Launch of AsianLIIs Myanmar/Burma Legal Databases by AustLII
The launch of the AsianLIIs Myanmar/Burma legal databases hosted by AustLII and the Australia/Myanmar Constitutional Development Project aims to provide a valuable tool for researchers, improve access to legal information in Myanmar, and support priority projects. The databases offer resources for studying Burmese legal history and conducting research on various legal topics. Acknowledgments are given to contributors and funders involved in the project.
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Launch of AsianLIIs Myanmar/Burma legal databases Launch hosted by AustLII and by the Australia/Myanmar Constitutional Development Project
Background Objectives To provide a useful tool for researchers To create easier access for people in Myanmar To contribute to the other priority projects Myanmar by UNSW UNSW Law and generally Caveat English language texts only Does not represent current Myanmar law More valuable for research on Burmese legal history AustLII search engine does not yet search Burmese AsianLII framework 10 years and 300+ databases
Some research example Database structures browsing & searching Individual Acts / cases, for browsing or searching Many databases are digitised from paper sources Other virtual databases are built automatically LawCite Citator: automated, international Searching all judicia* near independen* Display by database; view any single database Legislation research Land Acquisition Act 1894 Case law research - Maung Shwe Ton v Maung Tun Lin Historical research dhammathat or burmese buddhist law Comparative Asian (or ASEAN) research Hypothecation in which countries is it still used?
Acknowledgments AustLII contributors to the Myanmar/Burma project: Staff: Hannah Figueroa, Jennifer Kwong, Dominic Smith and Jill Matthews Interns: Don Nguyen and Michelle Zhang System development by Philip Chung LawCite and Sino search engine by Andrew Mowbray Funding support from UNSW Library, UNSW Law, and other International History of the Common Law partner Unis.
