Criminal Law

Legislation and case law

Legislation

• LegislationNZ
• New Zealand Legislation - NZ Acts, Bills and Regulations are available free, and downloadable

Case law

• Courts of New Zealand Ngā Kōti o Aotearoa - information about the SupremeCourt, Court of Appeal and High Court, including court sitting calendars and Decisions of Public Interest
• NZLII - the New Zealand Legal Information Institute
• Supreme Court of New Zealand - case summaries and judgments, 2004 onwards

Government and organisations

• Access to Justice - Ministry of Justice page aimed at high school level
• Crime and Justice Research Centre Te Puni Rangahau Taihara, Ture - no online sources but the Publications link is a bibliography of published and unpublished CJRC material.
• Department of Corrections Ara Poutana Aotearoa
• Ministry of Justice  Tāhū o te Ture
• New Zealand Law Commission  Te Aka Matua o te Ture
• New Zealand Police  Nga Pirihimana O Aotearoa - crime statistics
• New Zealand Courts
• Serious Fraud Office Te Tari Hara Taware

Commentary

• Crime - publications and reports, Ministry of Justice
• Restorative justice - the public submissions, and Restorative justice, a discussion paper, both from the Ministry of Justice
• Restorative justice in New Zealand: a model for US criminal justice - by Donald Schmid, Fulbright Scholar, 2001

Other jurisdictions

General

• Criminology - BUBL list of internet resources
• International Criminal Courtt - court of last resort; deals with persons accused of the most serious crimes of international concern:  genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes

Australia

• Australian Crime Commission
• Australian Institute of Criminology
• Australian Law Reform Commission
• Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions
• Criminal law resources - Parliamentary Library
• CrimTrac - includes Australian crime statistics

European Union

• Eurojust - the EU's Judicial Co-operation Unit
• HEUNI European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control, affiliated with the United Nations

United Kingdom

• CrimeLinenfo
• Criminal Cases Review Commission
• Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
• Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1834 - searchable
• Sentencing guidelines - Sentencing Advisory Panel

United States and Canada

• Canadian Supreme Court judgments - 1876 onwards; incl. unreported judgments
• Crime and justice data online
• Criminal justice from the FindLaw library
• United States Department of Justice
• US supreme court decisions - Cornell University