Textbooks
Construction Law texts are shelved at 343.78624
Subject terms to search in the catalogue include: Construction industry -- Law and legislation; Construction contracts; Construction contracts -- Australia; Building laws -- Australia; Contractors -- Legal status, laws, etc.; Construction industry -- Law and legislation -- Australia.
Construction Claims / Davenport & Durham
Construction Law in Australia / Bailey & Bell
Understanding Australian Construction Contracts / Bailey & Bell
Commentary
- Nicholas Dennys, Mark Raeside and Robert Clay (eds), Hudson's Building and Engineering Contracts (Thomson Reuters, 12th ed 2010)
- Building and Construction Contracts in Australia (Westlaw Australia)
- Building Contracts Australia (Lexis Advance)
- CCH Intelliconnect
- navigate Practice Areas to Competition, Consumer & Contract Law - expand and navigate to Australian Contract Law Commentary
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navigate Practice Areas to Conveyancing & Property Law
Journals and Indexes
Australian Journals
- Australian Construction Law Newsletter (ACLN)
- Building and Construction Law Journal available in Westlaw Australia
- Search CaseBase (Index to Australian cases and journals) on Lexis Advance
- Informit (Australian articles)
- Full text journals – Lexis Advance, Westlaw Australia.
International Journals
- Building Research and Information: International Journal of Research, Development and Demonstration
- Construction Lawyer
- The International Construction Law Review
- Full text journals - Thomson Reuters Westlaw, Westlaw UK, ProQuest
- Library Search - includes a range of management journals, and some legal resources.
- The Library Catalogue: To find journals held by Murdoch, search by subject for: Building Laws Australia - Periodicals
Standards
Techstreet - Provides the full text of most Australian Standards
Legislation
The main Act concerning Building and Construction Contracts in WA is the Construction Contracts Act 2004 (WA).
The Building Code Board of Australia regulates Building and Construction standards across Australia.
- LawNow Legislation (Lexis Advance) - drill down to a section and click the blue>> to find related commentary or cases on LNAU
- Federal Register of Legislation Commonwealth legislation
- Parliament of Australia Bills Digest - links to EM (explanatory memoranda) and Hansard (second reading speeches).
- Western Australian Legislation
- Parliament of Western Australia Hansard - links to EM (explanatory memoranda) and Hansard (second reading speeches).
- Department of State Development - State Agreements