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Legal research guide

Legal research

How to conduct legal research at Murdoch University

Case law, legislation and secondary & tertiary materials

To conduct effective legal research, you will need to understand the different types of legal materials before learning how to find them. Our legal research materials help has been split into three sections: Case law, Legislation, and Secondary & tertiary materials. Each section includes information about each type of legal material, and information about finding each type of legal material. Access the Case law, Legislation and Secondary & tertiary materials guides through the links below.

Case law

Legislation

Secondary & tertiary materials

Other resources

Learn the specifics of the legal research process, learn how to read and write legal citation, and find further support.