AustLII vs SAFLII
AustLII
austlii.edu.auSAFLII
saflii.orgSide by side
| Figure | AustLII | SAFLII |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Legal Research Software | 7.9 (#11) | 7.0 (#27) |
| Organization | AustLII was established in 1995 by the law faculties of UTS and UNSW and is supported by the AustLII Foundation Ltd. | SAFLII operates independently as a non-profit organization and is a registered public benefit organization. |
| Purpose | AustLII provides free online access to Australasian legal materials. | SAFLII is an online repository of legal information that promotes the rule of law and judicial accountability through open access. |
| Search | Users can search databases together, separately, by jurisdiction or individually. | SAFLII’s SINO search supports searches across all databases or selected databases and can rank results by relevance. |
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In their own words
AustLII
AustLII is a free web library for Australasian legal information, established in 1995 by the law faculties of UTS and UNSW and supported by the AustLII Foundation Ltd. Its collections include cases, legislation, treaties, law journals, law reform reports, and other legal content from Australia and New Zealand, including New Zealand material from the New Zealand Legal Information Institute. Users can search all databases together, search them separately, filter by jurisdiction, or work within one database. Search syntax includes Boolean connectors, proximity operators, truncation, and phrase searching. The integrated LawCite citator follows citations to Australian cases, journal articles, and other materials across AustLII and collaborating legal information institutes. Document pages offer print, download, and cited-by links. The responsive site is intended for current device types. AustLII identifies law librarians, academic researchers, practitioners, government officers, and policy advisers among its users.
SAFLII
SAFLII is a free web repository for open access to legal information. Its collection includes judgments, legislation, court rules, journal articles, commission reports, government gazettes, Rule 16A notices and court rolls. Materials from other countries in the region are also hosted through partnerships and links to other Legal Information Institutes. The SINO search can cover all databases or selected ones, rank results by relevance, and accept words, exact phrases, legislation names, case names or document titles. Boolean and proximity operators are supported. Results can be ordered by relevance, date, title or database, with 10, 20, 50 or 100 results per page. RSS feeds cover selected courts and databases. SAFLII says judgments come directly from courts and some government materials directly from gazettes. No login is required for individual reading, printing and copying allowed by copyright law.