Hat tip to Legal Practice Intelligence's twitter stream for this info...Legify.com.au is a legislation search tool that finds current government versions of legislation in every state.It searches only through titles, but makes comparative research pretty easy.Looking for legislation in other states dealing with criminal procedure? Search under 'justice' for Justices Acts; 'procedure' for procedure acts; …
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Australian Consumer Law converter
Consumer law isn't a regular feature of criminal cases, but, I reckon this was an interesting find anyway.Thomson's (Law Book Co) have a free iPad and iPhone app, Australian Consumer Law Converter, which allows the user to view old Trade Practices Act provisions and link to their equivalents in the Australian Consumer Law.Even if you …
Updates to the JCV Sentencing Manual
It's easy to sign up for updates from the Judicial College.If you don't subscribe, the JCV still make it easy to go in and check for recent updates to their major publications. Once inside a Manual look on the right side of the page for a clickable link that says Recent updates. (The Sentencing Manual …
New citation guide available
Hat tip to Stephen Warne for re-tweeting this tidbit...The Australian Guide to Legal Citation is now in its 3rd edition, and available for free download or purchase.It’s a great resource for anyone working or studying in the law and worth every bit of the $20 it costs.
Legal dictionary on the go
Lexis Nexis AU has a new legal dictionary app for iOS devices.The Butterworths Concise Australian Legal Dictionary has ‘only’ 7600 words — so doesn't seem to be the full thing. But more portable than the hard-copy. (The full edition is still only available in the 1997 edition; the concise paperback was last published in 2004 …