The Southern African Legal Information Institute (SAFLII) is the largest online free-access collection of legislation and case law from South Africa and other jurisdictions in the South African region. SAFLII was formally created in 2002 as a joint project between the

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(AustLII) and the

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(Wits) in Johannesburg, South Africa. In 2006 the

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assumed ownership of the project. The website at the time of this transition carried approximately 700 judgments from South Africa and Namibia. SAFLII is currently in operation from within the Department of Public Law at the

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and has been there from December 2013. SAFLII became a member of the

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at the Law Via the Internet conference in 2003. Currently, SAFLII serves over 220,000 unique visitors per month and provides access to about 49,000 judgements from South Africa alone. SAFLII also offers access to legislation and open-access journals such as ''De Jure'', the ''Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal'', ''SADC Law Journal'' and ''Law, Democracy & Development''.

References

* Anderson K ‘The Southern African Legal Information Institute (SAFLII) - Achievements & Challenges’ PT8th Law via Internet Conference, Montreal, 2007 * Anderson K ‘Balancing Privacy Rights with Accessibility’ DF8th Law via Internet Conference, Montreal, 2007 * Badeva-Bright M ‘Challenges to Building a Legal Information Network in Africa’ PT8th Law via Internet Conference, Montreal, 2007 * Badeva-Bright M ‘Common Open Standards for Precedents’ Akomantoso Conference, Nigeria, 2007 * Badeva-Bright M
Case Study: The South African Legal Information Institute
As part of the Free Access to Law – Is it Here to Stay? Project * Jacobson P ‘Wealth of legal information available on the Web now, for free’ Jacobson Attorneys blog, December 2006 * Kabalu A
SAFLII Report to the Southern Africa Judges Commission
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Free access to primary legal documents in Southern Africa
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GlobaLex website, February 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2012. * Gachago R ‘(http://www.africanlii.org/sites/default/files/Roger_Gachago_SAFLII.pdf The Southern African Legal Information Institute' PTAccess to African Supranational and Regional Law Workshop, Johannesburg 2012 Legal organisations based in South Africa Free Access to Law Movement {{SouthAfrica-org-stub