TheAustralasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) is an institution operated jointly by the Faculties of Law of theUniversity of Technology Sydney and theUniversity of New South Wales. Itspublic policy purpose is to improve access to justice through access to legal information.[1]
AustLII was established in 1995.[2][3] Founded as a joint program of the University of Technology Sydney and the University of New South Waleslaw schools, its initial funding was provided by theAustralian Research Council.[4] The founding co-directors Graham Greenleaf and Andrew Mowbray, and current managing director Philip Chung were appointed as Members of theOrder of Australia for their contributions to public access to legal information.[5]
AustLII content is publicly available legal information. Itsprimary source information includeslegislation,treaties and decisions ofcourts andtribunals. It also hosts secondary legal materials, includinglaw reform androyal commission reports, as well aslegal journals.[6] The AustLII databases include the complete text of all of the decisions of theHigh Court,[7] decisions of theFederal Court from 1977 onwards (the decisions between 1977 and 1996 were selected by the Federal Court),[8] and decisions of theFamily Court from 1988 onwards (as selected by the Family Court),[9] as well as a number of other federal and state courts and tribunals.
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