Australasian Legal Information Institute
TheAustralasian Legal Information Institute(AustLII) is an institution operated jointly by the Faculties of Law of theUniversity of Technology Sydneyand theUniversity of New South Wales.Itspublic policypurpose is to improve access to justice through access to legal information.
Inception and aims
[edit]AustLII was established in 1995.[1][2]Founded as a joint program of the University of Technology Sydney and the University of New South Waleslaw schools,its initial funding was provided by theAustralian Research Council.[3]
Itspublic policypurpose is to improve access to justice through access to legal information.[4]
Content
[edit]AustLII content is publicly available legal information. Itsprimary sourceinformation includeslegislation,treatiesand decisions ofcourtsandtribunals.It also hosts secondary legal materials, includinglaw reformandroyal commissionreports, as well aslegal journals.[5] The AustLII databases include the complete text of all of the decisions of theHigh Court,[6]decisions of theFederal Courtfrom 1977 onwards (the decisions between 1977 and 1996 were selected by the Federal Court),[7]and decisions of theFamily Courtfrom 1988 onwards (as selected by the Family Court),[8]as well as a number of other federal and state courts and tribunals.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Electronic Law Journals – JILT 1997 (2) – AustLII's roles".University of Warwick.Retrieved4 March2010.
- ^"Law and Justice Foundation of NSW – History".Law and Justice Foundation of NSW.21 September 2007.Retrieved4 March2010.
- ^Carrick, Damien (19 June 2007)."The Law Report – AustLII funding crisis".Radio National.Retrieved4 March2010.
- ^"Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) – Description".Australian Competition & Consumer Commission.Archived fromthe originalon 28 June 2009.Retrieved4 March2010.
- ^"AustLII – Australasian Legal Information Institute".University of the Sunshine Coast.24 November 2009. Archived fromthe originalon 28 July 2011.Retrieved4 March2010.
- ^"High Court of Australia".Australasian Legal Information Institute. 1 October 2015.Retrieved1 October2015.
- ^"Federal Court of Australia".Australasian Legal Information Institute. 1 October 2015.Retrieved1 October2015.
- ^"Family Court of Australia".Australasian Legal Information Institute. 1 October 2015.Retrieved1 October2015.
External links
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