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Accessing Legal Information in Malaysian Law Firm Libraries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2023

Qudri Ali Abu Bakar
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Abstract

The advancement of technology has drastically changed the way information is being stored in the law library. With current technology, many have found that legal information is easy to retrieve from federal or state government websites in Malaysia. But while federal legislation can be accessed via the internet, some of the law cannot be accessed for the public to review or download. Also, older law is unavailable from the federal gazette website, and it is crucial for the lawyer or law librarian to publicly access it. This paper, by Qudri Ali Abu Bakar, discusses the restriction of access to legal information and looks at some alternative ways of gaining full access to federal and state law in Malaysia.

Keywords

Foreign lawMalaysiagovernment informationlegal information managementlegal informationopen accesslegal sources
Type
International Perspectives
Information
Legal Information Management , Volume 23 , Issue 3 , September 2023 , pp. 189 - 194
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by British and Irish Association of Law Librarians

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