This is a study guide designed to help you find legal cases. This study guide describes the formal citation of cases and then goes on to provide links to Australian law report series and to the two major online case citators, Casebase (Lexis Advance) and Firstpoint (Westlaw AU).
Most of the resources mentioned relate to Australian case law, although there are also links to databases containing international legal cases.
This study guide has been designed to help you find comparative law information. The guide consists of links to public domain websites that provide legal information from a range or countries around the world. Please note that UTS Library also subscribes to a number of databases that can provide you with comparative law resources- see the Law Databases study guide.
This study guide is designed to help you find legal encyclopaedias and dictionaries. These resources are available online via the Lexis Advance and Westlaw AU database platforms. Legal encyclopaedias are are useful tool to help you find a narrative overview of an area of law including references to both case law and legislation. Legal dictionaries will help you define terms used in a legal context.
Note: This study guide has been updated to take into account changes due to the 4th edition of the AGLC.
This study guide has been designed to help you use the EndNote program to manage your referencing. The guide provides templates for citing a range of legal resources, including both primary and secondary legal materials. The guide demonstrates that you do not need to use all the fields found in an EndNote reference type - simply use the fields mentioned in the examples below. Note that the examples are arranged in alphabetical order.
Note: this page has been updated to take account of the release of the AGLC 4th edition.
Note: this page has been updated to take into account changes due to the release of the 4th edition of the AGLC.
This study guide has been designed to supplement the EndNote for Law classes run by the UTS Library. It provides information about the use of EndNote for Law, including creating your EndNote library, inserting EndNote references into a Word document, creating a reference list and adding pinpoint references to your footnotes. The Library recommends that you attend a library workshop in order to be able to effectively use EndNote for legal referencing.
This is a special study guide for the first year law subject Foundations of Law 70102
This study guide is designed to help students find second reading speeches and explanatory materials in relation to New South Wales and Commonwealth Bills.
This study guide provides links to a number of law blogs.
This study guide proves a selection of legal databases to which the Library subscribes. These databases contain Australian and international legal resources, including both primary and secondary materials. Each database is accompanied by a brief description of its scope to help you decide which database is right for your particular information need. If you need more assistance in selecting a database to meet your particular information need, enquire at the Research Help Desk of the UTS Library.
Journals are useful for finding current information on specific topics. Journals may be available in print or online formats. Use this guide to find out the location of hard copy law journals and also link to databases that contain electronic versions of legal journals.
Call Number: 340.05 A-Z
This study guide has been designed to bring together information about legal abbreviations. References to law reports or law journals use abbreviations for the name of the law report or journal. This guide provides a list of the most commonly used abbreviations to resources held in the UTS Library collection as well as links to more comprehensive lists of legal abbreviations. If you are still unable to locate your particular legal abbreviation, ask at the Research Help Desk at the UTS Library.
This study guide provides a list of Australian legal apps available for mobile devices.
Find research papers, reports, lecture series, workshop presentations and other scholarship.
CREATING LEGISLATION
The LEGENDcom database is produced by the Australian Government, Department of Home Affairs.
LEGENDcom is an online database of migration and citizenship legislation and policy documents, containing current and historical versions of the following:
Recommended online educational resources for Law including opencourseware and videos.
"A body of legal rules that apply between sovereign states and other entities having international personality. Public international law, sometimes referred to as the `law of nations', differs from private international law which deals with the different municipal laws of different countries. Topics of public international law include: law of the sea; law of treaties; state jurisdiction; customary law; and the law of the (INT) Charter of the United Nations 1945. Through this body of law an attempt is made to clarify and codify the common interests of humanity. It is in practice identified and determined by its authoritative source: (INT) Statute of the International Court of Justice 1945 art 38." - Encyclopaedic Australian Legal Dictionary (LexisNexis AU)
This is a guide to finding grey literature and alert services.
This study guide has been designed to help you find information about taxation law in Australia. It provides links to a wide range of resources including both public domain websites and subscription databases available via the UTS Library. The guide also provides information on the particular online resources available via subsciption databases, such as the Australin Master Tax Guide, available via Intelliconnect (CCH). The guide also provides links to a range of services available via the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) website.
