Australia

Griffith University Innocence Project

Website of the Innocence Project at Griffith University in Australia. The aim of this pro-bono project is to bring lawyers, law students and academics together to help free innocent persons who have been wrongly convicted in Australia.The site has profiles of Board Members and gives details of programmes and courses offered by the Project. There are references to articles produced by staff on the Project some of which are given in full text.

Australian Privacy and Surveillance Law Library

An AustLII project providing a searchable collection of Australian legal materials on privacy and surveillance law. The Library was been developed in conjunction with the interpreting Privacy Principles (iPP) Project at the Cyberspace Law & Policy Centre at the University of New South Wales. There are databases containing case law, legislation, law journals and law reform publications as well as links to external related resources. The content can be searched or browsed.

LawCite

LawCite is an international case citator developed by AustLII, the Australasian Legal Information Institute. It is a searchable index to millions of cases, journal articles and law reform reports. The main focus is on common law jurisdictions, including numerous Commonwealth countries, Ireland, the United States and Hong Kong. Links to the full text are given, where available. Cases can be searched by citation, parties, court, jurisdiction and date; journal articles can be searched by keywords in the title and author.

The 1967 Referendum: history and myths

Australian Parliamentary Library research briefing published in 2007, on the Parliament of Australia's ParlInfo site. The 1967 referendum led to changes in the Australian Constitution and resulted in aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders being counted in the census. The referendum also opened the door to further changes in the way aborigines were treated by non-aborigines. The briefing provides background and historical information, looks at the implications and impact of the referendum and addresses myths which have grown up around it.

Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society

The New Zealand Law and History Society (ANZLHS) is a scholarly society based in New South Wales, Australia. Membership of ANZLHS is drawn from historians, lawyers and academics sharing an interest in the connections between law and history. The site has joining information and details of conferences and competitions. There is also information about the society's journal, law&history, including contents lists, and a link to the discontinued title, Australian and New Zealand Law & History E-journal (on Austlii). 

Supreme Court of Queensland Library

The Library at the Supreme Court of Queensland in Australia provides legal information to the Queensland courts, the legal profession, researchers and the public. Its website has details of collections and services, a database of case law from the courts of Queensland and a guide to researching Australian law. There is a database of brief profiles of current and former members of the Queensland judiciary, including speeches they have made.

Researching the legal aspects of asylum seekers and refugees in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom

Guide to the legal materials relating to asylum seekers and refugees in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom, written by Colin Fong, a senior visiting fellow at the University of New South Wales. Published on New York University's Globalex website and updated periodically, the guide covers the relevant legislation and case law and gives an overview of other sources, including government reports, monographs, treaties, journal articles and indexes, news sources, relevant organisations and websites. References are given to printed works and there are links to online materials.

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