AGIS
Plus Text
Based on the Attorney General's Information Service this database
provides full text articles from Australian, New Zealand and
Pacific law journals and selected articles from major US, UK
and Canadian law journals. Covers all aspects of law.
APA-FT
Australian Public Affairs Full Text indexes a wide range of
periodicals, newspapers, scholarly journals, conference papers
and books. Subject coverage includes business, health, current
affairs, economics, humanities, law, literature, politics and
social sciences.
CINCH
Australian Criminology Database indexes and abstracts articles
on all aspects of crime and criminal justice including corrections,
crime, crime prevention, criminal law, criminology, juvenile
justice, law enforcement, police and victims of crime.
Informit Search
Select this link to search two or more of the three above databases (AGIS, APA-FT and CINCH) at once. Also excellent for lots of Australian scholarly material on the following subjects:
* Business, economics and management
* Education
* Engineering and technology
* Health and medicine
AustLII
The Australian Legal Information Institute publishes acts, regulations
and cases for the Commonwealth and Australian states and territories.
AustLII also provides links to Australian and world law resources
on the Internet.
CCH
Law Libraries
A range of Australian legal publications and resources covering
taxation, industrial law, corporations law, trade practices
and consumer law, and human resource management. NB Access
is only to active subscriptions. Other CCH products are shown
in grey and are not available.
Law
databases in Supersearch
Search up to 10 resources at a time. At the PDS login screen
enter your SIMS username (students) or 7-digit staff ID (staff) and password, then select Swinburne
from the Institution dropdown list.
LexisNexis
AU
Access to selected full text Australian legal journals published
by LexisNexis Legal Australia. Some of the titles are: Australian
Law Reports, Victorian Reports, Employment
and Industrial Law.
The Alternative Law Journal, through the Informit APA-FT database - To search this database, either: select a Guided search from the top four light grey tabs, change one of the drop down boxes from any field to journal title; type alternative law journal to the left and then do a search;
or select a Standard search and type JT=(alternative law journal) in at the search box as well as another search word eg. indigenous AND JT=(alternative law journal). Alternative Law Journal is also available through another INFORMIT database, AGIS Plus Text.
Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre - EBSCOhost database.
Contains leading Australian and New Zealand newspapers & magazines and a few international ones too, as well as some reference books in full text.
Legal Writing - Author: Webley, Lisa
Published: London; Routledge-Cavendish, 2005
Subject gateways and portals
Australian Law Online
Provides access to law and justice related information and services
from all levels of government. Information about the Australian
legal system and the government organisations that are part
of the Australian legal system.
LegalOnline
The Victorian Government's legal information website containing
fact sheets, links to legal practitioners, relevant legislation
and agencies.
WebLaw WebLaw is an Australian based web portal with annotated
links to selected quality web sites. Links to specific aspects
of the law including industrial law, corporations law, family
law, human rights and more.
In particular, there is an excellent page for European Union Law - also see the link to Europa in International Resources below.
Allens Arthur Robinson - recent publications: Available in either HTML or PDF Full Text. As well as the Recent publications, look through the Archived material via the left-hand side menu.
LAWLEX
Search for Australian legislation for the Commonweath, States
and Territories. Includes a subject index to Legislation. Only basic features of this resource are available for use.
ScalePlus
Commonwealth legislation. NB. No new material has been added
since January 2005 although Current Compilations and Numbered
Acts will be maintained. ScalePlus will soon be replaced by ComLaw (see immediately below)..
ComLaw became available
online in January 2005. It will soon replace ScalePlus (as of March 2008, still not yet!).
The Institute of Legal Executives (Victoria) - An organisation for legal executives that is able to assist students in relation to legal careers and legal education (but is not an employment agency).
Their bi-monthly journal, The Legal Executive, is available to students and the last 18 months' of issues are available online through the Publications link in the Resources section.
Privacy Victoria - “The Information Privacy Act gives Victorians privacy rights.
The law requires State government and local councils to protect the privacy of your personal information….Privacy Victoria is the key body in a system regulating the way Victorian government agencies and local councils collect and handle personal information.”
Relevant Laws, Case Notes and Publications are among the pages available.
Law and Justice foundation of NSW
"Providing access to free Australian and international legal materials".
The four links under the left-hand side Legal Information menu option provide further long lists of useful web sites. There is also a Writing in Plain English section with how-to guides to help you: write documents & make them easily understood; understand legal documents; etc.
Law Council of Australia
“Representing around 50,000 legal practitioners across the country”. Many resources are available: Frequently Asked questions (FAQ), Media Releases, Policies and Guidelines for and of members as well as employment opportunities.
Rural Law Online
Gives rural Victorians access to plain language information on areas of law which affect them. The ten major law topics discussed are: 1. Laws & our legal system; 2. Land & its uses; 3. Environment & planning; 4. Livestock, pets & wildlife; 5. Crops & other produce; 6. Business & finance; 7. Vehicles & firearms; 8. Employment law;
9. Law & families; and 10. Dealing with disputes.
Victoria Law Foundation
"An independent, public benefit organisation making law accessible”. A number of resources are available for free through their Free and Shop page, including Death at Blue Hills - a model criminal trial; the Coroner’s Process; Privacy information and a large number of guides, pamphlets and manuals.
United Nations International law page - Includes links to the International Criminal Court, International Court of Justice and the International Law Commission.
THOMAS - "THOMAS contains a list of legislative and other government resources" - from the US Library of Congress.
Eur-lex, access to European Union law - "Direct, easy access free of charge to the biggest documentary holdings existing on EU law. The texts are arranged in collections – treaties, international agreements, legislation in force, legislation in preparation, case-law, parliamentary questions – which can be accessed via hyperlinks. For visitors who are less familiar with European questions, the site provides information on the institutions and Community law to make it easier for them to find the required data. It also includes explanations for the instruments that play a part in the production of Community legislation".
Your Europe - A guide to legal responisiblities for citizens and businesses in plain language.
Also see the WebLaw link to European Union Law above in Subject Gateways and Directories.
Swinburne Library
Legal
systems of the world - set of reference books always available at the Hawthorn campus library. Look on the shelves in the Reference Section on Level 3, using call number R 340.03 LEG-K
Last maintained by: Nick Pavlovski
(npavlovski@swin.edu.au), 03 March 2008
