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Topic Research Guides: Business Law

Research Resources and Guides For Law Topics

 

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Textbooks

Business Law texts are shelved at 346.7

Administrative Law texts are shelved at 342.640994.

Subject terms to search in the Catalogue include: 

  • business law Australia
  • consumer law Australia

Australian Business Law / Paul Latimer

Australian Commercial Law / Clive Turner and John Trone

Australian Corporations Legislation 

Australian Master Bookkeepers Guide / by Stephen J. Marsden

Australian Master Tax Guide

Australian Practical Accounting Guide​

Bowstead and Reynolds on agency

Carter's guide to contract law / J.W.Carter

Commercial Law / Samantha J. Traves

Concise Australian Commercial Law / Clive Turner

Essential Australian Business Law / Paul Latimer

Reference Resources and Commentary

Business Source Ultimate

CCH IntelliConnect

  • select Practice Areas:
    • Bankruptcy and insolvency law
    • Company law
    • Compliance and business law

Lexis+

Westlaw Australia  - Commentary
Select from Topics filter:

Databases

Lexis+

Navigate to the following sections:

Lexis+ > Explore pod > Topics > Banking and Finance Law

Lexis+ > Explore pod > Topics > Business Entities

Lexis+ > Explore pod > Topics > Commercial Law

Lexis+ > Explore pod > Topics > Contract Law

Lexis+ > Explore pod > Topics > Corporate

Topics covered:

  • Agency
  • Business disputes
  • Business structures
  • Commercial property law
  • Contract law
  • Corporations law
  • Finance and securities
  • Financial Markets Guide
  • Franchising and licensing
  • Insolvency
  • International Content
  • Key developments
  • Personal property securities
  • Purchase and sale of business
  • Trusts

 

 

Legislation

Legify - access Australian authorised legislation

Federal Register of Legislation - Commonwealth Acts and Bills

Parliament of Australia Bills Digest for Bills, links to EMs (Explanatory Memoranda) and Hansard (for Second Reading Speeches)


Western Australian Legislation

Parliament of Western Australia - Bills and EMs (Explanatory Memoranda)

Parliament of Western Australia Hansard - Second Reading Speeches

Case Law

How to find a court case 

Australian Case Law:

AustLII - free full text access to Australian medium neutral citation versions and unreported judgments.

CCH iKnowConnect

Jade - free database and current awareness service of Australian case law.

LawCite - a free, automatically generated Australian and international legal case and journal article citator.

LawNow Legislation - links to cases on sections of an Act

Lexis+ - a citation and abstract service to Australian case law,

Westlaw Australia- a citation and abstract service to Australian case law.

 

International Case Law:

BAILII - British, Irish, EU case law, legislation and law commission reports.

CommonLII - Case law from 60 Commonwealth and common law jurisdictions.

HeinOnline - English Reports (1220-1867).

ICLR - Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales, full text case law database.

LawCite - a free, automatically generated Australian and international legal case and journal article citator.

Westlaw International - full text of international legal resources, includes UK, Canada, US and EU case law.

vLexJustis - full text of UK, Irish, EU, Singapore and other international case law.

Westlaw UK - UK and EU case law.

WorldLII - global international law, broad coverage.

 

Case Citators:

Case Base - via Lexis+

Digest - via Westlaw Australia

Jade Citator - via Jade Barnet

Law Cite - via AustLII