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Law in Other Jurisdictions

The following jurisdictions have been selected to reflect the collection housed in the C J Koh Law Library. The legal systems, except those of China and Europe, are based on the English common law system.
 
  Australia
 
Legislation/
Parliament

AustLII (Australasian Legal Information Institute)
Full text databases contain consolidated Commonwealth and state legislation. The Australian Treaties Library which includes texts from the Australian Treaty Series is also housed here.

ComLaw (Commonwealth of Australia Law)
Contains the only database of Australian Government legislation that is authoritative for the purposes of legal proceedings. Managed by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing within the Attorney General's Department.

Parliament of Australia
Online access to the Hansard as well as bills and accompanying explanatory memoranda.
 

Case Law/
Courts
AustLII (Australasian Legal Information Institute)
Full text databases contain decisions of most Australian courts and tribunals.

Federal Court of Australia
Fully searchable index of judgments, access to reserved judgments and videos/audios of judgment summaries.

High Court of Australia
Judgments, transcripts, practice directions and annual reports of the High Court.
 

Government/
Official
Documents

Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC)
Full texts of the Commission's publications, including reports and consultation papers. Full text of past issues, and summaries of current issues of Reform journal.

Publications.gov.au
Full texts of government publications including the Commonwealth of Australia Gazettes.

www.gov.au
Access to information and services of Australian, state, territory and local governments.
 

General

Attorney-General's Department
For information relating to Australia's system of law and justice, and its national security.

AustLII (Australasian Legal Information Institute)
A major resource of Australian legal information jointly operated by the Faculties of Law at the University of Technology, Sydney and the University of New South Wales. Contains full text databases of Commonwealth and state legislation as well as decisions of most Australian courts and tribunals. AustLII also houses a number of more specialised databases (such as the Australian Treaties Library) as well as an index to Australian law on the Internet.

Australian Copyright Council
Information on the copyright laws of Australia.

Australian Law: Selected Websites
Guide to Australian law resources published by the National Library of Australia.

WebLaw
A cooperative subject gateway to Australian legal resources on the Internet. The WebLaw project is coordinated by the Walter Harrison Law Library, University of Queensland.
 

Database LexisNexis AU
Database housing a wide range of Australian legal materials. Excellent for Australian legal research. Includes:
  • Australian Corporation & Securities Reports
  • Australian Law Reports
  • Unreported judgments
  • Australian Current Law
  • Casebase
  • Halsbury's Laws of Australia

Access: NUS staff and students access via the NUS Libraries E-Resources.

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Canada
 
Legislation/
Parliament
CanLII (Canadian Legal Information Institute)
Free access to Canadian federal, provincial and territorial legislation.

Justice Laws Web Site
Point-in-time access to consolidated Canadian Acts and regulations. Browse by title or use the advanced search engine. Administered by the Department of Justice.

Parliament of Canada
Access to bills and parliamentary debates.
 

Case Law/
Courts
CanLII (Canadian Legal Information Institute)
Free access to Canadian federal, provincial and territorial case law.

Federal Court of Canada
Full text Federal Court decisions (1990,1991,1995-). Information on court processes and procedures.
Links to other Canadian court decisions.

Federal Courts Reports (FCR)
Court reports (vol. 1993-) published by the Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs.

Judgments of the Supreme Court of Canada
Database of Supreme Court Reports (SCR) dating back to 1876. Collaborative effort of the Supreme Court of Canada, Lexum and the Research Chair of Legal Information of the Law Faculty at the University of Montreal.

Government/
Official Publications
 
Government of Canada
Access to Canadian government information and services.
 
General

CanLII (Canadian Legal Information Institute)
An essential component of the legal information system in Canada, providing an integrated website for primary sources of Canadian federal, provincial and territorial law. Produced by the LexUM Laboratory and funded by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada.

LawNet Alberta
Formerly known as ACJNet. Contains links to legal news and various Canadian legal resources. This is a programme of the Legal Resource Centre of Alberta in association with the Faculty of Extension, University of Alberta.

JURIST Canada
A web-based legal news and real-time legal research service. The Canadian affiliate of JURIST: the Legal Education Network, is hosted by the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto.

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China
 
Legislation/
Parliament
iSinoLaw
Subscription database providing access to comprehensive and up-to-date statutes released by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, the Legal Affairs Office of the State Council, the Supreme People’s Court and other authorities as well as those recognised by the Legislation Law of the People’s Republic of China and the relevant provisions.

China Legislative Information Network System
Database of China laws administered by the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council.

 

Case Law/
Courts
Supreme People's Court of the Republic of China
Information on the judicial system, and selected full text laws of the People's Republic of China.
 
Government Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China
Official Web Portal of the Central People's Government. Gateway to official publications, including white papers, and laws and regulations.
 
General

CHINA.ORG.CN
The China Internet Information Center provides access to up-to-date information on China laws and policies. This authorised government portal site to China is published under the auspices of the State Council Information Office and the China International Publishing Group in Beijing.

Judicial Protection of IPR in China
Laws and judgments relating to intellectual property law in China. Managed by a group of IP law judges, the main sponsor being Mr Jiang Zhipei, the chief judge and director of IPR Tribunal, Supreme People's Court of China.

WorldLII: China
Contributors to this index to China laws are the Asian Development Bank, the Tsinghua University School of Law, the Hong Kong Legal Information Institute and AustLII.
 

Database LawInfoChina
Database providing access to Chinese laws and regulations, cases, gazettes, law journals and legal news.
Access: NUS staff and students access via NUS Libraries E-resources.

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Europe
 
General

Council of Europe
Important information on human rights, in particular recent judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. Council of Europe Treaties are also available here.

Europa (The European Union On-Line)
Portal site of the European Union. Information on policies administered by the EU as well as access to websites of EU institutions including the

EUR-Lex
Portal to European Union Law which incorporates the CELEX service. This system makes it possible to consult the Official Journal of the European Union and includes inter alia treaties, legislation, case law and legislative proposals.

The EFTA Secretariat
Publications of the European Free Trade Association.

The Jean Monnet Program
Resources include the Jean Monnet Working Papers with the European Research Papers Archive. Managed by the Jean Monnet Center of International and Regional Economic Law & Justice, NYU School of Law.
 

Database Justis
Database containing EU law including the Official Journal and EU cases.
Access: NUS staff and students access via NUS Libraries E-resources.

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Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the PRC
 
Legislation/
Parliament
Bilingual Laws Information System (BLIS)
Database of the Laws of Hong Kong maintained by the Department of Justice. Contains the statutory laws of Hong Kong SAR and selected constitutional documents.

Department of Justice
Information on the Hong Kong legal system. Full text of the Basic Law and full texts of treaties applicable to the Hong Kong SAR.

Hong Kong Treaty Project
The Project has compiled a Hong Kong Treaty Database which can be used to research the status of international treaties applicable to the Hong Kong SAR. Find information concerning the applicability of treaties to Hong Kong prior to the change of sovereignty, and their applicability to the People's Republic of China. Administered by the Centre for Comparative and Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong.

HKLII (Hong Kong Legal Information Institute)
Databases provide access to Hong Kong SAR ordinances and regulations.

Legislative Council
Proceedings of Council meetings (Hansard), bills, subsidiary legislation and rules of procedure.
 

Case Law/
Courts
HKLII (Hong Kong Legal Information Institute)
Databases containing cases from from the various Hong Kong SAR courts and tribunals.

Judiciary
Official website of the Hong Kong SAR judiciary. Includes practice directions and selected judgments of the various levels of courts.
 

Government/
Official Documents
GovHK
Gateway to all databases of government departments in Hong Kong SAR. Useful information includes links to consultation papers, government gazettes and laws.

The Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong (LRC)
A full list of the Law Commission's reports and consultation papers are published, but only a selection are available in full text.
 

General

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx)
Information includes rules and regulations governing Hong Kong's securities and futures markets.

HKLII (Hong Kong Legal Information Institute)
Free access to Hong Kong primary legal materials and some publicly available secondary materials. A project of the China IT and Law Centre.

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India
 
Legislation/
Parliament

India Code
The India Code Information System (INCODIS) contains all Central Acts of Parliament from 1836 onwards. The full texts of recent bills have also been added. Updated by the Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice.

Indian Parliament
Parliamentary debates and bills as well as legislative bills of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

indlaw.com
Subscribers to this database have access to Indian Acts, rules, bills, ordinances and treaties.
 

Case Law/
Courts
Indian Courts
Indiancourts is a bouquet of websites of the Supreme Court and all 21 High Courts and their Benches in India, providing single point access to information related to the Supreme Court and any High Court in India.  

indlaw.com
Subscription database containing judgments of the Indian High Courts and the Supreme Court of India. Free access to the latest legal updates.

Judgments Information System (JUDIS)
Website contains judgments of the Supreme Court of India and several High Courts. In the case of the Supreme Court, all reported Judgments which are published in SCR Journal since its inception (i.e. 1950) till date are available.

 

Government/
Official Documents
 
india.gov.in
The national portal of India. See also GOI Web Directory.

Law Commission of India
Full text of the Law Commission's reports from Report no.1.

Ministry of Law & Justice
Information on the work of the Ministry and its various departments.
 

General CommonLII: Resources: India
Database of Indian legal resources available on CommonLII.

indlaw.com
Subscription database providing research modules relating to Indian legal, tax, business and regulatory issues. Access to both primary and secondary legal documents.
 

Database Manupatra
Source of Indian primary and secondary legal sources. Includes Central and several state bare acts, bills, notifications as well as cases from the Supreme Court and High Courts.
Access: NUS staff and students access via NUS Libraries E-resources.

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New Zealand
 
Legislation/
Parliament

Knowledge Basket: LegislationNZ
Free to browse original versions of Acts (1987-2007), regulations (1987-2008) and bills (2004-7). Do take note that legislation contained here is historical and unconsolidated.

New Zealand Legislation
Searchable database of up-to-date but unofficial versions of Acts and regulations. Published by the Parliamentary Counsel Office.

New Zealand Parliament
Publications include legislation, bills, Hansard (2003-), select committee reports and parliamentary papers.
 

Case Law/
Courts

Ministry of Justice
This site provides information about court functions and processes.

NZ Case Law
Databases administered by NZLII, providing access to case law from NZ courts and tribunals, including the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court.
 

Government/
Official Documents

Law Commission (Te Aka Matua O Te Ture)
Background information on the work of the New Zealand Law Commission as well as full texts of the Commission's publications (1969/70-).

newzealand.govt.nz
Official gateway to New Zealand government websites.
 

General NZLII (New Zealand Legal Information Institute)
NZLII, a joint project of the University of Otago Faculty of Law, the Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Law and AustLII, provides free access to primary and secondary legal information.

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Pacific Islands
 
General PacLII (Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute)
Initiative of the University of the South Pacific School of Law containing legislation and court decisions from the Pacific Islands including Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Tonga.
 

 
South Africa
 
Legislation/
Parliament
Parliament of the Republic of South Africa
Access to the Hansard, parliamentary papers, bills and Acts.

SAFLII (Southern African Legal Information Institute)
Apart from South African consolidated legislation, this database also provides links to legislation from other countries in Southern and Eastern Africa.
 

Case Law/
Courts
Constitutional Court of South Africa
Rules and judgments of the Court.

SAFLII (Southern African Legal Information Institute)
Cases from the various South African courts. Also contains cases from other countries in Southern and Eastern Africa.
 

Government/
Official Documents
South Africa Government Online
Documents available on this website include legislation, bills, notices, white papers and green papers.
 
General

SAFLII (Southern African Legal Information Institute)
Provides free online access to the primary legal materials (legislation, treaties and decisions of courts and tribunals) of 16 Southern and Eastern African countries.

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United Kingdom
 
Legislation/
Parliament
BAILII (British and Irish Legal Information Institute)
Access to UK, Irish, Northern Ireland, Scottish and Welsh legislation.

Legislation.co.uk
This is now the official website for UK legislation. It combines legislative content previously held on the OPSI website and revised legislation from the Statute Law Database to provide a single legislation service. The OPSI and SLD websites have been decommissioned with users re-directed to this new service.

UK Treaties Online (Foreign & Commonwealth Office)
Access to details of over 14,000 treaties involving the UK. Treaty records are based on information received by the FCO Treaty Section.

United Kingdom Parliament
Valuable resources include the Hansard, current bills and select committee reports. The Hansard Digitisation Project enables you to search for historic Hansard (1803-1995).
 

Case Law/
Courts

BAILII (British and Irish Legal Information Institute)
Search this database for cases from British and Irish courts and tribunals. Cases include recent ones bearing the neutral citations :

English Reports (1220-1873)
The nominate reports are available in CommonLII.

House of Lords Judgments: Archive
Judgments from 14 Nov 1996-30 July 2009 published on the UK Parliament website. The judicial role of the House of Lords as the highest appeal court in the UK has ended and has been taken over by the Supreme Court.

Judicial Committee of the Privy Council: Decided Cases
Judgments from 1999 onwards, and key judgments prior to 1999.

The Supreme Court
In October 2009, The Supreme Court replaced the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords as the highest court in the United Kingdom. Court cases and procedures are available through this website.

WLR Daily
Summaries of significant decisions published daily by the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales.
 

Government/
Official
Publications

Competition Commission
Includes CC Rules (CC1-CC12) and Inquiry Reports (1950-).

Directgov
The official UK public service information provider.

Law Commission
The Law Commission Library contains full texts of the Commission's publications, including reports and consultation papers.

Ministry of Justice
Department involved in the administration of justice in the UK. The website contains consultation papers as well as Civil and Criminal Procedure Rules.

official-documents
Official Documents is the official reference facility for Command and departmentally sponsored House of Commons Papers. From May 2005 onwards, all Command Papers and House of Commons Papers, as well as Key Departmental Papers, are available for free on the site in PDF format. Published by TSO.
 

General

BAILII (British and Irish Legal Information Institute)
BAILII provides access to the most comprehensive collection of British and Irish primary legal materials on the Internet. The OpenLaw project has now added books and journals to BAILII. European Union case law is also available. BAILII is hosted by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London and the Law Faculty, University College, Cork.

Lawlinks
The Templeman Library, University of Kent, has compiled an annotated list of legal web resources. This award-winning site is excellent for its links to UK legal resources.

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United States of America
 
Legislation/
Congress
Legal Information Institute (LII)
Includes links to the U.S. Code and Code of Federal Regulations.

Office of the Law Revision Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives
Searchable database of the United States Code.

THOMAS
The Library of Congress provides access to House and Senate bills, congressional records and other legislative information.
 

Case Law/
Courts

Supreme Court of the United States
Includes Supreme Court rules, opinions, orders and journal.

United States Courts
Information on the US court system maintained by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
 

General

American Arbitration Association (AAA)
Alternative dispute resolution guides, rules and procedures.

FindLaw
Searchable database of legal resources on the Internet, particularly for the U.S.

Legal Information Institute (LII)
The LII at Cornell Law School offers an excellent legal portal to US federal and state law.

JURIST: The Legal Education Network
Award-winning, university-based legal education portal maintained by the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

Zimmerman's Research Guide
Online legal encyclopaedia by Andrew Zimmerman.

Other academic institutions with good indexes to US legal resources on the Internet are :

Database LexisNexis
Extensive collection of American primary and secondary legal sources.

Access: NUS staff and students access via NUS Libraries E-resources.

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Indexes

AsianLII

CommonLII

FindLaw: Countries

Global Legal Information Network (GLIN)

LII

WashLaw

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