Free Law Project Joins Free Access to Law Movement
Free Law Project is proud to announce that it has been officially accepted as a member of the Free Access to Law Movement. FALM is a consortium of non-profit institutions dedicated to providing free and open access to the world's law. Its members subscribe to the Declaration on Free Access to Law.
The Declaration explains in part that,
- Public legal information from all countries and international institutions is part of the common heritage of humanity. Maximising access to this information promotes justice and the rule of law;
- Public legal information is digital common property and should be accessible to all on a non-profit basis and free of charge;
- Organisations such as legal information institutes have the right to publish public legal information and the government bodies that create or control that information should provide access to it so that it can be published by other parties.
We have been operating consistently with the principles laid out in the Declaration for some time. Finding ourselves in complete agreement with the Declaration on Free Access to Law, we are excited now to make it official and to formally join with our colleagues around the globe engaged in these endeavors.
FALM members come from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia, and Europe. Free Law Project looks forward to sharing ideas and knowledge with this diverse group so that we can all better meet the challenges facing free access to public legal information throughout the world.
