World’s largest law library in Sabah

In the last few articles we looked at law resources both in traditional hard copy and digital. In my conclusion on this series we look and review online resources available for research in Sabah. Online or digital resources are vital because they increase speed of working. However there is still much to be done to organize and maximize the real value of these digital resources.

Federal Attorney General Chambers

This government department runs the Laws of Malaysia series at its website address of www.agc.gov.my/agcportal. The Laws of Malaysia series (LOM) is a compilation and reprint of laws published in volume form pursuant to Section 14 of the Revision of Laws Act 1968 [Act 1]. It is the only official and authentic publication of the laws of Malaysia. The LOM series incorporates all principal laws of Malaysia enacted after 1969 and pre-1969 laws which have been revised by the Commissioner of Law Revision. You can download the laws by way of PDF. Downloading is absolutely free. Estimated value of library materials as printed materials RM50,000.

State Attorney General Chambers of Sabah

Sabah LawNet, the website of the Sabah State Attorney-General’s Chambers, has a database of State’s enactments, ordinances, rules, regulations, by-laws and State laws declared Federal and its subsidiary legislations. It is comprehensive and easy to use and is catered for anyone who has a need to refer to Sabah laws. Sabah LawNet is owned and operated by the Sabah State Attorney-General’s Chambers in collaboration with Sabah Net Sdn Bhd. The web address is http://www. lawnet.sabah.gov.my/. You can download the laws by way of PDF. Downloading is absolutely free. Estimated value of library materials as printed materials RM40,000.

mycaselawsearch.com

It is a global start up to provide law research, resources and research materials for legal practitioners, government and private agencies and individuals in the Commonwealth. It is administered by two Sabahans Chong S. Jin, a Microsoft certified prof and Alexius Kiob who holds a Bachelor Laws (Hons) (Warwick). It is great for scholarly research and with deep archives of over 90,000 law books and 121,000 articles and journals.

Its listed reports are Administrative Law Decisions (Aust 1979-2013), All England Ext (1871-1920), Australian Corporation/Securities (19682014), Justices of Peace(1968 2013),European Court Human Rights, Industrial Law Journals (2008 ¨C 2013), Butterworths Local Government (19972014), Butterworths MedicoLegal(1981-2015), Construction Law (1984 -2015), Butterworths Property (2000-2013), Butterworths Company Law (1983-2014), Canada Information Technology Digest, Halsbury’s Laws (Singapore), Calcutta (1911-2013), Harvey-Industrial Relations and Employment Law (1967-1999), All England Commercial (2007-2015), Family Law (Aust.1976-2015), CSR Case Reports (2002-2013), Current Law Journal (1983-2012), Custom Duties (1995-2009), Delhi (19792013), Encyclopaedia of Forms & Precedents, ICLR: Admiralty & Ecclesiastical, All India Reports (Supreme Court 19502012), ICLR: Appeal Cases (18942015), ICLR-Chancery Appeal, ICLR-Chancery Division (18762015), ICLR - Common Pleas, Bombay (2000-2013), ICLREquity Cases, ICLR-Exchequer, ICLR-House of Lords, ICLRPrivy Council, ICLR-Scotch/ Divorce Appeal, Costs Law Reports (1998-2015), Intellectual Property & Trademarks Digest, The Irish Reports (2000 -2012), Knight’s Industrial, Law Reports of the Commonwealth (1995-2015), Atkin’s Court Forms (Malaysia), Halsbury’s Statutes of England, Malayan Law Journal (1936-2017), New Zealand Administrative Rep. (1991-2015), New Zealand Company/Commercial Law (2005-2014), New Zealand Law (1888-2015), Allahabad (19131953) Occupational Pension Law Reports (1992-2005), Scottish Case Digest (2000-2013), Scottish Civil Law (1987-2012), Syariah Law (2004-2012), Singapore (19652014), Halsbury’s (England), Halsbury’s (India), All England (1936-2014), Halsbury’s (Malaysia), Annotated Statutes (Malaysia), Times (2009-2015), Supreme Court-Victoria (19592009), West Indies (1959-2013), Words & Phrases Legally Defined, Atkin’s Court Forms, Butterworths Human Rights (2006-2014), Australia Capital Territory (1973-2014), The Digest-Annotated British, Commonweslth & European Cases. Subscription for research starts as low as RM50. Estimated value of Library materials as printed materials RM50,000,000.

Says resource administrator Alexius, “Our collection of materials extends not only to case law but to textbooks and law journals around the Commonwealth and the world. Our target is to help every Sabahan and Malaysian have access to research books so even if they live in Nabawan or Pitas they can study to be a graduate by distance learning right up to Masters or PHD. Despite the present economic doldrums and low ringgit value we are not deterred in our ambition for a progressive and highly educated nation. I can quietly boast with our use of IT we are the largest law library in Malaysia if not the world.”

my-law-library.com

This new website for legal resources is slightly unorthodox from the norm and even sexy looking. It uses images to avoid monotony of endless text. Being a global website it covers a host of countries namely Australia, Canada, China (i.e Hong Kong), India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom, the United States, Africa and the West Indies namely Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago; Anguilla, Montserrat, the Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, British Guiana (Guyana), British Honduras (Belize). It uses a online store concept. You feel you are in a supermarket atmosphere (online) where you can pick cases off a shelf to research and place them in a shop cart before you proceed to check out your selection. You can subscribe for the search at annual subscription fee of RM300 and top up fees for pay as you use. The full address is http://my-law-library.com Estimated value of library materials as printed materials unknown.