Keeping Up-To-Date

Current Legal Issues

A collection of topical legal resources chosen by Law Library staff.

In addition, there are several news and current awareness tools that you can use to keep up-to-date with the latest legal developments.

Homicide in Australia: 2005-2006 National Homicide Monitoring Program Annual Report

Australian Institute of Criminology

New South Wales v Commonwealth of Australia

[2006] HCA 52 (14 November 2006)

High court decision regarding the validity of the Commonwealth industrial relations laws

Crimes Amendment (Bail and Sentencing) Bill 2006

Senate Committee Report into a Bill which seeks to exclude customary law and cultural factors from the sentencing process.

Fighting words : Review of Sedition Laws in Australia

Australian Law Reform Commission Report 104

Corporate responsibility : managing risk and creating value

Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, June 2006

Salim Ahmed Hamdan v Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, et al.

Transcript of the judgment from the Supreme Court of the United States on the validity of military commissions

Also available via lexis.com

News and Current Awareness Services

Australian

AustLII

See the News & Database Additions for information about the latest cases, bills and Acts

CCH Alert Service

A daily email briefing on the key developments in your chosen field. RSS feeds are also available

Registration required (free)

Parliament of Australia Parliamentary Library Publications

Includes links to various publications on topical issues

Research Briefs (2005 onwards). Previously published as Current Issues Briefs and Research Papers

Research notes

E-Briefs

Parliament of Australia - RSS Feeds

Provides updates on Senate and House of Representative news, Senate Committee Inquiries and Reports, and new Bills

Daily Unreported Judgments Notifier (only available to Flinders staff and students through LexisNexis AU)

Email alert for the latest unreported decisions

Findlaw Australia News and E-mail alerts

Daily legal news, free email alerts, case law, legislation and newsletters

The Law Report (Radio National)

Coverage and analysis of topical issues. Transcripts available for programmes from 1995 onward.

The Law Report law special bulletin provides regular email alerts with details of issues covered in the programme, as well as information about other ABC programmes covering legal topics.

International

Global Legal Monitor

Bi-monthly newsletter which provides information about legal developments worldwide. From the Law Library of Congress.

Google Alerts

Allows you to easily monitor news stories about a topical issue

Jurist Legal News and Research

Provides legal news from around the world. Updated daily from the School of Law at the University of Pittsburgh.

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