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Launch of AsianLII’s Myanmar Legal Databases

Join the launch hosted by AustLII showcasing the new Myanmar legal databases. Explore historical legal texts, research tools, and more to aid researchers and promote access to legal information in Myanmar. Disclaimer: English texts only.

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Launch of AsianLII’s Myanmar Legal Databases

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  1. Launch of AsianLII’sMyanmar/Burma legal databases Launch hosted by AustLII and by theAustralia/Myanmar Constitutional Development Project

  2. 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

  3. 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 • LawCiteCitator: automated, international • Searching all –  judicia* near independen* • Display by database; view any single database • Legislation research – Land Acquisition Act 1894 • Case law research - MaungShwe Ton v MaungTun Lin • Historical research – dhammathat or burmesebuddhist law • Comparative Asian (or ASEAN) research • Hypothecation – in which countries is it still used?

  4. 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.

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