Law

For recent information, journal articles are often the best sources. Looking through individual journals in the hope of finding relevant material is time-consuming. It is better to use the databases to find articles on your topic.

Journal Articles:

CINCH (Australian Criminology Database)

AGIS plus text (Attorney-General's Information Service)

AFPD (Australian Federal Police digest)

APA full text (Australian Public Affairs Information Service)

National Criminal Justice Reference Service abstracts

Journals

Journals:

Criminal law journal.

Specialised Resources

Specialised Resources:

Queensland sentencing manual

Watson & Watson Australian criminal law

Summary offences law and practice Queensland

Federal criminal law

Australian criminal trial directions

Web Sites

Web Sites:

Australian Institute of Criminology

Qld Government. Office of Economic and Statistical Research Crime and Justice.

Crime and Misconduct Commission

Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions - Queensland

Australian Crime Commission

Queensland Law Reform Commission

Queensland Legal Aid

WorldLII: Criminal Law

Native Title Law

Getting Started

If you are not sure what your topic is about, try one or more of the following:

Encyclopaedias:

Halsbury's laws of Australia, vol 1, title 5 - Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders

Laws of Australia, vol 1, title 1 - Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders

Handbooks:

Native Title

Dictionaries:

Butterworths concise Australian legal dictionary

Butterworths encyclopdaedic Australian legal dictionary

Legal terms

Browsing the Shelves

You can also browse the catalogue or the shelves at the following call numbers:

DU 120 Native Title - Australia
KU 659 Land tenure - Australia
KU 2562 Mabo or Wik

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Journal Articles

For recent information, journal articles are often the best sources. Looking through individual journals in the hope of finding relevant material is time-consuming. It is better to use the databases to find articles on your topic.

Journal Articles:

AGIS plus text (Attorney-General's Information Service)

APA full text (Australian Public Affairs Information Service)

Indigenous Australia

Journals

Journals:

Indigenous law bulletin

Native title news

Native title newsletter

Specialised Resources

Specialised Resources:

Australian native title law

Native title in Australia

Web Sites

Web Sites:

Native Title - Australian Human Rights Commission

Native Title guide - Federal Court of Australia

Native Title Representative Bodies

National Native Title Tribunal

Aboriginal Studies WWW Virtual Library

WordLII: Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders

Media Law

Getting Started

If you are not sure what your topic is about, try one or more of the following:

Encyclopaedias:

Halsbury's laws of Australia Vol 18, title 275 - Media and communications

Halsbury's laws of Australia, vol 10, title 145 - Defamation

Laws of Australia, vol 6, title 6 - Communications

Handbooks:

Media and Internet law and practice

Communications law and policy in Australia

Dictionaries:

Butterworths concise Australian legal dictionary, 3rd ed

Encyclopaedic Australian legal dictionary

Contact Librarians

Angela Allen / Rebecca Carter

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Thomas Palmer

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Journal Articles

For recent information, journal articles are often the best sources. Looking through individual journals in the hope of finding relevant material is time-consuming. It is better to use the databases to find articles on your topic.

Journal Articles:

AGIS plus text (Attorney-General's Information Service)

APA full text (Australian Public Affaris Information Service)

Journals

Journals:

Gazette of law and journalism online

Journal of media law

Journal of international media & entertainment law

Media and arts law review

News

News:

Factiva Search the full text of hundreds of newspapers from Australia and around the world. Full text is usually available back to the 1990s. No images or full-page views.

Press Display Shows page layout views of newspapers, showing the stories exactly as published. Only the last 60 days of publication available.

Informit TVNews Videoclips of news broadcasts from Australian television stations from 2007 onwards.

Specialised Resources

Specialised Resources:

ABC all-media law handbook : for journalists, presenters, program makers, authors, editors and publishers, 3rd ed

Australian defamation law and practice

Australian Law Reform Commission

Australian media law

The journalist's guide to media law : dealing with legal and ethical issues, 2nd ed

Telemedia

Web Sites

Web Sites:

WorldLII: Media and Communications

International Law

Getting Started

If you are not sure what your topic is about, try one or more of the following:

Encyclopaedias:

Max Planck encyclopedia of public international law online

A concise encyclopedia of the United Nations

American Jurisprudence

Corpus Juris Secundum

Halsbury's Laws of England

Handbooks:

Handbook of international law

Yearbook of the United Nations

Dictionaries:

Black's Law Dictionary

Dictionary of international and comparative law

International law : a dictionary

Parry and Grant encyclopaedic dictionary of international law

Browsing the Shelves

You can also browse the catalogue or the shelves at the following call numbers:

K1150-K1231 Maritime Law
KZ1165-KZ1208 Trials. War crime trials.
KZ1249-KZ1252 International Law and other Disciplines
KZ1298-KZ1304 Law of Treaties
KZ4850-KZ5490 Intergovernmental Organisations (IGOs)
KZ3670-KZ3881 Objects of the laws of nations. Territory and its different parts.
KZ5510-KZ6299 International law of peace and peace enforcement

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Case Law

Case Citators:

Westlaw International

Lexis.com

International Legal Materials

International Law Reports via Justis

World Court digest (volume 4, 2001-2005)

Oxford Reports on International Law Online

International:

Courts and Tribunals

European Court of Human Rights

European Court of Justice

Inter-American Court of Human Rights

International Court of Justice

International Criminal Court

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Permanent Court of Arbitration

Special Court for Sierra Leone

Journal Articles

For recent information, journal articles are often the best sources. Looking through individual journals in the hope of finding relevant material is time-consuming. It is better to use the databases to find articles on your topic.

Journal Articles:

Lexis.com
• International Law Review Articles (access via the International Law sub-tab on Lexis.com)

Westlaw International
• Combined World Journals and Law Reviews via Westlaw International
• Legal Journals Index

HeinOnline
• Foreign and International Law Resources Database
• Law Journal Library
• Kluwer Law International Journal Library

Browse all library databases for Law

Journals

Journals:

Below is a selected list of relevant journals available via the Library

American Journal of International Law

Australian International Law Journal

Australian Yearbook of International Law

British Yearbook of International Law

Canadian Yearbook of International law

European Journal of International Law

Harvard Human Rights Journal

Harvard International Law Journal

International and Comparative Law Quarterly

International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Yearbook

Michigan Journal of International Law

Transnational dispute management journal

Yale Journal of International Law

Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law

Yearbook of the International Law Commission

Primary Materials

Primary Materials:

Treaties and Agreements

International Legal Materials (via HeinOnline, Westlaw)

Treaties and Agreements Library (via HeinOnline)

Australian Treaties Database

Australian Treaties Library (AustLII)

Flare Index to Treaties

International Treaties Collection (WorldLII)

Multilaterals Project

United Nations Treaty Collection

Sourcebooks

Basic documents in international law

Blackstone's international law documents

Brownlie's documents on human rights

Cases and materials on international law

Constitutions

World constitutions illustrated : contemporary & historical documents & resources

Related Guides

Related Guides:

Legal Research Guide University of Queensland Library

Electronic Resource Guide American Society of International Law

Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL) American Society of International Law

ILS Web Resources Foreign & International Law Resources: An Annotated Guide to Web Sites Around the World - Harvard Law School Library

Public International Law WorldLII

Researching International Law White and Case Jessup Guide

Specialised Resources

Specialised Resources:

Collected courses of the Hague Academy of International Law online

Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court competition compendium via HeinOnline

United Nations Yearbook Collection (1946-2000)

Web Sites

Web Sites:

American Society of International Law (ASIL)

Amnesty International Library

Avalon Project - Judgement of the International Military Tribunal (Yale Law School Lillian Goldman Law Library)

Basic Documents Governing the International Court of Justice

Council of Europe

Global Legal Monitor (Library of Congress)

Hague Academy of International Law

International Judicial Monitor

International Law (United Nations)

International Law Association

International Law Commission

Lauterpacht Centre for International Law

Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law

Guide to Law Online - Nations (Law Library of Congress)

Treaty Reference Guide (United Nations)

United Nations

University of Minnesota Human Rights Library

World Trade Organization

Family Law

Getting Started

If you are not sure what your topic is about, try one or more of the following:

Encyclopaedias:

Halsbury's laws of Australia, title 205 - Family law

Laws of Australia, vol 17, title 17 - Family law

Handbooks:

Australian family law

Australian Family Law and Practice Commentary

Australian Family Law Handbook Commentary

Queensland law handbook: your practical guide to the law, 11th ed

Contact Librarians

Angela Allen / Rebecca Carter

bel@library.uq.edu.au

3346 3553

Help for Researchers & Postgraduate Students

Thomas Palmer

t.palmer@library.uq.edu.au

3346 3693

Help for Undergraduate students

Journal Articles

For recent information, journal articles are often the best sources. Looking through individual journals in the hope of finding relevant material is time-consuming. It is better to use the databases to find articles on your topic.

Journal Articles:

AGIS plus text (Attorney-General's information service)

APA full text (Australian public affairs information service)

Family and Society Collection

FAMILY

Australian Domestic & Family Violence Clearinghouse databases

Journals

Journals:

Australian journal of family law.

Family law review

Family law quarterly

Journal of family studies

Specialised Resources

Specialised Resources:

Australian child support cases

Australian De Facto Relationships Commentary

Australian family law cases

Web Sites

Web Sites:

Australian Institute of Family Studies

Family Court of Australia

Family Law Council

Family Law Section - Law Council of Australia

Legal Aid Queensland

WorldLII: Family Law

Social Work and the Law

Getting Started

If you are not sure what your topic is about, try one or more of the following:

Encyclopaedias:

Halsbury's laws of Australia

Laws of Australia

Handbooks:

Queensland law handbook: Your practical guide to the law

Australian family law

Australian family law and practice commentary

Australian family law : child support handbook

Australian social security guide

Social security and family assistance law

Dictionaries:

Butterworths concise Australian legal dictionary, 3rd ed

Encyclopaedic Australian legal dictionary

Contact Librarians

Angela Allen / Rebecca Carter

bel@library.uq.edu.au

3346 3553

Help for Researchers & Postgraduate Students

Thomas Palmer

t.palmer@library.uq.edu.au

3346 3693

Help for Undergraduate students

Journal Articles

For recent information, journal articles are often the best sources. Looking through individual journals in the hope of finding relevant material is time-consuming. It is better to use the databases to find articles on your topic.

Journal Articles:

AGIS plus text (Attorney-General's information service)

APA Full Text

Families and Society Collection

CINCH

AustLII

Journals

Journals:

Australian journal of family law

Family matters

Legislation

Australia:

Queensland Legislation

ComLaw

Queensland Courts

Related Guides

Related Guides:

Legal Research Guide

Specialised Resources

Specialised Resources:

In the shadow of the law : the legal context of social work practice

Law and social work : contemporary issues for practice

Law for social workers

Social work law

Integrating Human Service Law and Practice

Web Sites

Web Sites:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)

Department of Families, Housing, Communities and Indigenous Affairs

Queensland Department of Communities

Australian Institute of Family Studies

Australian Domestic & Family Violence Clearinghouse

Australian Law Reform Commission

Islamic Law

Getting Started

If you are not sure what your topic is about, try one or more of the following:

Encyclopaedias:

Encyclopaedia of Islamic law

Encyclopaedia of Islamic jurisprudence

Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim world

Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures

Encyclopaedia of Islam

Legal systems of the world : a political, social, and cultural encyclopedia

World constitutions illustrated : contemporary & historical documents & resources

Handbooks:

Islam: its law and society

An introduction to Islamic law

Sharia incorporated : a comparative overview of the legal systems of twelve Muslim countries in past and present

Islamic law : an introduction

Principles of Islamic jurisprudence

A history of Islamic law

Dictionaries:

The Oxford dictionary of Islam

Browsing the shelves:

You can also browse the catalogue or the shelves at the following call numbers:

BP100 Koran
BP135 Hadith
KBP Islamic Law

Contact Librarians

Angela Allen / Rebecca Carter

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3346 3553

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Thomas Palmer

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Help for Undergraduate students

Journal Articles

For recent information, journal articles are often the best sources. Looking through individual journals in the hope of finding relevant material is time-consuming. It is better to use the databases to find articles on your topic.

Journal Articles:

Index Islamicus

International Law Review Articles, Combined via Lexis.com (select the International Law tab)

Bibliography of Asian Studies Online

PAIS International

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

Scopus

ATLA Religion Database

AGIS plus text (legal journals from Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific region)

More databases

Browse all library databases for Asian Studies

Browse all library databases for Law

Primary Materials

Primary Materials:

Westlaw

Lexis.com

Qur'an (University of Southern California)

Hadith (University of Southern California)

Koran (translated by M.H. Shakir and published by Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an, Inc., in 1983)

Related Guides

Related Guides:

Legal Research Guide

Asian Legal Systems

AGLC how-to guide

Web Sites

Web Sites:

World Legal Materials from the Middle East (Cornell University Law School)

Association of American Law Schools, Workshop on Islamic Law (2004).

The Sunnah: Practice and Law (Shari'ah and Madh'habs)

Iran Law

Islamic Family Law (Emory Law School)

Researching Islamic Law (Malaysian Sources) By Shaikh Mohamed Noordin

University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, Materials

A Guide to the Legal System of the Islamic Republic of Iran

The Indonesian Legal System and Legal Research

Asian Legal Systems

Getting Started

If you are not sure what your topic is about, try one or more of the following:

Encyclopaedias:

Legal systems of the world

World constitutions illustrated : contemporary & historical documents & resources

The Elgar encyclopedia of comparative law

Encyclopedia of world constitutions

Halsbury's laws of Hong Kong

Handbooks:

Law and legal institutions of Asia : traditions, adaptations and innovations

Asian legal systems : law, society and pluralism in East Asia

Asian discourses of rule of law : theories and implementation of rule of law in twelve Asian countries, France and the U.S

Browsing the Shelves

You can also browse the catalogue or the shelves at the following call numbers:

KNC Law - East Asia
KNQ Law - China
KNR Law - China - Hong Kong
KNW Law - Indonesia
KNX68 Law - Japan
KQS Law - Korea
KPQ Law - Malaysia

Contact Librarians

Angela Allen / Rebecca Carter

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3346 3553

Help for Researchers & Postgraduate Students

Thomas Palmer

t.palmer@library.uq.edu.au

3346 3693

Help for Undergraduate students

Journal Articles

For recent information, journal articles are often the best sources. Looking through individual journals in the hope of finding relevant material is time-consuming. It is better to use the databases to find articles on your topic.

Journal Articles:

International Law Review Articles Combined (via Lexis.com) Select International Law tab and select database

BERITA (Malaysia, Singapore and other SE Asian counties)

PERIND (Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei and ASEAN as an entity)

Bibliography of Asian Studies Online

Index Islamicus

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

PAIS International

Scopus

Sociological Abstracts