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Law Resources for Murdoch staff and students

Consult the Guide to Legal Research and Legal Aids for information about legal research. An overview of the Australian Legal System from the Attorney-General's Department may be helpful

Primary Legal Materials

Australian Courts & Legislation National Library of Australia

Secondary Legal Materials - Reference

Abbreviations	Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations	Abbreviations of Law Reports held at Murdoch University Medium Neutral Citation
Citation Guides	Legal Citation Guide (Murdoch University - AGLC now standard citation guide.) Legal Citation (Brief notes) Authorised Reports	Murdoch notes about using the Australian Guide to Legal Citation, (2nd ed, 2002)
Dictionaries	Australian UK - and other Commonwealth countries	USA Other Jurisdictions Duhaime's Law Dictionary Legal-Explanations.com Law.com dictionary Legal Latin Guide to Common Latin Law Terms (pdf) OneLook Dictionary Service
Government & Parliament	Western Australia Parliament of Western Australia Government of Western Australia Department of the Premier and Cabinet. Department of Attorney General Department of Corrective Services Other states: Australian Parliaments Australian Governments WorldLII- Parliaments of theWorld United Nations & UN Documents ILO International Labour Organisation	Commonwealth of Australia Parliament of Australia The Commonwealth Government On-Line Directory Attorney General's Department Parliamentary Library publications Australia.gov.au (search engine)
Legal Research Guides	Murdoch University Legal Research Guides LLX - Comparative and Foreign Law Guides
Search Engines	Google Answers.com
Subject Directories	WebLaw - Australian Legal Resources WorldLII - International Legal Resources Findlaw - US

Secondary Legal Materials - Commentary

Forms & Precedents	Court forms - see relevant Acts and Regulations, and Court web pages.	Check pages from Law Firms and Legal Publishers to find samples of products which may be of use
Journals	E Law Murdoch University Electronic Law Journal AustLII Law Reviews Project High Court Bulletin See also - electronic journals linked by title on the catalogue. - list of legal journals databases in the Legal Research Guide - legal alerts to set up email notification of Table of Contents for new issue	Australian Journals Online PANDORA Australian Digital Archive of Law and Criminology   Google Scholar - use Advanced Scholar search
Journals Indexes	AMPLA index	PANDORA Australian Digital Archive of Law and Criminology - index run by Google Contents Pages from Law Reviews from the Tarlton Law Library