Law Resource Guide, page 4

Online resources

This selection of links to key websites provides easy access to a broad range of additional resources for research and study.

Austlii: Australian Legal Information Institute
http://www.austlii.edu.au
a comprehensive site for all Australian legal resources, including legislation and law reports from Australia and all states.

Victoria

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documents 
http://www.dms.dpc.vic.gov.au
Victorian government site for Victorian legislation.  Primary free site for Victorian acts, regulations, hansard and bills.

Legalonline
http://www.legalonline.vic.gov.au
Victorian Government's legal information website - it is the Law made clear and simple.

Victorian legal aid
http://www.legalaid.vic.gov.au/)
Plain language guides to legal information.

Australia

SCALEplus law resource
http://scaleplus.law.gov.au
The federal Attorney-General’s department site for Commonwealth legislation and case law.

Australian law on the Internet
http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/law.html
A guide to locating Australian law resources on the internet.

National Library subject guide on law
http://www.nla.gov.au/guides/#law
National Library site includes relevant guides to law which are applicable to State Library collections.

Weblaw:  Subject gateway to Australian legal resources
http://weblaw.edu.au
This is a free gateway for lawyers, students, researchers and lay professionals with annotated links to up-to-date, quality assessed internet resources.

Family court of Australia homepage
http://www.familycourt.gov.au/
This site provides information about the Court including judgments, legislation, do-it-yourself kits, court forms, publications and papers, court lists and practice directions. Includes a subject index, search facility and an email notification service.

GovPubs:  the Australian Government Publications Guide regulations and bills.
http://www.nla.gov.au/govpubs/
a guide to the government publications located in State and National libraries.

Overseas

WorldLii:  World Legal Information Institute
http://www.worldlii.org/
Gateway to legislation, government and law reports from overseas countries

Cardiff index to legal abbreviations
http://www.legalabbrevs.cardiff.ac.uk
Free database of legal abbreviations by title of law reports and by abbreviation

Social Science Information Gateway – Law
http://www.sosig.ac.uk/law/
Gateway to worldwide legal information resources on the Internet, with an emphasis on UK sites, international law and European Union law.

FindLaw
http://www.findlaw.com/
Gateway to United States and worldwide law resources for professional and student