information The first effort to provide free computer access to legal information was made by two academics, Peter Martin and Tom Bruce, in 1992. Today, the Legal Information Institute freely publishes such resources as the text of the United States Constitution, judgements of the United States Supreme Court, and the text of the United States Code. The Australasian Legal Information Institute (AusLII) was established soon after in 1995. Other legal information institutes, such as those of Great Britain and Ireland (BAILII), Canada (CII) and South Africa (SAfLI) soon followed. LIIs were partially formalized in 2002 following the signing of the Declaration of Free Access to the Law, which has been signed by 54 countries. At the time of writing, the World Legal Information Institute contains in excess of 1800 databases from 123 jurisdictions. Many governments also publish legal information online. For example, UK legislation and statutory instruments have been publicly available online since 2010. Depending on the jurisdiction in question, the decisions of higher appellate courts may also be published online, either by the Legal Information Institute or by the court service directly. Sources of European Union Law are published for free by EUR-Lex in 23 languages, including judgments of the European Courts. Similarly, judgements of the European Court of Human Rights are published on its website. Further reading Dittakavi Nagasankara Rao (1984). Computer Assisted Legal Research: A Selected Bibliography, Issue 1574. Vance Bibliographies. Penny A. Hazelton (1993). Computer Assisted Legal Research: The Basics. West Publishing Company. Cary Griffith (1992). Griffith's Guide to Computer Assisted Legal Research. Anderson Publishing Company. (1988). The CLIC Guide to Computer-assisted Legal Research. Canadian Law Information Council. James A. Sprowl (1976). A Manual for Computer-assisted Legal Research. American Bar Foundation. Judy A. Long (2003). Computer Aided Legal Research. Thomson/Delmar Learning. Surendra Dayal (1996). Laying Down the Law Online: Computer Assisted Legal Research. Butterworths. Susan Cochard; Samantha Whitney-Ulane (1997). Computer-assisted Legal Research: A Guide to Successful Online Searching. American Bar Association. Joseph L. Ebersole (1977). The Emergence of Computer-assisted Research as an Established Legal Tool. Federal Judicial Center. Alan M. Sager (1977). An Evaluation of Computer Assisted Legal Research Systems for Federal Court Applications. Federal Judicial Center. Fred M. Greguras (1975). Report on Computer-assisted Legal Research and Information Processing. Nebraska Legislative Council. Christopher G. Wren; Jill Robinson Wren (1994). Using Computers in Legal Research: A Guide to Lexis and Westlaw. Adams & Ambrose Publishing. Theodor Herman