New Directions in Law Via the Internet - The Austlii Papers

Journal of Information, Law and Technology (JILT), No. 2, 1997

64 Pages Posted: 10 Dec 2012

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Graham Greenleaf

Independent Scholar

Andrew Mowbray

University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Law

Geoffrey King

University of Technology Sydney (UTS)

Date Written: July 1, 1997

Abstract

This article explains the development of the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) over its first two years (1995-97), and is divided into six chapters: 1. Introduction - AustLII’s roles 2. Managing large scale hypertext databases - AustLII’s experience 3. Indexing law on the internet 4. The politics of public legal information 5. New legal services via the web - AustLII’s research on legal inferencing 6. Indigenous peoples’ legal issues via internet

As stated in the introduction 'These papers presented at AustLII’s first Conference on law on the internet (25-27 June 1997) provide an informal stocktake of AustLII’s first two years of providing free public access to Australian law, and an overview of new directions in AustLII’s work.' Many aspects of the early history of AustLII not covered in more formal papers are included here.

Keywords: AustLII, Australia, hypertext, search engine, inferencing, artificial intelligence, DataLex, indigenous, aboriginal

Suggested Citation

Greenleaf, Graham and Mowbray, Andrew and King, Geoffrey, New Directions in Law Via the Internet - The Austlii Papers (July 1, 1997). Journal of Information, Law and Technology (JILT), No. 2, 1997, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2187183

Graham Greenleaf (Contact Author)

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Sydney
Australia

HOME PAGE: http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~graham/

Andrew Mowbray

University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Law ( email )

Sydney
Australia

Geoffrey King

University of Technology Sydney (UTS) ( email )

15 Broadway, Ultimo
PO Box 123
Sydney, NSW 2007
Australia

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