Faculty of Business and Law

Legal Resources

Research Databases

The Deakin Library's Law Guide also links to these databases. They are subscription services available to Deakin law staff and students and anybody else holding a subscription.

CCH Australia

HEIN Online
Includes dozens of journals and:

  • Index to Legal Periodicals

LawBook Online
Includes journals and some case law and reference resources (see relevant section below)

LegalTrac
Includes

LexisNexis AU
Includes:

  • Australian Current Law (including Australian Current Law News)
  • Australian Legal Words and Phrases
  • Halsbury's Laws of Australia
  • The Australian Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents
  • Casebase and law reports
  • Journals

Lexis Nexis (US)
Includes

  • archives of US federal and state case law
  • statutes of all 50 US states
  • US state and federal regulations
  • public records from major US states
  • Resources - including case law, from England, France, Canada, Australia, NZ, Ireland and Scotland
  • Practice area resources include:
    • tax
    • securities
    • banking
    • environmental
    • energy

Oxford English Dictionary

Oxford Reference Online
Includes many reference materials - the key law-related resources include:

  • The Australian Oxford Dictionary
  • Concise Oxford English dictionary
  • A dictionary of economics
  • A dictionary of law (ed: Elizabeth A. Martin)
  • A dictionary of law enforcement (Graham Gooch, Michael Williams)
  • The Oxford companion to American law (editor in chief Kermit L. Hall)
  • The Oxford companion to the Supreme Court of the United States (editor in chief, Kermit L. Hall)
  • The Oxford companion to the High Court of Australia (edited by Tony Blackshield, Michael Coper and George Williams)
  • Oxford dictionary of abbreviations
  • Oxford dictionary of English
  • The Oxford guide to United States Supreme Court decisions (edited by Kermit L. Hall)
  • The pocket Oxford Latin dictionary (James Morwood)
  • World encyclopedia

WestLaw
Includes cases, legislation and journals

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8th December 2011