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Asia

AsianLII

Australia – Commonwealth

AustLII
The Australasian Legal Information Institute provides access to full-text legislation of all Australian states and territories.
High Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
Australian Human Rights Commission
Administrative Appeals Tribunal

Canada

CanLII
Provides legislation at the federal and provincial level.
Supreme Court of Canada
Federal Court of Appeal
Federal Court
Tax Court of Canada

China

China Judgments Online (Formerly called Judicial Opinions of China)
This website contains selected PRC judgments from the Supreme People's Court and local courts since 2013

Hong Kong

Macau

Macau SAR

European Union

Curia
Case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union
EUR-Lex
Under EU law and related documents, EU case-law, contains decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union
HUDOC
Database for case law of the European Court of Human Rights

New Zealand

NZLII
Decisions from various New Zealand Court
High Court
Decisions of Public interest from this and other courts
New Zealand Court of Appeal
Supreme Court

Singapore

LawNet
Under Free Resources, Case Law & Decisions, includes the last 3 months decisions of the Supreme Court, State Courts, Family Court and Juvenile Court of Singapore

Taiwan

Justices of the Constitutional Court- Interpretations

United Kingdom

BAILII
Includes UK, Irish and Scottish legislation
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary Judgments
Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service
House of Lords Judgments
(before 31 July 2009)
The Supreme Court Decided Cases
(after 31 July 2009)
Privy Council Judicial Committee Judgments
(before 31 July 2009)
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC)
(after 31 July 2009)
Scottish Courts
Irish Courts

United States

Worldwide

LawCite
Free source of citation information and links to freely accessible primary and secondary law sources.
World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII)

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17 Feb 2022 (Version 13)