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Legal Research Essentials
Legal Research Essentials guides you through everything you should know about legal research with the University of Queensland Library. Read chapters on:
- the legal research process
- using the UQ Law Library
- finding secondary resources
- case law
- legislation
- referencing using AGLC4.
Research guides
Research Guides:
Databases
Use these key databases to find material relating to constitutional law:
- World constitutions illustratedContains full text of Constitution, plus selected commentaries, scholarly articles and bibliography.
Encyclopaedias
Legal encyclopaedias:
- Halsbury's Laws of AustraliaAvailable through Lexis+
- Laws of AustraliaTitle 19 on Government contains entries about constitutional law.
- Max Planck Encyclopedia of comparative constitutional lawMax Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law (MPECCoL) is a comprehensive online resource containing analytical comparative articles offering a global overview of constitutional law.
See the Comparative and Foreign Law or International Law guides for more options.
Dictionaries
Legal dictionaries for Australian law:
See the Comparative and Foreign Law or International Law guides for more options.