Legal Research

Workshop

Thursday, 6 April 2017

Presented by William Vu and Samuel Lee

Slides prepared by David Yang and Virginia Wang

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How do I research?

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Databases Case Law

Legislation International Materials

- Halsbury

- LexisNexisAU

- CCH

- WestlawAU

- Tips

- Westlaw vs. LexisNexis

- Other sources: AustLII,

HCA website, Jade

- AustLII

- ComLaw

- NSW Legislation

- English cases

- Canadian cases

Databases

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Halsbury’s Laws of Australia

PROS

CONS

- Cases and

legislation noted

- Structure:

headings provide

an overview

- Not always up-to-

date

Other databases

CCH

Westlaw

LexisNexis

- Criminal Practice and

Procedure

- Ritchie’s Uniform Civil

Procedure

- Cross on Evidence

Alternative Databases

Other databases

http://www2.austlii.edu.au/alr/secure/tab

les/Subject_collections.html

Username: alr

Password: 1student

Case Law

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Case Law

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Search by citation: Agar v Hyde (2000) 201 CLR 552

Make use of the headnote /

digest

Finding related cases: Cases citing, cases cited

Finding related documents: Journal articles, Case commentary

Tips for finding cases

Case Law

LexisNexis AuWestlaw Au

- ALR

- VLR

- FLR

- CLR

- NSWLR

- A Crim R

- FCR

AUTHORISED UNAUTHORISED

Case Law

Case Law

Case Law

Other Case Law Sources

AustLII HCA Website Jade

- Navigate by

year

- Case

summaries

- Transcripts

- Video!

- Extremely

useful!

Legislation

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Austlii

Case Law

AUSTLII

Features

- Point in time

- Note up

Official versions

NSW Legislation

ComLaw

Casebase

Casebase

Firstpoint

Firstpoint

International materials

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International case law

Canadian casesEnglish cases

- Westlaw Int’l

(DLR)

- CanLII

- Lexis (All ER)

- Westlaw Int’l

(WLR, AC)

Other sources

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International case law

Search operators

Summary

Summary