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United Kingdom
Law Commission for England and Wales
http://www.lawcom.gov.uk
Full text of the Commission’s publications, including reports and consultation papers. The site is searchable.
Australia
The High Court of Australia
http://www.hcourt.gov.au
This is the official homepage of the High Court of Australia. The Court's annual reports, judgements and transcripts are all here. Judgements are generally available within 24 hours of being handed down.
United Kingdom
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
http://www.privy-council.org.uk/output/page5.asp
This site contains judgments of the Judicial Committee from 1999 onwards, and key judgments prior to 1999.
House of Lords Judgements
http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/ld/ldhome.htm
Full text of all House of Lords judgments delivered since 14 Nov 1996. New judgments appear online within two hours of delivery at the House.
Australia
Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII)
http://www.austlii.edu.au
AUSTLII is operated jointly by the Faculties of Law at the University of Technology, Sydney and the University of New South Wales. It is a major resource of Australian legal information containing full-text databases of Commonwealth and State legislation as well as decisions of most Australian courts and tribunals. It is searchable, and updated very frequently. This resource is highly recommended.
New Zealand
Findlaw - New Zealand
http://www.findlaw.co.nz
Findlaw.Com has found a home in New Zealand. This is a relatively new, but extremely promising resource. As with the original FindLaw service, this site is a free resource.
United Kingdom
Guide to UK Legal System
http://www.llrx.com/features/uk2.htm
This is a well documented guide to online as well as hardcopy resources essential for research on UK law and legislation.
Guide to Irish Law
http://www.llrx.com/features/irish.htm
This is a useful research guide which encompasses the Irish legal system, its constitution, legislation, caselaw, government websites, Irish law websites, university resources and discussion lists etc.
British and Irish Legal Information Institute
http://www.bailii.org
Based on the technology that drives AustLII, BAILII is a fantastic resource that will only get better with time as more and more data gets added to it. It has legislative as well as case-law materials.
United Sates of America
FindLaw Supreme Court Decisions
http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html
FindLaw’s searchable database of the Supreme Court decisions since 1893, or volume 150 of the United States Reports. It is up-to-date with the most recent cases. Cases can be browsed by volume or year. They can also searched by citation, party name, or full text.
Australia
Law & Justice Foundation of New South Wales
http://www.lawfoundation.net.au
An initiative of the Law & Justice Foundation of New South Wales, this web-site has the full text of Federal and State law as well as bills, digests and law reports. It is a searchable resource. The Australian Institute of Judicial Administration considered that this was the "Best Website" in the Public Sector in 2000.
Parliament of Australia
http://www.aph.gov.au
The Parliamentary Reports as well as bills and explanatory memoranda are available at this site. A search feature makes this site immensely useful.
Hong Kong
Bilingual Laws Information System
http://www.justice.gov.hk/
This is an innovative service provided by the HK Department of Justice. It includes, in both English and Chinese, the full text of Hong Kong legislation, including the Acts and Subsidiary Legislation. The system, based on Lotus Notes technology, is fully searchable.
United Kingdom
HMSO - Her Majesty's Stationery Office
http://www.hmso.gov.uk/legis.htm
This site publishes both Commons’ and Lords’ Hansards, as well as Bills before Parliament, the weekly information Bulletin and Select Committee reports. Bills which have been passed by both Houses are also available in full text here. The site is searchable.
United Sates of America
Legal Information Institute (for Constitutions and Statutes)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/statutes.html
This site has a searchable database of US Laws including the US Code and Code of Federal Regulations
Australia
Oz Netlaw
http://www.oznetlaw.net/
This is a non-profit organisation's effort to disseminate information of special interest to Internet law issues. It includes information of relevance to individuals, businesses and non-profit organisations.