Explore a curated selection of resources to support your research on constitutional law topics. This guide primarily focuses on Australian constitutional law. For broader context, a selection of comparative resources is included at the end of the guide.
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Check legal dictionaries to help with your understanding of unfamiliar terminology and jargon used in the constitutional law field.
Use legal encyclopedias for brief overviews of constitutional 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 constitutional law topics or start with the subject Constitutional law - Australia.
Key titles are shown below.
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 constitutional law topics.
Key Australian journals 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. Access commentary on constitutional law issues in the below Westlaw Australia product.
Explore constitutional law information in Lexis+ Australia:
Identify key legislative provisions and leading cases using the secondary sources mentioned above.
For general help with locating and researching legislation see Australian legislation earlier in this guide.
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 constitutional law topics.
The Lexis+ Australia explore by topic option mentioned above is another strategy. See judicial consideration of legislation, for advice on finding case law relating to a particular constitutional provision/s.
Use BarNet Jade to view constitutional law cases:
Secondary sources will also refer to key cases, eg see references in constitutional law textbooks/annotators and the notes accompanying relevant portions in legal encyclopedias.
Australian Constitutional Landmarks
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Explore these websites for additional resources on constitutional law issues.
Selected historical titles containing information on the Australian Constitution:
The Annotated Constitution of the Australian Commonwealth
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Use the below resources to access information on other countries' constitutions:
Access journal articles that publish articles on comparative constitutional law topics:
Selected comparative constitutional law titles:
The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Constitutional Law
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The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Constitutional Law
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Comparative Constitutionalism
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