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1 J. Electronic Resources L. Libr. 1 (2006)

handle is hein.journals/wzer1 and id is 1 raw text is: This electronic prepublication version may contain typographical errors and may be miss- ing artwork such as charts, photographs, etc. Pagination in later versions may differ from this copy; citation references to this material may be incorrect when this prepublication edition is replaced at a later date with the finalized version. Emerging Global Networks for Free Access to Law: WorldLII's Strategies Graham Greenleaf Philip Chung Andrew Mowbray ABSTRACT. Those who value free access to law need to respond to the increasingly global nature of legal research, and the fact that most coun- tries still do not have effective facilities for free access to law. The free access to law movement, centred around University-based Legal Infor- mation Institutes (LIIs), is assisting and encouraging the development of free access law facilities in many countries in the developing world. While doing so, it is also creating a global network of interconnected free-access legal research facilities on the Internet. This network is be- coming comparable to the global legal research facilities provided by the multinational legal publishers. The free access to law movement is explained: its history, methods of cooperation, and Declaration on Free Access to Law. Public policies to maximise free access to law are advanced to explain why it is not good enough for governments to provide access to law through their own websites. Instead, a 'competitive model' is advanced, stressing the right of others to republish legal information. The task of developing global legal research is explained through Graham Greenleaf is Professor of Law, University of New South Wales. Philip Chung is Executive Director of AustLII and WorldLII and Lecturer in Law, University of Technology, Sydney. Andrew Mowbray is Professor of Law and Associate Dean, Faculty of Law, Uni- versity of Technology, Sydney. Journal of Electronic Resources in Law Libraries, Vol. 1(1) 2006 Available online at http://www.haworthpress.com/web/JERLL @ 2006 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved. doi:10.1300/J382v01nO1 01 1

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