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Irish Legal Information Initiative

The Irish Legal Information Initiative (IRLII) is a free site providing Irish legislation, cases and a journal index including a few full-text articles. The site is run by University College Cork Law Faculty to complement the services offered by the British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII). IRLII contains the text of leading Irish cases and recent Irish statutes prior to inclusion in BAILII. Cases can be browsed by subject, court and date. Statutes are available from 1999 onwards and statutory instruments from 2002. 

Alberta Statutes and Regulations

A CanLII database containing Consolidated Statutes and Regulations of Alberta province in Canada. A collection query form supports full-text and title searches with Boolean functionality and collection selection options. An alphabetical jump index gives access to title browse lists. CanLII, the Canadian Legal Information Institute, is a key service providing free access to Canadian primary legal materials. The service has been designed by LexUM at the University of Montreal (using software developed by AustLII) on the initiative of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada.

United Kingdom Legislation

Free database of UK statutes (acts of Parliament) from 1215 to the present, provided by the British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII). Most acts are provided in their original form, without amendments, but others include some amendments. There are links to Legislation.gov.uk (formerly known as the Statute Law Database) for up-to-date versions. The contents can be browsed by title or year, and there is a search facility. BAILII is a collaborative service providing free access to primary legal material for the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.

Historical Laws of Hong Kong

Historical laws of Hong Kong, scanned from the original print sources, provided by University of Hong Kong Libraries. The contents are derived from the revised consolidations of Hong Kong laws from 1901, 1912, 1923, 1937, 1950 and 1964 (last updated to 1989). The laws are searchable  by chapter or ordinance number, title and edition; individual editions may be browsed by ordinance title. 

Hong Kong Ordinances

A web database containing current English language ordinances for Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, available on HKLII, the Hong Kong Legal Information Institute service. The system includes options to search ordinances and search ordinance titles. A contents table enables users to browse the collection alphabetically by title. Links to an English Subject Index to Ordinances and Historical Laws Index are also provided.

World Legal Information Institute

The World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII) is a collaborative initiative providing free access to legislation, case law, treaties, law reform reports and law journals for jurisdictions worldwide. Users can browse by country or region, or by type of legal literature (legislation, case law and so on), and search facilities are available. WorldLII was developed by the Australasian Legal Information Institute and partner institutions.

Hong Kong Legal Information Institute

The Hong Kong Legal Information Institute (HKLII) is a joint project to provide free access to the primary legal materials of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The project partners are the University of Hong Kong Law and Technology Centre, and AUSTLII, the Australasian Legal Information Institute. Search and browse options offer access to a range of full-text databases: the judgments of the Court of Final Appeal (1997 to date), the judgments of the Court of Appeal (1946 to date), and judgments of the family and district courts, and the Lands Tribunal.

Anguilla Financial Services Legislation

Collection of legislation relating to the regulation of financial services in Anguilla, a British dependent territory in the Caribbean, provided online by the Anguilla Financial Services Commission. Includes acts and regulations relating to the Financial Services Commission, the Anguilla Utility Token Offering and Utility Tokens Exchange, money laundering, banking, trusts, companies, insurance, mutual funds and non-profit organisations. 

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