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(File:AustLII.jpg|150px|right){{Use Australian English|date=June 2018}}{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}The Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) is an institution operated jointly by the Faculties of Law of the University of Technology Sydney and the University of New South Wales. Its public policy purpose is to improve access to justice through access to legal information.

Inception and aims

AustLII was established in 1995.WEB,weblink Electronic Law Journals – JILT 1997 (2) – AustLII's roles, University of Warwick, 4 March 2010, WEB,weblink Law and Justice Foundation of NSW – History, 21 September 2007, Law and Justice Foundation of NSW, 4 March 2010, Founded as a joint program of the University of Technology Sydney and the University of New South Wales law schools, its initial funding was provided by the Australian Research Council.WEB,weblink The Law Report – AustLII funding crisis, Carrick, Damien, 19 June 2007, Radio National, 4 March 2010, Its public policy purpose is to improve access to justice through access to legal information.WEB,weblink Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) – Description, Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, 4 March 2010, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090628235211weblink">weblink 28 June 2009,

Content

AustLII content is publicly available legal information. Its primary source information includes legislation, treaties and decisions of courts and tribunals. It also hosts secondary legal materials, including law reform and royal commission reports, as well as legal journals.WEB,weblink AustLII – Australasian Legal Information Institute, 24 November 2009, University of the Sunshine Coast, 4 March 2010, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110728184205weblink">weblink 28 July 2011, The AustLII databases include the complete text of all of the decisions of the High Court,WEB,weblink High Court of Australia, Australasian Legal Information Institute, 1 October 2015, 1 October 2015, decisions of the Federal Court from 1977 onwards (the decisions between 1977 and 1996 were selected by the Federal Court),WEB,weblink Federal Court of Australia, Australasian Legal Information Institute, 1 October 2015, 1 October 2015, and decisions of the Family Court from 1988 onwards (as selected by the Family Court),WEB,weblink Family Court of Australia, Australasian Legal Information Institute, 1 October 2015, 1 October 2015, as well as a number of other federal and state courts and tribunals.

See also

• ComLaw
• Free Access to Law Movement
• Legal Information Institute

References

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External links

• Australasian Legal Information Institute

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