New Asia-Pacific Legal Database
14th December 2006
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| Murry Proctor, Chief Justice of Queensland and Paul de Jersey, Deputy Director of AusAID |
A groundbreaking new legal database that allows the user to simultaneously search more than 100 legal databases in 22 Asian countries has been launched at UNSW.
The Asian Legal Information Institute (AsianLII) was developed by the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII), a non-profit and free access joint facility of the Faculties of Law at UNSW and the University of Technology, Sydney. It was officially launched by the Chief Justice of Queensland and Co-Chair of the Conference of Chief Justices of Asia and the Pacific, Paul de Jersey, and Deputy Director of AusAID, Murray Proctor.
The system includes 101 databases from 22 of the 27 Asian countries, covering areas from Mongolia to Timor Leste, from Japan to Pakistan. It includes 150,000 full text cases and more then 15,000 items of legislation, plus law reform reports, law journals and other materials.
AsianLII allows a search over each country's databases, plus a web search over a catalogue of other law sites from that country and a 'Law on Google' search restricted to legal materials.
AsianLII has been developed with funding from the Australian Research Council, AusAID and the Australian Attorney-General's Department, as well as country supporting institutions in a number of Asian countries and regional supporters, LAWASIA, and APEC's SELI (Strengthening Economic Legal Infrastructure).
AsianLII is now available for free access at www.asianlii.org.
The Asian Legal Information Institute (AsianLII) was developed by the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII), a non-profit and free access joint facility of the Faculties of Law at UNSW and the University of Technology, Sydney. It was officially launched by the Chief Justice of Queensland and Co-Chair of the Conference of Chief Justices of Asia and the Pacific, Paul de Jersey, and Deputy Director of AusAID, Murray Proctor.
The system includes 101 databases from 22 of the 27 Asian countries, covering areas from Mongolia to Timor Leste, from Japan to Pakistan. It includes 150,000 full text cases and more then 15,000 items of legislation, plus law reform reports, law journals and other materials.
AsianLII allows a search over each country's databases, plus a web search over a catalogue of other law sites from that country and a 'Law on Google' search restricted to legal materials.
AsianLII has been developed with funding from the Australian Research Council, AusAID and the Australian Attorney-General's Department, as well as country supporting institutions in a number of Asian countries and regional supporters, LAWASIA, and APEC's SELI (Strengthening Economic Legal Infrastructure).
AsianLII is now available for free access at www.asianlii.org.
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