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Law Resources for Murdoch University
Last update: Nov 13th, 2009 URL: http://libguides.murdoch.edu.au/law  Print Guide  RSS Updates

Maritime Law             Print Page
  
 

Treaties

 

Legislation

  • ComLaw   Commonwealth legislation
  • BillsNet  for bills,  links to EM (explanatory memoranda) and Hansard (second reading speeches)
  • LawLex  links to legislation and related materials.  See Lawlex legislative alerts and premium research
  • State Law Publisher  Western Australian legislation
 
 

Case law

  • Lloyds Law Reports – access through Databases page – i-law.com: maritime module.  Click on publications – Lloyds law reports plus 
  • LexisNexis TRS and Westlaw Cases within a jurisdiction
  • Legal Online  First Point (subject classification of Australian cases)
  • LexisNexis AU  CaseBase (Index to Australian cases and journals)
 

Journals and indexes

Access through the Library catalogue or individually via Journal Articles & Databases page:

  • Informit: AGIS Plus text,  (APA-FT) AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC AFFAIRS- FULL TEXT – (Australian legal journals and newpapers) Full text journals – Proquest, Academic onefile , Oxford Journals.  LexisNexis AU, CaseBase (Index to Australian cases and journals), LexisNexis Total Research System (International)
  • Westlaw – World News, World Journals
  • Legal Online – search Journal articles
 
 

Other Resources

  • Catalogue searches: Maritime law is a subject heading, Law of the Sea  is sometimes used
  • Shipping law may also be used.  Otherwise search for the particular area eg carriage of goods, marine insurance, admiralty, collisions. The Classification Number on the shelf is 343.960
  • Directory of  links: Weblaw – Law of the Sea 
  • Faculty of Law Glossary of Maritime Law Terms, 2nd Ed., 2004
  • Maritime law Links on WorldLII - www.worldlii.org/catalog/2048.html
  • LII Law about Admiralty – http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/admiralty
 
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