Launch of the Commonwealth Legal Information Institute

Sabrina I. Pacifici at beSpecific has posted the following announcement:

The Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII)...announce[s] the launch of the Commonwealth Legal Information Institute (CommonLII). Like other LIIs, CommonLII is a free access and non-profit facility. CommonLII already allows browsing and searching of 464 databases from 50 Commonwealth and common law countries and territories. Most of these databases are located on existing LIIs in Commonwealth countries but CommonLII contains 44 databases from 28 additional countries. More databases are under development. There is a Catalog of law websites for all Commonwealth countries...It is also possible to search Commonwealth-wide for legislation (from 30 countries), or case law or law reform." - Graham Greenleaf, Co-Director, AustLII & CommonLII