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This guide is designed to help you find the information you will
need to write essays and prepare seminars in law subjects. It is
divided into two parts, PART A, which covers primary sources (legislation
and law reports) and PART B, which deals with secondary sources,
such as dictionaries, encyclopaedias and journal indexes. The guide
is not comprehensive, and you will need to use TROPICAT to locate
other relevant material. If you need assistance in using the Library's
resources please ask at InfoHelp.
The location prefix used in this guide is R - Reference
Collection.
Call numbers without prefixes are held in the general collection.
Material is held in both Townsville and Cairns libraries unless
otherwise indicated.
More detailed guides to legal research include:
Campbell, E. (1996). Legal research: Materials and methods
(4th ed.). Sydney: LBC Information Services.
340 CAM 1996
Enright, C. (1995). Studying law (5th ed.). Leichhardt,
N.S.W.: Federation Press.
349.94 ENR 1995
Nemes, I. & Coss, G. (1998). Effective legal research. Sydney:
Butterworths.
340.072 NEM
Price, M. O. (1979). Effective legal research (4th ed.).
Boston: Little, Brown.
TVL 340.072073 PRI
Other publications of interest to Law students are:
Abbreviations
for law students.
Finding Acts
of Parliament(Commonwealth).
Finding Acts
of Parliament (Queensland).
Locating
cases in the Australian Digest.
These are James Cook University Library handouts for student use
- ask at InfoHelp.
Primary sources of law include the following categories:
1. Law made by Parliament, embodied in acts of Parliament. Note
that acts are sometimes referred to as statutes.
2. Law made by persons or bodies to whom Parliament has delegated
authority. This is called delegated or subordinate legislation,
and is found in rules, regulations, statutory instruments, by-laws,
ordinances, proclamations, etc.
3. Law made by judges, also called case law, embodied in the judgments
of the courts. Significant judgments are reported in series of law
reports.
An act of parliament begins as a bill, which is normally introduced
into the lower house (e.g. the House of Representatives in the Australian
Parliament) by a member of the government. The Library holds copies
of Commonwealth bills and Queensland bills:
Australia. Parliament. Bills 1961+
TVL 348.9401 P1
(Includes both Senate and House of Representative bills)
The text of bills currently before the Commonwealth Parliament is
available at http://www.aph.gov.au/legis.htm
Queensland. Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Bills 1965+
(incomplete).
TVL 348.94301 P1
Bills currently before, and recently passed by the Queensland Parliament
are listed in the Master Bills Register at
http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/tableoffice/
The text of Queensland bills and explanatory memoranda is available
at http:www.legislation.qld.gov.au/Bills.htm
Progress of a bill
A bill is considered by Parliament in a number of stages, called
"readings". The main Parliamentary debate on a bill takes place
at the second reading stage. The speeches and debate at this stage
often provide useful summaries of the act and the reason for its
introduction. These speeches may be located in the parliamentary
debates (also called Hansards).
Australia. Parliament.Parliamentary Debates 1901-1953
TVL 328.9402 P1
Australia. Parliament. House of Representatives.Parliamentary
Debates 1953+
328.9402 P2
Australia. Parliament. Senate.Parliamentary Debates 1953+
328.9402 P3
Senate and House of Representatives Debates from 1996 are available
at http://www.aph.gov.au/hansard/index.htm
Queensland. Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Parliamentary
Debates 1864+
328.94302 P1
Queensland Debates from 1990 onwards are available at http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/hansard/index.htm
Following the second reading debate, the bill may be referred
to a committee or considered by the whole house sitting as a committee.
Either of these "committee stages" considers and debates the details
of the bill. After passing the committee stage (or the second reading
stage if there is no committee stage) the bill is then "read a third
time"; that is, the bill's title is again read aloud in Parliament.
The bill has then passed this house. In all parliaments with two
houses (e.g. Australia but not Queensland) the bill must then go
through all these stages in the other house.If the second house
makes changes to the bill,it will be reconsidered by the house that
first passed it. Not until both houses have passed the same version
of the bill can it go on to the next stage, Royal Assent. The monarch
(in the U.K.), or her representative (e.g., Governor for Australian
states, Governor-General for Australia) assents to the bill which
then becomes an act.
An act does not become part of the law until it comes into force
or is proclaimed to commence. Details of when an act will come into
force appear in the act itself. Unless otherwise indicated Commonwealth
acts come into force 28 days after assent, and Queensland acts on
the date of assent. Notice of assent appears in the government gazette.
Where an act comes into force on a date to be fixed by proclamation,
that date will be published in the appropriate government gazette:
Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 1902+
TVL 328.94 P1
Queensland Government Gazette 1859+
328.943 P2
When acts have received the Royal Assent, they are given a number.
Australian acts and those of Australian states now have a simple
consecutive number including the year of their passage (.e.g., Number
10, 1989). The number is an important part of the identification
of the act since each act has two titles, a long one and a short
one, and different acts may have the same title.
Acts first appear as individual items in pamphlet form. They are
later published in bound annual volumes. Pamphlet acts for the current
year, and annual volumes of acts are located at:
Acts of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia
1901+
348.94022 P1
Commonwealth acts are also available at http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/num_act/
Queensland Statutes 1888+
348.943022 P1
Queensland acts from 1991 onwards are also available at http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/Legislation.htm
Individual acts which have been frequently amended may be progressively
reprinted incorporating any amendments made to them. These reprinted
acts are arranged alphabetically by title and are located at:
Acts of the Parliament. Commonwealth of Australia. Reprinted
Acts
TVL 348.94023 P2
Reprinted Commonwealth acts are also available at http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act
Queensland Legislation Reprints
348.943022 P8
Note: Queensland Legislation Reprints contains all current
Queensland acts whether reprinted or not.
Reprinted Queensland acts are also available at either:
 http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/Legislation.htm
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/
General reprints of all legislation in force at any one time are
sometimes made. The most recent cumulation of all Commonwealth acts
is:
Acts of the Australian Parliament 1901-1973
348.94023 P1
The most recent cumulation of all Queensland acts is:
Queensland statutes 1828-1962
348.943022 P1 1962
Publication of the Queensland cumulation started in 1962 and was
completed in 1975. Despite the dates included in the title [1828-1962]
each successive volume contains acts consolidated up to the year
of issue. The new series, Queensland Legislation Reprints
which commenced in 1992 should now contain all Queensland acts currently
in force.
When researching an act of parliament it is generally essential
to ensure that you have obtained the most current version of that
act. It is therefore necessary to check whether the act, or any
parts of it, have been repealed or amended since it was passed.
Locate the latest reprint of the act by checking the electronic
reprints at http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/
or the paper copy at TVL 348.94023 P2
If the act has not been reprinted it will appear in the appropriate
annual volume at 348.94022 P1 or at
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/num_act/
The following sources may then be used to check whether any further
alterations have been made to the act:
Federal Statutes Annotations
TVL 348.94026 P1 CNSR 348.94026 p1
lists Commonwealth acts in alphabetical order.
Under the title of each act are listed all repeals or amendments
made since the latest reprint of the act. Regulations made under
the act are also listed. Dates of assent and operation may also
be noted. Federal Statutes Annotations consists of three
parts: a main volume, a supplement, and a volume listing repealed
legislation.
EITHER
Australian Legal Monthly Digest
TVL 348.94026 P6
in its Cumulative Tables section, "Alphabetical table of acts passed,
amended, repealed or proclaimed to commence"
OR
Australian Current Law: Legislation
TVL 348.94026 P8
in its "Cumulative table of amended acts" may be used to check for
changes to legislation which have occurred since the publication
of the supplement to Federal Statutes Annotations
References to cases in which acts or sections of acts are interpreted
or discussed by the courts appear under the name of the act in:
Federal Statutes Annotations
348.94026 P1.
More recent cases may be found by consulting the "Table of statutes
judicially considered" in:
Australian Current Law: Reporter
TVL 348.94026 P7
OR in the"Legislation judicially considered" table in:
Australian Legal Monthly Digest
TVL 348.94026 P6
Locate the latest reprint of a Queensland act by checking the electronic
reprints at http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/Legislation.htm
or the paper copy at:
Queensland Legislation Reprints
348.943022 P8
Note that the electronic version may be more up to date than the
paper copy. The following sources may then be used to check the
current status of the act:
Queensland Legislation Annotations
348.943022 P4A
In its "Table of Queensland Legislation" this publication lists
all current Queensland acts and provides information on reprints
and on assent and commencement dates.
Repealed legislaton is listed in:
Queensland Legislation Annotations: Repealed Legislation.
348.943022 P4B
The main volumes of Queensland Legislation Annotations and
Queensland Legislation Annotations: Repealed Legislation
are updated by: Queensland Legislation Update Part 1: Update
to Queensland Legislation Annotations 348.943022 P4
This should always be consulted for more recent changes to legislation.
EITHER
Queensland Legal Indexes
TVL 348.94304 P8
in its "Queensland Legislation Service"
OR
Australian Legal Monthly Digest
TVL 348.94026 P6
in its Cumulative Tables section, "Alphabetical table of acts passed,
amended, replealed or proclaimed to commence"
OR
Australian Current Law: Legislation
TVL 348.94026 P8
in its "Cumulative table of amended acts" may also be checked for
changes to Queensland legislation.
References to cases in which statutes or sections of statutes are
interpreted or considered by the courts may be found in the following:
Queensland Legislaton Case Annotations
348.943022 P9
This is supplemented by the Queensland Legislation Case Annotations
Update 348.943022 P9
Queensland Legal Indexes
TVL 348.94304 P8
(Refer to Queensland Legislation Service Section)
Recent cases may be found in Australian Current Law: Reporter
TVL 348.94026 P7
(Refer to the "Table of statutes judicially considered")
OR
Australian Legal Monthly Digest
TVL 348.94026 P6
(Refer to Cumulative Tables section, "Legislation judicially
considered")
Acts in looseleaf services
Note that up-to-date versions of the more heavily used Commonwealth
and Queensland acts may also be available as part of a looseleaf
service.
A useful subject index to Commonwealth acts is:
Wicks, B. M. Subject index to the acts and regulations of the
Commonwealth of Australia.
348.94026 P2
A subject index to Queensland acts may be found at the back of:
Queensland Legislation Annotations
348.93022 P4A
Other sources for finding the titles of acts covering a particular
subject include textbooks on the topic, and legal encyclopaedias,
such as:
The Laws of Australia
TVL R349.94 P1
Subordinate or delegated legislation is legislation created by
a body to whom Parliament has delegated authority to do so. It includes
regulations, statutory rules, by-laws and "instruments" such as
proclamations.
Commonwealth Subordinate Legislation
Federal regulations are located at:
Statutory Rules Made Under Commonwealth Acts 1901+
348.94025 P1
Commonwealth regulations are also available at http://www.austlii.edu/au/au/legis/cth/num_reg/
Like acts, regulations may be reprinted, incorporating amendments
made up to the date of reprint. Reprinted Commonwealth regulations
are located at:
Reprinted Regulations (Statutory Rules) incorporating all amendments
by legislation
TVL 348.94025 P4
Reprinted Commonwealth regulations are also available at http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_reg/
Federal Legislation Annotations (& Supplement)
348.94026 P1
lists regulations under their empowering act, and includes details
of amendments made to regulations. Amendments made to regulations
since publication of the supplement to Federal Legislation Annotations
may be located through the "Cumulative table of regulations and
rules made and amended" in:
Australian Current Law: Legislation
TVL 348.94026 P8
Subordinate legislation made in Queensland since 1 July 1991 appears
in the series called:
Queensland Subordinate Legislation
TVL 348.943022 P3
Queensland subordinate legislation since 1991 is also available
at http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/Legislation.htm
Subordinate legislation also appears in:
Queensland Legislation Reprints
348.943022 P8
or at http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/Legislation.htm
It is filed immediately after the empowering act. Details of amendments
to subordinate legislation (under the name of the empowering act)
appear in:
Queensland Legislation Annotations
348.943022 P4A and its updates 348.943022 P4
Prior to 1992 Queensland subordinate legislation appeared in the
full in:
Queensland Government Gazette
328.943 P2
Now, for most types of subordinate legislation only the notice
of its making appears in the Gazette. Instruments that fall outside
the definition of subordinate legislation in the Statutory Instruments
Act 1992 are however published in full in the Gazette
and do not appear in the Queensland Subordinate Legislation
series. A useful source of subordinate legislation made before 1992
and not yet reprinted in:
Queensland Legislation Reprints is Queensland Statutory
Instruments Reprint
TVL 348.943025 P1
A law report is a report of a case decided by a court. The report
contains a summary of the facts of the case and the reasons the court
gave for its judgment. Not all cases decided by the courts are reported
(ie published). Generally only cases from the superior courts in which
important points of law are raised are reported.
Below is a typical reference (also called a citation) to a report
of a case:
Cook v Cook (1986) 61 A.L.J.R. 25
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
This is interpreted as follows:
(a) Names in the form Someone v. Someone else. The first name
is the person, company or other legal body bringing the action.
The v. is a shortened form of "versus" meaning against.
(b) A year and/or volume number. This is the year of the judgment.
(c) An abbreviation of the name of the law report series in which
the case is reported.
(d) A page number.
Locating a case in the Library
In order to locate this case in the Library you will need to take
the following steps:
1. Find the full name of the law report series represented by
the abbreviations. Do this by checking:
Abbreviations for Law Students
(Copies of this are located on the sorting shelves near the
Law Seminar Rooms, in the Reserve Collection (LA01 BOX N5) and at
http://www.jcu.edu.au/Subject_Guides/Fac2/LibGuides/abbrev.shtml
OR
Raistrick, D. (1993). Index to legal citations and abbreviations.
Abingdon: Professional Books.
R348.00148 RAI 1993
Many textbooks and other legal reference works also contain lists
of abbreviations.
2. Look up the full name of the law report series in TROPICAT to
check that it is held by the Library. If it is, note the call number.(This
step may sometimes be omitted as Abbreviations for Law Students
includes call numbers for material held in the Library.)
3. Use the call number to locate the law report series on the shelves.
The year or volume number and page number should lead you to the
case you are seeking.
If the citation you have is incomplete - e.g. you have the names
of the parties involved, but no law report series, check:
Australian Case Citator
348.94047 P1
which lists all reported Australian cases (commonwealth and state)
by title, followed by a reference to the particular set of law reports
in which an account of the case is to be found.
Other sources for locating this information include:
The Australian Digest 3rd ed. Volumes 1 and 2. (Consolidated
Index and Tables)
TVL 348.94026
Having located and read a particular case, it is often important
to research it further to discover how it has been regarded in subsequent
cases. This process is sometimes referred to as "noting up". The
process of discovering whether a case you are researching has been
affirmed, applied, considered, disapproved, distinguished, explained,
followed, not followed etc in subsequent cases should begin with:
Australian Case Citator
348.94047 P1
where each reference to a case is followed by its judicial history
- i.e.references to other cases (if any) in which it has been mentioned.
More recent information will be found in:
Australian Current Law: Reporter
TVL 348.94026 P7
in the section headed "Table of cases judicially considered."
Cases decided in both Commonwealth and State courts can be located
in the above publications.
In addition, cases which have been considered by the Queensland
courts also appear in the "Queensland Current Case Citator" section
of:
Queensland Legal Indexes
TVL 348.94304 P8
UK Cases
To find the history and judicial treatment of UK cases reported since
1947, use:
Current law case citator
348.41047 P1
UK cases (1558-2001) referred to in Australian superior courts are listed
in:
Australian and New Zealand Citator to the U.K.Reports
348.94027 P1
If you require a case to illustrate a particular point of law,
but have no case citation, try the following:
1. Textbooks. Cases may be cited in discussions on your topic.
2. Legal encyclopedias, e.g. Laws of Australia TVL R349.94
P1
3. Casebooks and commentaries, e.g.
Carter,J.W. & Harland, D.J. (1998). Cases and materials on contract
law in Australia. Sydney: Butterworths.
346.9402 CAR 1998
4. The Australian Digest TVL 348.94026 P5
The Australian Digest is the most comprehensive subject
approach to Australian case law. Each volume contains digests of
cases arranged under the legal topics (called titles) to which they
pertain. Use the Key and Research Guide to assist you in
choosing the most appropriate "title' or topic. The third edition
of the Australian Digest is the most recent. It will be necessary
to update your search of the Australian Digest by consulting:
Australian Legal Monthly Digest (ALMD)
TVL 348.94026 P6
for the most recent cases.
Australian Current Law: Reporter
TVL 348.94026 P7
also lists cases under subjects. The subject headings or "titles"
used in this publication are broader than those used in the Digest.
The "Queensland Judgements Service" section of Queensland Legal
Indexes
TVL 348.94304 P8
lists Queensland cases by subject.
SECONDARY SOURCES
Secondary sources of law consist of books and periodicals which discuss
or comment on the law, or otherwise assist in the location, interpretation
and use of primary materials.
Before you can begin searching for information on a particular
topic, you must fully understand your area of research. Begin by
reading the relevant sections of your set text, and any books or
articles recommended by your lecturer.
Outlines, definitions and explanations can also be found in specialised
encyclopedias and dictionaries held in the Reference collection.
Some useful examples are:
General law dictionaries
Black, H. C., Nolan, J. R., & Nolan-Haley, J. M. (1990). Black's
law dictionary(3rd ed.). St. Paul, MN: West.
TVL R340.03 BLA 1990
The CCH Macquarie dictionary of law (Rev. ed.). (1996).
North Ryde, N.S.W.: CCH Australia.
R340.03 CCH 1996
Jowitt, W. A., Walsh, C., & Burke, J. M. (1977). Jowitt's dictionary
of English law (2nd ed.). London: Sweet and Maxwell.
TVL R340.03 JOW
Nygh,P.E.& Butt,P.J.(1997). Butterworths Australian legal dictionary.
Sydney: Butterworths.
R349.9403 BUT
Osborn, P. G. (2001). Osborn's concise law
dictionary (9th
ed.). London: Sweet and Maxwell.
R340.03 OSB 2001
Versteeg, R. (1990). Essential Latin for lawyers. Durham,
NC: Carolina Academic Press.
TVL R340.03 VER
Walker, D. M. (1980). The Oxford companion to law. Oxford:
Clarendon Press.
TVL R340.091812 WAL
Dictionaries of words and phrases legally defined
Specialized dictionaries which list words and phrases judicially
defined or discussed in a case include:
Australian legal words and phrases (1993- ). Sydney: Butterworths.
R349.94014 P1
Bishop, J. M. (1990). Australian legal words and phrases.
Bondi Junction, N.S.W.: Blackstone.
TVL R349.9403 AUS; CNS 349.9403 AUS
Stroud, F. & James, J. S. (1986). Stroud's judicial dictionary
of words and phrases (5th ed.). London: Sweet and Maxwell. (Tenth
cumulative supplement brings this work up to date to July 31, 1995)
TVL R349.4103 STR 1986
Other sources of judicial definitions include:
Australian Digest (3rd. ed.). Words and Phrases volume.
TVL 348.94026 P5
Australian Legal Monthly Digest
TVL 348.94026 P6
(Check table entitled "Words, Phrases and Maxims" in the Cumulative
Tables section at the back of the binder)
Queensland Legal Indexes
TVL 348.94304 P8
(Check under the heading Words and Phrases in the "Queensland
Judgments Service".)
Dictionaries of abbreviations
Bieber, D. M. (1985). Dictionary of legal abbreviations used
in American law books (2nd ed.). Buffalo, N.Y.: W. S. Hein.
TVL R349.730148 BIE
Fong, C. & Edwards, A. J. (1995). Australian and New Zealand
legal abbreviations (2nd ed.). Sydney: Australian Law Librarians'
Group, New South Wales Branch.
R349.9400148 FON 1995
Raistrick, D. (1993) Index to legal citations and abbreviations.
(2nd ed.). Abingdon: Professional Books.
R348.00148 RAI 1993
Encyclopaedias
The Laws of Australia
TVL R349.94 P1
provides concise summaries of legal topics. Relevant legislation
(Commonwealth and/or State) and important cases are indicated.
TROPICAT is the online catalogue at JCU Library. All books, journals
and audio-visual items held in the Library are listed in TROPICAT.
You may search TROPICAT using author, title, subject or Dewey
number search options. If you have any trouble using TROPICAT or cannot
find any relevant books, please ask for assistance at InfoHelp.
Up to date information, research findings and detailed discussions
of topics can be found in journal articles. Individual journal articles
are NOT listed in TROPICAT. The overall journal title is recorded
in TROPICAT, as well as in the Periodicals List.
To find journal articles on a particular topic you must use the
appropriate journal indexing or abstracting publications.
Remember that terms such as "periodicals", "journals", "serials"
and "magazines" are synonymous.
It is impossible to scan the contents pages of all potentially
relevant journals whenever information is needed. To simplify the
task of locating relevant journal articles the library provides
access to a range of indexing and abstracting services which index
the contents of a large number of journals. Some of these indexing
services are available as electronic databases, others are in paper
format, and some are available in both formats.
A full list of the Library's electronic databases is available
at http://www.library.jcu.edu.au/Resources/datasets.shtml
Library guides and databases in specific subject areas are available
at http://www.library.jcu.edu.au/Resources/azlist.shtml
Journal indexes and abstracts useful for locating information in
law include:
Attorney General's Information Service (AGIS )
TVL R340.016 P3
or as one of the Informit databases at:
http://webspirs.informit.com.au/?sp.nextform=mainfrm.htm&sp.usernumber.p=130861
APAIS: Australian Public Affairs Information Service
R919.40016 P2
or as one of the Informit databases at:
http://www.informit.com.au/
Index to Legal Periodicals and Books
TVL R340.016 P2
or as one of the FirstSearch databases at:
http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org/
When you have found an article which looks useful you need to
see whether the journal in which it is published is available in
J.C.U. Library. Check TROPICAT under the name of the journal (NOT
the name of the author or the article).
Abstracts differ from journal indexes in that a brief summary of
the journal article accompanies the bibliographic reference.
Note also that the Australian Digest
TVL 348.94026 P5
and Australian Legal Monthly Digest
TVL 348.94026 P6
in addition to digesting cases also include references to journal
articles.
Australian Current Law: Reporter contains a table of "Books,
articles and other materials" in its Consolidated Tables and
Index.
A large amount of legal information is now available on the internet,
and this guide includes links to some of that information.
The Law Librarian maintains a homepage, accessible from the Faculty
Librarians page or by going directly to: http://www.library.jcu.edu.au/subjectgds/Fac2/NetResources/law.shtml
Students unfamiliar with the internet may find this homepage a
useful starting point for exploring internet resources.
AustLII (Australasian Legal Information Institute) provides access
to a wealth of Australian legal information and links to important
overseas sites. AustLII may be accessed from the Law Librarian's
homepage or by going directly to
http://www.austlii.edu.au
The Faculty of Law provides advice on formats for footnotes and
bibliographies, and this should be followed in all Law assignments.
The Library holds a variety of other guides which may also be useful.
Some of these are:
Harvard Law Review Association. (1991). The bluebook: a uniform
system of citation. (15th ed.). Cambridge, MA: Author.
TVL R348.7347 BLU
Campbell, E. (1998). Students' guide to legal writing. Sydney:
Federation Press.
808.06634 CAM
Li, X., & Crane, N.B. (1996) Electronic styles: A handbook for
citing electronic information (2nd ed.). Medford, NJ: Information
Today.
R808.02 LI 1996
Rozenberg, P. (1998). Australian guide to uniform legal citation.
North Ryde, N.S.W.: LBC Information Services.
TVL 340.072 ROZ
Stuhmcke, A. (1998). Legal referencing. Sydney: Butterworths.
CNS 340.148 STU
Style manual: for authors, editors and printers. (1994).
(5th ed.). Canberra: AGPS.
R808.02 STY 1994
Electronic referencing
Some of the books listed above contain useful information on the
citation of materials in electronic format. A number of internet
sites also provide information on methods of citing electronic resources.
These include:
Citing electronic resources http://www.ipl.org/ref/QUE/FARQ/netciteFARQ.html
Columbia guide to online style http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html
IPL citing electronic resources
http://www.ipl.org/ref/QUE/FARQ/netciteFARQ.html
Online citation styles http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html
Reference styles: Harvard and Vancouver systems http://library.bma.org.uk/html/refsystem.html
Referencing internet resources using the Harvard system
http://www.usq.edu.au/library/resources/genref/harvardprint.htm
Students guide to referencing online information sources
http://cua6.csuohio.edu/~ernie/courses/cite.htm
The Library holds several videotapes which may be of assistance
to students beginning studies in Law. These are located in the Townsville
AV Collection.
How laws are made. A brief introduction to the legal system.
Running time: 20 minutes.
TVL AV 349.94 HOW
Introduction to legal resources. Produced by QUT, this gives
an excellent introduction to the different kinds of legal literature.
Running time: 16 minutes.
TVL AV 026.34 INT
Interviewing and client communication skills. Running time:
26 mins.
TVL AV 340.023 INT
Mooting: An introductory video. Running time: 40 minutes.
TVL AV 340.0711 MOO
Your day in court Running time: 18 minutes
TVL AV 347.94301 YOU
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