The documents on the PacLII website consist mainly of primary materials such as court decisions and legislation but also include decisions of various tribunals and panels or secondary information such as court rules or bench books.
PacLII is an initiative of the University of the South Pacific School of Law with assistance from AustLII.
PacLII is based at the Emalus Campus of the USP in Port Vila, Vanuatu.
Most of them do not have easy access to the legal materials from across the region which they need to undertake their studies.
PacLII was started by the School of Law as a means to overcoming the tyrannies of distance.