Compilations of legislation and consolidated legislation are more likel to be found from non-authoritative sources only. Apart from commercial databanks, it is often research institutes or non-governmental organisations that provide this service. An important multi-jurisdictional resource on legislation is, e.g., the former U. S House of Representatives Internet law library (now hosted by a number of organisations such as LawGuru ) a further resource is the International Constitutional Law (icl) databank hosted by the University of Wuerzburg, which collates the texts of the constitutions and related information on a large number of countries. The presence of courts on the Internet has also rapidly increased in recent years. Most constitutional courts and supreme courts have their own home page. Whether they contain more than general information on the court and its function depends on the country and the importance of judicial decisions in its legal system. In common-law systems, in particular in the USA and Australia, comprehensive and well-structured access has become a matter of course. As with legislation, lacunae in official publication-especially with older decisions are often filled by private databanks, with scope, speed, search options and method of access depending on the provider. Decisions in specialised legal fields can also be found via universities, law firms or organisations within the field concerned 2. 2. 2 Secondary sources The Internet is also of increasing importance as a mode of publication for legal literature of interest to academics. However, the majority of stablished legal journals to date present only their content pages online, while some others offer at least selected articles in full text as a foretaste of their printed edition. Most online literature can therefore be found in new journals that are- like the ejcl- published exclusively as electronic journals. The speed and force with which the publishing world changes under the influence of modern media have led to a further increase in the number of law journals, particularly at university level. While they can usually be found in lists of journals, it is even harder to keep track or get hold of the mushrooming non-refereed law journals and in-house magazines of legal firms and organisations. They frequently report or comment on recent court decisions or review areas of law with special reference to the needs of the practitioner and thus do not only serve as a forum for communicating with (prospective) clients but also help to keep those interested informed about the latest developments in certain legal fieldsCompilations of legislation and consolidated legislation are more likely to be found from non-authoritative sources only. Apart from commercial databanks, it is often research institutes or non-governmental organisations that provide this service. An important multi-jurisdictional resource on legislation is, e.g., the former U.S. House of Representatives Internet law library(6) (now hosted by a number of organisations such as LawGuru(7)); a further resource is the International Constitutional Law (ICL)(8) databank hosted by the University of Wuerzburg, which collates the texts of the constitutions and related information on a large number of countries. The presence of courts on the Internet has also rapidly increased in recent years. Most constitutional courts and supreme courts have their own home page. Whether they contain more than general information on the court and its function depends on the country and the importance of judicial decisions in its legal system. In common-law systems, in particular in the USA and Australia, comprehensive and well-structured access has become a matter of course. As with legislation, lacunae in official publication - especially with older decisions - are often filled by private databanks, with scope, speed, search options and method of access depending on the provider. Decisions in specialised legal fields can also be found via universities, law firms or organisations within the field concerned. 2.2.2 Secondary sources The Internet is also of increasing importance as a mode of publication for legal literature of interest to academics. However, the majority of established legal journals to date present only their content pages online, while some others offer at least selected articles in full text as a foretaste of their printed edition. Most online literature can therefore be found in new journals that are - like the EJCL(9) - published exclusively as electronic journals. The speed and force with which the publishing world changes under the influence of modern media have led to a further increase in the number of law journals, particularly at university level. While they can usually be found in lists of journals, it is even harder to keep track or get hold of the mushrooming non-refereed law journals and in-house magazines of legal firms and organisations. They frequently report or comment on recent court decisions or review areas of law with special reference to the needs of the practitioner and thus do not only serve as a forum for communicating with (prospective) clients but also help to keep those interested informed about the latest developments in certain legal fields