Subject and Research Guides: Law: Resources

International law resources

The table below is a quick reference guide for finding different types of (non-Australian) legal resources online. Use the Fundamentals of Legal Research tab to find Australian legal resources.

Type of information	Where to access
Case Law - Published Law Reports	HeinOnline Lexis Advance International Thomson Reuters Westlaw Westlaw UK
Case Law - Unreported Judgments	AsianLII BAILII CanLII CommonLII EUR-Lex HKLII KluwerArbitration Legal Information Institute Lexis Advance International NZLII PacLII SAFLII Westlaw China (headnotes in English; full-text in Chinese) Westlaw UK Thomson Reuters Westlaw WorldLII
Case Law - Digests/Citators	CaseBase (contains records for some international cases - not comprehensive) LawCite Westlaw UK Thomson Reuters Westlaw
Legislation - full-text	AsianLII BAILII CanLII CommonLII EUR-Lex HKLII KluwerArbitration Legal Information Institute Lexis Advance International NZLII PacLII SAFLII Westlaw China Westlaw UK Thomson Reuters Westlaw WorldLII
Legislation - Annotators	Thomson Reuters Westlaw
Journal articles	Research Databases - International law LegalTrac
Commentaries	KluwerArbitration Lexis Advance International Westlaw China (digests of the law) Thomson Reuters Westlaw
Encyclopaedias	American Jurisprudence - US Access by typing american jurisprudence in the search box Halsbury's Laws of England - UK Max Planck encyclopedia of public international law
Dictionaries	Black's Law Dictionary - US - online Access by typing blacks law dictionary search box Oran's Dictionary of Law - US - online Stroud's judicial dictionary of words and phrases - UK - hard-copy

Publishers help guides

Most databases include a help menu that will contain search tips. It is important to check the Help before using a new database for the first time - it will save you time in the long run!

The list below includes links to online tutorials and help guides.

International law reference resources

Use MultiSearch to search for reference sources in the library.

Go to Advanced Search
Select "any" in the first drop down box to search for handbook OR dictionary OR encyclopedia
Select "in subject" in the second box to search for broad terms like law or laws or legal

Tip: You can also type all or part of the title of a resource if you know it - eg Halsburys Laws

Examples of online international law resources

Halsbury's Laws of England
American Jurisprudence

In the search box type american jurisprudence

Black's Law Dictionary

In the search box type blacks law dictionary

Oran's Dictionary of the Law

Examples of hard-copy international law reference resources