The Zimbabwe Legal Information Institute (ZimLII) is an independent not-for-profit Trust hosting an online repository of legal information from Zimbabwe and beyond. The organisation aims to provide for the knowledge needs of a growing group of people learning, aware and interested in the justice and legal framework of our country. ZimLII is a member of the global Free Access to Law Movement. The organisation works closely with other regional and international Legal Information Institutes (LIIs) to promote justice and rule of law by maximising access at no cost to public legal information
The following are the objectives of the ZimLII :
- TO increase access to public legal information
- TO provide precedents for jurisprudential development of Zimbabwe's legal system
- TO create a technologically advanced platform for faster and more open circulation of legal material hitherto archived in hard copy in Zimbabwe
- TO provide support to regional and international legal key players to access crucial legal databases from Zimbabwe and to provide links to other legal information institutes
- TO promote justice and the rule of law
The Zimbabwe Legal Information Institute (ZimLII) provides free, full and anonymous access to Zimbabwe Case-law and Legislation. On the ZimLII website Zimbabweans and other people can read and download the following for free:
- The most current and complete digital collection of Zimbabwe caselaw and case summaries from the superior courts
- A selection of Zimbabwean legislationas enacted
- Law Review Journals
- Legal News & Articles
