AustLII Guide to Legal Research on the Web

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• 1. Introduction
• 2. A Brief Guide to Using the Internet
• 3. Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII)
• 4. Special features of AustLII databases - legislation, case law, and others
• 5. World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII)
• 6. SCALEplus
• 7. Butterworths Online
• 8. Other major Australian law sites
• 9. Using internet search engines to find law

Legal Research on the Internet

The AustLII Guide to Worldwide Law on the Web

Version: 26 February 2003

Graham Greenleaf, Andrew Mowbray and Philip Chung

Graham Greenleaf, Co-Director, AustLII - graham@austlii.edu.au

Andrew Mowbray, Co-Director, AustLII - andrew@austlii.edu.au

Philip Chung, Executive Director, AustLII - philip@austlii.edu.au

Contents

(see Detailed Table of Contents next page)

Preface

The text of the guide was written originally by Graham Greenleaf. This edition was produced with the assistance of Madeleine Davis.

The subject matter of this guide is to a large extent the internet searching, automated mark-up and indexing software written by Andrew Mowbray, Daniel Austin, Philip Chung, Geoffrey King, and other AustLII staff members and used by AustLII. It is also derived in parts from their user documentation for those programs.

Philip Chung

25 February 2003

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This Guide will be updated periodically. Please ensure that you have the most up-to-date version. In due course, a copy of the most up-to-date version will be available on-line from AustLII, for the purpose of on-line use, and for individuals to print their own copies. Please check ‘About AustLII ...’ to see if the on-line version is available.

Detailed Table of Contents