Check legal dictionaries to help with your understanding of unfamiliar terminology and jargon used in the contract law field.
Use legal encyclopedias for brief overviews of contractual 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 find books on contract law topics or start with the subject Contracts - Australia. Selected key titles are shown below.
Principles of Australian Contract Law by 
Principles of Australian Contract Law: Cases and Materials by 
LexisNexis Questions and Answers: Contract Law by 
Contract Law: Cases and Materials by 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 contract law topics.
Journal of Contract Law (Lexis+ Australia)
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 contractual issues in the key law databases; topic coverage varies. Key titles are shown below.
Explore contract law information in Lexis+ Australia:
Lexis Practical Guidance modules provide guidance notes, commentary practice tips, legislation, legal precedents, cases, tools, forms and checklists etc. Contract law information is available in the below modules:
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 these Westlaw Australia Key Number System headings to browse case law by contract topics:
The Australian Contract Reports is a specialist contract law report series available in the CCH iKnowConnect database:
For general help with locating and researching legislation see Australian legislation earlier in this guide. CCH iKnowConnect contains contract-related legislation within the Contract law practice area.
