingly putting in place systems of regulatory oversight to cover products of modern biotechnology intended for release to the environment."
A source for regulations, information on authorities, links to supranational bodies, international organisations and conventions.
URL: http://binas.unido.org/binas/index.php3
URL: http://binas.unido.org/binas/regs.php3Public Bills before Parliament (UK)
Alphabetic arrangement of public bills in both the House of Lords and the House of Commons. Includes link to bills which have become acts.
URL: http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/pabills.htmUNESCO Law and Culture - National Legislation.
"The present site permits free access to national legislations on authors rights and neighbouring rights, which are regularly communicated to UNESCO by its Members States." It is not obvious if the statutes are amended, so consider this a starting point for finding and downloading the relevant legislation. Verify currency status against other sources.
URL: http://www.unesco.org/culture/copy/index.html
Asian Human Rights Commission. Reports, discussion and journal. The site is regularly updated covering topical human rights issues for the region.
URL: http://www.ahrchk.net/index.html
Australian Public Law- Administrative Law - directory of Australian legal resources from Northern Territory University
URL: http://www.australianpubliclaw.com/
URL: http://www.australianpubliclaw.com/adminlaw.htm
BINAS Online and Regulations
"BINAS works together with OECD towards a common resource on harmonization in biotechnology. A joint page, BIOBIN, helps navigating between OECD's BioTrack Online and United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)'s BINAS (Biosafety Information Network and Advisory Service.)"
"United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Member States are increasingly putting in place systems of regulatory oversight to cover products of modern biotechnology intended for release to the environment."
A source for regulations, information on authorities, links to supranational bodies, international organisations and conventions.
URL: http://binas.unido.org/binas/index.php3
URL: http://binas.unido.org/binas/regs.php3ELSI - Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Human Genetics Research
"The ELSI Program was established in 1990 by the architects of the Human Genome Project to anticipate and address the ethical, legal and social issues that arise as the result of human genetic research". Reports and documents about policy, public affairs & legislation.
URL: http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/ELSI/OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
The home page reflects the diverse interests of the Organisation: extensive documentation and links in it specialist areas as well as interdisciplinary topics such as Human Rights, Biotechnology/Food Safety and Sustainable Development.
URL: http://www.oecd.org/
The Corporate Library (USA)
A "repository for research, study and critical thinking about the nature of the modern global corporation, with a special focus on corporate governance and the relationship between company management, their boards and shareowners". Reports, current awareness articles, company and news links.
URL: http://www.thecorporatelibrary.com/Electronic Commerce and the European Union
A rich site for information about ecommerce. Definitions, documents, discussion and policy papers abound. While European in focus there are many useful international links. Easy to navigate through.
URL: http://www.ispo.cec.be/ecommerce/OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
The home page reflects the diverse interests of the Organisation: extensive documentation and links in it specialist areas as well as interdisciplinary topics such as Biotechnology/Food Safety and Sustainable Development.
URL: http://www.oecd.org/United States Court of International Trade
Rules, directories and full text slip opinions of the Court (1999+) [pdf]
URL: http://www.uscit.gov/
International Child Abduction Database
Eestablished by the Permanent Bureau of The Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction providing an index to decisions relevant to the convention. Easy to use with a simple and advance search as well as a key word menu. Index entries provide a focused summary of the case, the "full summary" is available to subscribers.
URL: http://212.206.44.26/SEARCH
Set up by The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics (USA) it aims to improve the criminal justice system by improving information exchange and information management. Special projects such as "Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce" and "Drug Courts" provide a useful forum for exchange and sharing information.
URL: http://www.search.org/
Australian Public Law- Constitutional Law directory of Australian legal resources from Northern Territory University
URL: http://www.australianpubliclaw.com/
URL: http://www.australianpubliclaw.com/constithome.htm
Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) est 1983, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Aims to settle sports-related disputes through arbitration and mediation. Policy and procedural information and jurisdictional information for CAS and International Council of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS).
URL: http://www.tas-cas.org/default.htm
International Court of Arbitration : International Dispute Resolution Services
From the International Chamber of Commerce. Information about services as well as relevant documentation about rules, statistics, policy, reports etc.
URL http://www.iccwbo.org/index_court.aspUnited States Court of International Trade
Rules, directories and full text slip opinions of the Court (1999+) [pdf]
URL: http://www.uscit.gov/
Criminal Justice 2000
"To usher in the new millennium, the National Institute of Justice commissioned more than 30 criminal justice professionals to reflect on criminal justice research accomplishments and analyze current and emerging trends in crime and criminal justice practice in the United States." An impressive collection of essays available in pdf format.
URL: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/pubs-sum/cj2000.htmEuropean Judicial Network
Links and discussion to support judical cooperation in criminal matters in Europe post Maastricht Treaty. Documents, reports, resolutions etc.
URL: http://ue.eu.int/ejn/Famous Trials
Maintained by Professor Douglas O. Linder, a legal historian and professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School. Trial transcripts, historical background information, and social commentary surrounding 16 well-known trials - including the Salem Witchcraft trials, The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde (1895) .
URL: http://www.umkc.edu/famoustrialsIFCC: Internet Fraud Complaint Center
A USA initiative from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C).
URL: https://www.ifccfbi.gov/default.aspPolicing & Reducing Crime Unit (Home Office - UK)
A collection of papers, reports, and other research material related to police operations, and crime reduction. Most documents in pdf.
URL: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/prgpubs.htm
SEARCH
Set up by The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics (USA) it aims to improve the criminal justice system by improving information exchange and information management. Special projects such as "Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce" and "Drug Courts" provide a useful forum for exchange and sharing information.
URL: http://www.search.org/
Australian Public Law from the Northern Territory University
A directory of Australian legal resources. Three subject sub-directories worth noting are Administrative Law, Constitutional Law and Immigration Law
URL: http://www.australianpubliclaw.com/
URL: http://www.australianpubliclaw.com/adminlaw.htm
URL: http://www.australianpubliclaw.com/constithome.htm
URL: http://www.australianpubliclaw.com/immiglawhome.htmLaw Search Online from Ausinfo
Search or browse across Australian Commonwealth Government sites. Links to online resources and/or information about print material. Primary legal material on Scaleplus linked in to this site.
URL: http://www.lawsearch.gov.au/subsearch.asp
URL: http://scaleplus.law.gov.au/Welcome.html
Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) estb. 1983, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Aims to settle sports-related disputes through arbitration and mediation. Policy and procedural information and jurisdictional information for CAS and International Council of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS).
URL: http://www.tas-cas.org/default.htmInternational Court of Arbitration : International Dispute Resolution Services
From the International Chamber of Commerce. Information about services as well as relevant documentation about rules, statistics, policy, reports etc.
URL http://www.iccwbo.org/index_court.asp
ELTC - The Environmental Law Teachers' Clearinghouse (USA)
Links to US enviromental legislation and government reports make this a valuable site for non_US based researchers. Online discussion and 'public lectures' open the site to anyone interested in environmental law decisions. Well worth exploring.
URL: http://merlin.law.mercer.edu/elaw/elawres.htmEnvironment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
The site includes "Notifications about referrals, assessments, and approvals", databases relevant to the act, agreements and declarations etc.
URL: http://www.environment.gov.au/epbc/index.html
ELSI - Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Human Genetics Research
"The ELSI Program was established in 1990 by the architects of the Human Genome Project to anticipate and address the ethical, legal and social issues that arise as the result of human genetic research". Reports and documents about policy, public affairs & legislation.
URL: http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/ELSI/
International Child Abduction Database
Eestablished by the Permanent Bureau of The Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction providing an index to decisions relevant to the convention. Easy to use with a simple and advance search as well as a key word menu. Index entries provide a focused summary of the case, the "full summary" is available to subscribers.
URL: http://212.206.44.26/
Asian Human Rights Commission
Country comment, reports, a monthly journal Human Rights Solidarity covering human rights issues in Asia. (1997, Vol 8+). Invaluable for the human rights researcher.
URL: http://www.ahrchk.net/index.html
URL: http://www.ahrchk.net/solidarity/hrsolid.html
Australian Public Law- Immigration Law directory of Australian legal resources. (Northern Territory University)
Includes the papers from a 1997 conference "Retreating from the Refugee Convention?"
URL: http://www.australianpubliclaw.com/
URL: http://www.australianpubliclaw.com/immiglawhome.htm
URL: http://www.australianpubliclaw.com/Conferences/retreatinghome.htm
Copyright Resources on the Internet (Groton Public Schools Online, USA)
A directory and an annotated list of US copyright resources with an emphasis on those with an educational interest.
URL: http://groton.k12.ct.us/mts/pt2a.htmIDEA - The Journal of Law and Technology
Substantial full text articles from 1997 (Volume 38 +) from Franklin Pierce Law Center, focus on Intellectual Property issues.
URL: http://www.idea.fplc.edu/Report on Parallel Importing (Australia).
Intellectual Property and Competition Review Committee (Ergas Committee) report on parallel importing under the Copyright Act 1968.
URL: http://www.ipcr.gov.au/ipcr/Privacy and Human Rights 2000
"This survey, by EPIC and Privacy International, reviews the state of privacy in over fifty countries around the world. The survey examines a wide range of privacy issues including, data protection, telephone tapping, genetic databases". Easy to use, extensive links to relevant primary and secondary document.
URL: http://www.privacyinternational.org/survey/UNESCO Law and Culture - National Legislation.
"The present site permits free access to national legislations on authors rights and neighbouring rights, which are regularly communicated to UNESCO by its Members States." It is not obvious if the statutes are amended, so consider this a starting point for finding and downloading the relevant legislation. Verify currency status against other sources.
URL: http://www.unesco.org/culture/copy/index.html
Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) est 1983, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Aims to settle sports-related disputes through arbitration and mediation. Policy and procedural information and jurisdictional information for CAS and International Council of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS).
URL: http://www.tas-cas.org/default.htmInternational Child Abduction Database
Eestablished by the Permanent Bureau of The Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction providing an index to decisions relevant to the convention. Easy to use with a simple and advance search as well as a key word menu. Index entries provide a focused summary of the case, the "full summary" is available to subscribers.
URL: http://212.206.44.26/Report of the Panel on United Nations Peace Operations
URL: http://www.un.org/peace/reports/peace_operations/UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects
The conference will be held June/July 2001. Supporting documents, reports etc.
URL: http://www.un.org/Depts/dda/CAB/smallarms/United States Court of International Trade
Rules, directories and full text slip opinions of the Court (1999+) [pdf]
URL: http://www.uscit.gov/
Asian Human Rights Commission. Reports, discussion and journal. The site is regularly updated covering topical human rights issues for the region.
URL: http://www.ahrchk.net/index.htmlOECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
The home page reflects the diverse interests of the Organisation: extensive documentation and links in it specialist areas as well as interdisciplinary topics such as Biotechnology/Food Safety and Sustainable Development.
URL: http://www.oecd.org/Repertoire Of The Practice Of The Security Council
The Repertoire published by the UN Secretary-General "is the only analytical record of the practice of the Security Council, as reflected in its decisions, positive and negative, and related statements. It presents all the data relevant to the interpretation and application by the Security Council of the provisions of the UN Charter and the Council's provisional rules of procedure. However, the Repertoire is not a work of codification or interpretation."
URL: http://www.un.org/Depts/dpa/repertoire/
Human Rights Solidarity (1997, Vol 8+ issued monthly) from the Asian Human Rights Commission. Invaluable for the human rights researcher.
URL: http://www.ahrchk.net/index.html
URL: http://www.ahrchk.net/solidarity/hrsolid.htmlIDEA - The Journal of Law and Technology
Substantial full text articles from 1997 (Volume 38 +) from Franklin Pierce Law Center, focus on Intellectual Property issues.
URL: http://www.idea.fplc.edu/MagPortal.com
"MagPortal.com helps you find individual magazine articles on the web". Articles are arranged in a variety of "catagories" including Law, easy to browse through the 'catagories' and find relevant articles. Results displayed in reverse chronological order. The search engine looks for frequency of words used, repeating your critical term can increase the chance of meaningful results. See the help for more information.
URL: http://www.magportal.com
URL: http://www.magportal.com/c/soc/law/
Famous Trials
Maintained by Professor Douglas O. Linder, a legal historian and professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School. Trial transcripts, historical background information, and social commentary surrounding 16 well-known trials - including the Salem Witchcraft trials, The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde (1895) .
URL: http://www.umkc.edu/famoustrials
CIA World Factbook 2000
Latest edition of this reference work.
URL: http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/Dictionary of Science and Technology from Harcort and Academic Press.
130,000 terms defined in 130 fields of science. You can search or browse through subject areas to terms in alphabetic order. Very impressive coverage.
URL: http://www.harcourt.com/dictionary/Exploding Dictionary and Technojargon Dictionary
This site merges publicly available dictionaries into one listing. Search results are in two listings, the first text like, the second hypertext linked to further definitions. A companion site the "technojargon dictionary" is useful for translating the web and other computer technology into plain (or relatively plain) English.
URL: http://projects.ghostwheel.com/dictionary/
URL: http://projects.ghostwheel.com/technojargon/Foreignword.com
168 dictionary link for 61 languages, machine translation for 19 languages, links to over 1001 glossaries, and a directory of over 1800 translators. Worth trying -our test indicated that searches in European languages were more effective than those in Asian languagues.
URL: http://www.foreignword.com/Guinness World Records
Just what you would expect - bizarre, "remarkable and strange" information. Information is accessed through menus and search engines. Heavy use of graphics and plug-ins can make pages very slow to load.
URL: http://www.guinnessworldrecords.comResearch Finder - Search Australian Research sites.
Research Finder is an internet search engine which searches exclusively the web sites of Australia's research organisations including Australia's 41 universities. The great majority of the 1.5 million pages is from the
university web sites. The index is updated on a 2-3 week cycle.
URL: http://panoptic.act.cmis.csiro.au/research-finder/
BINAS Online and Regulations
"BINAS works together with OECD towards a common resource on harmonization in biotechnology. A joint page, BIOBIN, helps navigating between OECD's BioTrack Online and United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)'s BINAS (Biosafety Information Network and Advisory Service. A source for regulations, information on authorities, links to supranational bodies, international organisations and conventions.
URL: http://binas.unido.org/binas/index.php3
URL: http://binas.unido.org/binas/regs.php3Electronic Commerce and the European Union
A rich site for information about ecommerce. Definitions, documents, discussion and policy papers abound. While European in focus there are many useful international links. An easy site to navigate through.
URL: http://www.ispo.cec.be/ecommerce/