Law Guide: Getting Started

FirstPoint: Australian case references, citations, history, and digest information.
Tip: Full text of Commonwealth Law Reports A case citator provides the full citation (title of report, volume number, page number and year of decision) of a case, all the report series in which a case is reported, as well as its medium neutral citation. The citator will also list the name of the parties, the court, the names of the judges and the decision date. A citator also lists all the authorities citing a particular case.

Lexis Advance Pacific provides access to JCU subscribed legal publications, including:
*Carter's Criminal Law of Queensland
*Queensland Reports
*New South Wales Law Reports

AustLII publishes public legal information -- that is, primary legal materials (legislation, treaties and decisions of courts and tribunals); and secondary legal materials created by public bodies for purposes of public access (law reform and royal commission reports for example) and a substantial collection of law journals.

JADE (Judgments And Decisions Enhanced) is a free caselaw and legislation database. JADE can be used to search for or browse Australian legislation and court and tribunal decisions, and receive alerts of new decisions and court digests. A basic JADE account is free for anyone once you register. JCU students can also receive free access to the enhanced features of JADE Professional by sending an email to editors@jade.io. from their university email address.

ICLR Online is a dedicated case law platform publishing UK law reports since 1865 and includes: The Law Reports (Appeal Cases, Queen's Bench, Chancery), The Weekly Law Reports, and others. Law reports are combined with a Case Citator and indexing to present all relevant case information.

Provides full-text access to International primary and secondary law materials.

Thomson Reuters Westlaw (Formerly Westlaw International) provides full-text access to American and International primary and secondary law materials.

Provides access to publications in the CCH tax, corporations, family, torts, and conveyancing law collections. Includes titles such as the Australian Company Law Cases and the Australian Master Tax Guide.

LawCite is an automatically generated international legal case and journal article citator. It will help you to locate and find a decision, see how a decision has been subsequently dealt with and find other materials such as journal articles about a decision.

The Federal Register of Legislation (formerly ComLaw) incorporates all content previously published on ComLaw including the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments and the Acts database established under the Acts Publication Act 1905.

AustLII publishes public legal information -- that is, primary legal materials (legislation, treaties and decisions of courts and tribunals); and secondary legal materials created by public bodies for purposes of public access (law reform and royal commission reports for example) and a substantial collection of law journals.

Lawlex provides free access to Commonwealth and state-based legislation. Click on Browse Legislation to view a list of legislation grouped by subject area.

The University does not subscribe to LawLex's Premium Research Features.

JADE (Judgments And Decisions Enhanced) is a free caselaw and legislation database. JADE can be used to search for or browse Australian legislation and court and tribunal decisions, and receive alerts of new decisions and court digests. A basic JADE account is free for anyone once you register. JCU students can also receive free access to the enhanced features of JADE Professional by sending an email to editors@jade.io. from their university email address.

AGIS Plus Text unlocks over 30 years of authoritative and peer reviewed legal research from the Australasia and Asia-Pacific regions as indexed by the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department.

Provides access to publications in the CCH tax, corporations, family, torts, and conveyancing law collections. Includes titles such as the Australian Company Law Cases and the Australian Master Tax Guide.

LexisNexis provides access to full-text primary legal materials from many jurisdictions including the USA, UK, EU, Canada, NZ and Australia. Secondary sources, including journals, law reviews and indexes are also available.

Not available to community borrowers or walk-in users.

JADE (Judgments And Decisions Enhanced) is a free caselaw and legislation database. JADE can be used to search for or browse Australian legislation and court and tribunal decisions, and receive alerts of new decisions and court digests. A basic JADE account is free for anyone once you register. JCU students can also receive free access to the enhanced features of JADE Professional by sending an email to editors@jade.io. from their university email address.