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Federal
CanLII
Canadian Legal Information Institute. Great resource for federal and provincial statutes, regulations, cases, courts and more. Fully searchable.
Canadian Consolidated Statutes
(Department of Justice)
Canadian Competition Tribunal - Legislation
Links to the Competition Act, Competition Tribunal Act, Competition Tribunal Rules and more. In English and French
Canadian Provincial Statutes and Regulations
Available from CanLII
Canadian Legislative Material by Jurisdiction
From the Access to Justice Network
iSino Law
Chinese legal database - this is a subscription database but Deakin staff and students have access
Laws of the People's Republic of China
At AsianLII - alphabetically listed
Fiji - Legislation
From PacLII
Index of German Statutes (in English)
Also links to judgments and other German law resources available in English.
Hong Kong Legal Information Institute
Legislation and Regulations
Hong Kong Legislative Council
About the Council, related laws, bills, the Secretariat, members, meetings, archives, weekly activities and contact details.
The Basic Law of Hong Kong
Text format of the Basic Law. It is dated June 1990 so I’m not sure of its currency
Irish Legislation (BAILII)
JapanLaw
Contains Translations of Major Laws
Law and Regulation (Lithuania)
Includes laws of the Republic of Lithuania in English - great site.
Some Basic Laws of Republic of Lithuania
From the Legal Information Centre. Includes Decisions, Laws, Other (including the Constitution), Rulings and Resolutions.
Laws of Malaysia
Comprehensive list of links to laws of Malaysia, presented by Tay and Partners
New Zealand Legislation
From the Public Access to Legislation (PAL) project: 'This website provides free public access to unofficial versions of New Zealand statutes (Public, Local, and Private Acts) and Statutory Regulations. You can search and browse this material free of charge.'
Court of Appeal of New Zealand Decisions (AustLII)
New Zealand Privacy Commissioner Cases (AustLII)
Northern Ireland Legislation
Includes Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Explanatory Notes to Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland and more.
Northern Ireland Legislation (BAILII)
Laws in Romania
Provides some full text laws on line, including Competition Law, Company law, Banking Activity Law, Land Law and many more.
Romanian Legislation
Includes the following sections: Legislative Repertoire (1858-1948; 1948-1989; 1989-today), selective legal guide, juridical dictionary, juridical codes, Romanian Constitutions, Juridical domains, sorts of agreements, juridical claims, jurisprudence archive, repealed acts, search engine and more. Much of the actual legislation is only available in Romanian
Russian Legislation
Select legislation from WorldLII
Scotland Legislation
Includes Acts of the Scottish Parliament, Explanatory Notes to Acts of the Scottish Parliament, Links to Statutory Instruments and more.
Acts of the UK Parliament
Includes Acts from 1996 and summaries of Acts - also includes a search facility.
South African Consolidated Legislation (SAFLII)
Lexis Nexis
UK statutes available online through Lexis - updates and new legislation up within 8 days of publication
United Kingdom Legislation (BAILII)
From 1996 it includes unconsolidated UK statutes
Acts of the UK Parliament
Includes Acts from 1988 and summaries of Acts - also includes a search facility.
Her Majesty's Stationary Office - Legislation
Legislation for the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
United Kingdom Legislation
From Her Majesty's Stationary Office. Includes info about UK legislation, Acts of the UK Parliament, Explanatory Notes to Acts, Statutory Instruments and Draft Statutory Instruments
Vanuatu Legislation
From PacLII
Wales Legislation
From Her Majesty's Stationary Office. Includes information about Wales Legislation, Statutory Instruments made by the National Assembly for Wales and more.
Africa
Asia
Australasia (see also individual countries, above)
Britain & Ireland
BaiLII - British and Irish Legal Information Instittue
Includes Engalnd and Wales, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, United Kingdom and the European Union
Europe (see also European Union)
Eastern Europe
At WorldLII - includes legislation and moreWestern Europe
At WorldLII - includes legislation and more
Eur-Lex
Site includes a search engine, plus sections on treaties, legislation, legislation in preparatoin, case-law, parliamentary questions, documents of public interest, general information about EU law and links to other relevant sites. Fantastic source of information!European Union – Directory of legislation in Force
Available in a number of languages. This list is sorted by analytical structure. It can also be viewed alphabetically.Consolidated Versions of the EU Treaty and the EC Treaty
Also contains a descriptive summary and a link to the Treaty of Amsterdam
Middle East
Pacific Islands
PacLII - Pacific Island Legal Information Institute
Includes: American Samoa, Cook Islands, Cth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji Islands, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Nouvelle-Caledonie, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Island, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu
