An Overview of the Malawi Legal Information Institute

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2011

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The major question arising from the study is the issue of the suitability of the host organization to undertake a free access to law project. Collecting and uploading current judgments from the courts in Malawi is the main project of MalawiLII. However, MalawiLII publishes a severely limited collection of the consolidated and numbered laws of Malawi, and there is no formal strategic plan for MalawiLII that includes a targeted audience. Law reports have not been published since 1998 and there are no commercial databases of Malawian law. The re-introduction of foreign support, such as Kenya Law Reports, may be a step forward.

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Malawi Final Technical Report
As part of the Free Access to Law - Is it Here to Stay? Project
Author's institution: AfricaLII

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OPEN ACCESS TO LAW, LEGAL INFORMATION INSTITUTES, SUSTAINABILITY, MALAWI, ICT, LEGAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INFORMATION EXCHANGE

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