Explore a curated selection of resources to support your research on Australian company law topics.
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Check legal dictionaries to help with your understanding of unfamiliar terminology and jargon used in company law.
Use legal encyclopedias for brief overviews of company law concepts, and references to key case law and/or legislative provisions. See the legal encyclopedias section for help with using these products.
Use Library Search to keyword search for books on company law topics or start with the subjects Corporation Law - Australia or Corporate Governance - Australia.
Key titles are shown below.
Commentary services (also known as looseleaf or reporters) provide analysis of fields of law, including commentary on key legislative provisions and cases. The below law database products contain commentary on company law issues. See the commentary section for help with using commentary products.
Also see Part 15 - Associations and Organisations and Part 20 - Small Business Law in the below Lawyers Practice Manual Queensland.
Scholarly law journal articles are authored by legal experts and are grounded in research and theory. They provide in-depth analysis on specialised topics for an academic or professional audience. Use the resources mentioned earlier in this guide to search for journal articles on company law topics. Key journals for this area are shown below.
Explore company law information in Lexis+ Australia:
Lexis Practical Guidance modules provide guidance notes, commentary practice tips, legislation, legal precedents, cases, tools, forms and checklists etc.The below modules provide information relevant to company law.
The below guide demonstrates how to navigate and find information in Practical Guidance generally.
Identify key legislative provisions and leading cases using the secondary sources mentioned above.
For help with locating and researching cases see Australian case law earlier in this guide, particularly Cases on a legal issue/topic for strategies to find Australian case law on a specific subject area.
Use the below Westlaw Australia Key Number System headings to browse case law by company law topics.
The below specialist law report series publishes Australian company law cases:
Unreported company law cases are available via Westlaw Australia and Lexis+ Australia, as well as the following sources:
For general help with locating and researching legislation see Australian legislation earlier in this guide. LawNow Legislation in Lexis+ Australia lists Acts by subject, including company law, however it also includes some repealed legislation.
Explore these websites for additional resources on company law issues.
