Access to Danish law

LLRX.com gives an excellent overview of online systems offering extensive access to legal information in Denmark. The article briefly traces the development of online legal information in Denmark and provides an overview of the legal databases and online guides to electronic legal resources that currently are available. Most of the databases discussed can be accessed, wholly or in part, without charge via the Internet. A few are restricted to paid subscribers or are available only on CD-ROM.

Appendices at the end of the article contain separate tables listing the major legislative history, statutory, administrative, and case law sources. The tables identify the Internet databases that provide access to a particular legal source. Dates of coverage and URLs are given for each of the databases. Asterisks next to the databases denote fee based databases. These often provide some information free of charge and can be useful to non-subscribers. It is hoped that these appendices will serve as a quick guide to finding specific legal information.

To aid individuals who may be unfamiliar with Danish translations of important names and legal terms are provided. Unless otherwise noted, translations are the author's.