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Publications
- Australia
- GovPubs: the Australian Government Publications Guide
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GovPubs is a guide to Australian Commonwealth and state government publications located in Australia's National and State Libraries and on the internet. Acts, Bills, explanatory memoranda, notice papers, gazettes, government directories, parliamentary papers and standing ...
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Research Strategies
Research Guides by Jurisdiction
Canada
- Doing Legal Research in Canada
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This guide provides an overview of Canadian law and links to primary and secondary material available online. Contact details and links for Canadian legal organisations (law schools, law libraries, etc.) and major publishers are provided. It also has a distinctive and useful ...
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- Guide to Legal Research
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Contains information on legal citation, legislation, case law and secondary materials. The guide identifies the sources of Canadian law, how they originate out of judicial and legislative processes and gives instruction on how to use various finding aids. The guide’s ...
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International
- FCIL-SIS Teaching Resources
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This site provides links to research guides, course descriptions and syllabi on foreign, comparative and international law.
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- Update to Law of the Pacific Islands: a Guide to Web Based Resources
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A concise guide to researching the law of Pacific island nations, this page contains an introduction to the legal and governmental heritage of the area. Links to case law, legislation and online government publications are provided under separate headings for each country. ...
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New Zealand
- An Introduction to New Zealand Law & Sources of Legal Information
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This guide to legal research in New Zealand covers treaties, legislation and case law. Reference is made to both print and online sources. Information on government, the legal profession, law publishers and news services is also included, along with a list of major texts on ...
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United Kingdom
- Devolution in the United Kingdom : a Revolution in Online Legal Research
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Describes the devolution of power from Westminster to the recently created parliaments of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. In each case, it provides links to the Acts that established each parliament, guidance on how to find the Acts of each parliament or assembly, as ...
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- Update to A Guide to the UK Legal System
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This guide explains the structure of the United Kingdom's legal system before describing how to locate primary sources online and in print. Guidance is given on how to locate Bills, parliamentary debates and official government publications. Other sections include ...
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United States
- Legal Research Guides
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This guide provides assistance in using a wide range of sources. These include finding Bills, material from the United States Congress and Senate, legislation, executive orders, legislative histories and treaties.
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- Update to A Guide to the U.S. Federal Legal System: Web-Based Publicly Accessible Sources
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As its title suggests, this guide concentrates on providing publicly available web-based content, while providing a detailed contextual analysis of each area of law. A discussion of the US Federal legal system and the Constitution is followed by sections on legislation, the ...
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Research Guides on International Organisations
- International
- ASIL Electronic Resource Guide: United Nations
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This guide describes the various types of documents produced by the United Nations and where to find them online. It begins with a listing of United Nations and associated organisations web sites and what documents they provide. Other sources of information are discussed ...
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- International Labour Organization
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This guide provides an introduction to the history and structure of the ILO. It goes on to discuss how to find sources of law including conventions and ratifications and digests of decisions. An extensive bibliography follows which is structured up by subject.
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- Research Guides: GATT/ WTO
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A concise guide to researching GATT, this page has an introduction to the area, information on how to access texts of agreements and other documents. It also has information on dispute resolution and secondary sources.
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- UN Documentation : Research Guide
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Gives an introduction to the main bodies of the United Nations and outlines their main documents and how to find them. There are useful sections on United Nations document symbols, sales numbers and guides to United Nations indexes and databases that outline their history ...
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- Update to WTO/GATT Research
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Lists relevant secondary materials, describes how to find WTO/GATT legal instruments and official documents, as well as having information on dispute settlement. It refers to print material as well as having links to online material where available.
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International Law Research Guides by Subject
- International
- ASIL Electronic Resource Guide: International Economic Law
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This guide provides links to online content on international economic law while contextualising these sources within an extensive amount of commentary. Topics covered include trade law, financial law, regional economic integration, development law, private international law, ...
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- ASIL Electronic Resources Guide: Treaties
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Provides information on the treaty making process and links to web sites with substantial full text content. Covers treaty web sites provided by the United Nations, individual nations, non-government organisations and international and regional organisations. There are also ...
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Guides to Library Classification Schemes
- International
- Moys Classification scheme
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This guide to Moys briefly covers the origins and theory of the scheme before outlining how primary, secondary, reference and journal titles are classified. It also provides examples of shelving order for each.
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Citation Guides
- Australia
- Australian Guide to Legal Citation
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One of the most widely used Australian citation guides, the AGLC2 is available as a full-text Acrobat document. The guide covers how to cite a wide variety of primary and secondary materials, has chapters on other major common law jurisdictions and an extensive list of law ...
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United States
- Introduction to Basic Legal Citation (LII 2002-2003)
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An introductory guide to legal citation in the United States, this guide aims to reflect legal citation as used by practitioners. It combines elements of The Bluebook and the ALWD Citation Manual to provide a "primer" for newcomers to legal citation.
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Citation Abbreviations
- International
- Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations
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This free, web-based service allows users to search for the meaning of abbreviations from the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth, the United States and some international publications as well. While the database covers mainly law reports and journals, some legislative ...
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- Law Library Abbreviations of Legal Publications
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This site provides an extensive list of abbreviations for law journals, reports and institutions. The abbreviations are browsable alphabetically and covers Australian and international sources. Each alphabetical list is provided as a downloadable Acrobat document. There are ...
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- Law Reports by Abbreviation Search
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This site allows you to either browse abbreviations alphabetically or to search them via an online database. It also specifies whether titles are held in the Borchardt Library (at La Trobe University) in print or whether they available online via Lexis (a commercial service) ...
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Legal Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
- International
- Legal Dictionaries
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This page has links to a range of legal dictionaries available on the web. Links are also provided for English dictionaries and directory sites.
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