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Kiribati sources of law information

From the Kiribati section of the PACLII database. Authored by Professor Don Paterson, this webpage contains information regarding the legislative history and development of Kiribati, and lists the authoritative sources of legal information for pre-independence laws and post-independence laws, consolidated legislation, legislation held by USP, government gazette, law reports, unreported cases and collected materials.

Kiribati consolidated legislation

From the Kiribati section of the PACLII database. This database contains electronic versions of selected legislation from the 1980 revised edition of the Laws of Kiribati, including the Constitution of Kiribati. A separate database contains the session laws from subsequent years. Content can be browsed alphabetically, or accessed via a hyper-linked index at the foot of the page. There is also a clear link to a search page where this data-file can be selected to be searched across.

World Law: Kiribati

Section of WorldLII's World Law service containing links to Internet resources for Kiribati. A range of browse and search features is available on the site. Browse sections include links covering the Courts, Legislation, and Parliament. A stored search will automatically search for materials relating to Kiribati on all of World Law, in Other Indexes and in Law Journals. A web spider search facility offers high focus searches of selected remote sites. Site help and on screen translation facilities are also available.

Court of Appeal of Kiribati Decisions

A PacLII database containing decisions of the Court of Appeal of Kiribati from 1979 onwards. Cases can be browsed by name or year, and there is a search facility. PacLII, the Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute, provides free access to legislation and cases for jurisdictions in the South Pacific. It is a joint initiative involving the University of the South Pacific and the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII).

High Court of Kiribati Decisions

A PacLII database containing judgments of the High Court of Kiribati from 1963 onwards. Cases can be browsed by name or year, and there is a search facility. PacLII, the Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute, provides free access  to legislation and cases for jurisdictions in the South Pacific. It is a joint initiative of the University of the South Pacific and the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII).

Introduction to researching South Pacific law

Online guide to South Pacific law written by Peter Murgatroyd who is Information Resource Centre Manager at the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and Coordinator of the Pacific Environment Information Network (PEIN). The guide was published in 2006 (and updated in 2022) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School at the New York University School of Law.

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