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Legal Research Essentials
Legal Research Essentials consists of 4 modules that guide you through everything you should know about legal research with the University of Queensland Library. The modules cover getting started at the library, secondary resources, case law, legislation, and plagiarism and referencing.
Encyclopaedias and dictionaries
Encyclopaedias and dictionaries:
Useful websites
- JuriGlobeThis site presents general information relating to the different legal systems in the world, to the different official languages and to some of the most important international commercial conventions. The map function provides a visual tool for investigating legal systems.
- Guide to Law Online: NationsCountry directory of sources of online law by the Library of Congress.
- Foreign Law Research (via GlobaLex)Country subject guides for foreign law research.
- Comparative Law Research (via GlobaLex)Subject guide on comparative law.
- International Law Research (via GlobaLex)Legal research subject guides on various aspects of international law.
- Trans-Lex.orgProvides selected translations of foreign law material.
- WorldLII - World Legal Information InstituteLinks to case law, legislation and legal scholarship from around the world.
- NATLEX (International Labour Organization)Contains national labour, social security and related human rights legislation maintained by the ILO's International Labour Standards Department
- Global Legal Information CatalogContains information about publications which reprint the laws and regulations of multiple jurisdictions on a particular legal topic.