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Aboriginal Law and Legislation

This resource compiled by the Ontario Barrister and Solicitor Bill Henderson provides legal materials relating to aboriginals from Canada, United States, New Zealand and Australia. It includes constitutions, legislation and court decisions.

CommonLII

The Commonwealth Legal Information Institute (CommonLII) aims to provide one central Internet location from which it is possible to search - for free - core legal information from all Commonwealth countries. Depth of coverage varies from country to country, but so far there is at least some primary material (legislation and case law) for all but a very few countries.

Commonwealth Secretariat

Provides information on the constitution, politics and economics of all Commonwealth member states. The "Rule of Law" section contains Commonwealth environmental laws, reports of law ministers' meetings and declarations.

Indigenous Peoples and the Law

Founded by Andrew Erueti and Tom Bennion and hosted by the Victoria University of Wellington, this site presented (until March 2008) articles on the law affecting indigenous peoples in New Zealand and internationally. These are presented in chronological order and there is a search facility.

Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) is the highest court of appeal for many current and former Commonwealth countries, as well as the UK's overseas territories, crown dependencies (Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man), and military sovereign base areas. This new web site, created following JCPC's move from Downing Street to Parliament Square in 2009, includes details of JCPC's role and powers; lists of relevant legislation; procedural information (forms, rules and practice directions); details of current cases and future sittings; and judgments ("Decided Cases"). Judgments from 1999 to August 2009 and selected key judgments before 1999 remain on the main Privy Council Office web site, to which a link is provided on the "Decided Cases" page.


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