Online Sources of Legal Information
Databases
Australasian Legal Information Institute
AustLII provides free internet access to Australasian legal materials. AustLII publishes public legal information: that is, primary legal materials (legislation, treaties and decisions of courts and tribunals); and secondary legal materials created by public bodies for purposes of public access (law reform and royal commission reports etc). The collection contains full-text databases of most Australian decisions and legislation, but may not be completely up to date.
Northern Territory Legislation
Parliamentary records, hansard and NT legislation databases contain all the current and historical consolidated Acts and subordinate legislation of the Northern Territory of Australia.
ComLaw
ComLaw is the legal information retrieval system owned by the Australian Attorney-General's Department. It contains Commonwealth primary legislation, current and historical, as well as other ancillary documents and incorporates the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments (FRLI).
Informit Online
Published by RMIT, Informit Online is a collection of indexes and fulltext databases containing Australasian research and reference publications. Informit Online is available through the online resources section of your public or community library catalogue. Login with your library membership number and password. Databases specifically relating to law, crime and justice are:
AFPD – Australian Federal Police Digest
AGIS – Attorney Generals Information Service, also AGIS plus text (includes full text)
APA-FT Australian Public Affairs – full text
APAIS – Australian Public Affairs Information Service
CINCH – Australian Criminology Database
CINCH-ATSIS – Australian Criminology Database, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander subset
SNIPER – Searchable Networked Intellectual Property Electronic Resource
Australia
Researching Australian Law
An excellent summary, written by a law librarian, of the Australian legal system, its background and documentation and where to find legal information.Includes current awareness and a bibliography of major texts
WebLaw
WebLaw is a cooperative subject gateway to Internet resources for Australian legal researchers.
Indigenous Law Resources (Austlii)
Australian Law and Justce
Australian Law Online provides access to law and justice related information and services from all levels of government. The objective of this site is to provide Australians with ready access to clear, understandable, user-friendly information about the Australian legal system and the government organisations that are part of the Australian legal system.
Law for you
State and Territory Law in plain English on a range of legal topics for non lawyers including articles on current legal issues.
Australian Government Law & Justice
The Australian Government website is a gateway to Commonwealth government websites as well as selected state and territory resources, sorted by subject.
Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse
The Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse is a national resource on Indigenous justice aiming to promote discussion and disseminate relevant Indigenous justice information to government policy makers and those working in Indigenous justice.
International
Worldlii: World Legal Information Institute
Legislation, government and law reports from other countries.
EISIL - Electronic Information System for International Law
EISIL is an open database of authenticated primary and other materials across the breadth of international law. It has been developed by the American Society of International Law (ASIL), to ensure that web searchers can easily locate the highest quality primary materials, authoritative web sites and helpful research guides to international law on the Internet