The resources on this page are useful for the UniSQ Dispute Management
courses LAW1122 and LAW5122.
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Check legal dictionaries to help with your understanding of unfamiliar terminology and jargon used in the dispute resolution field.
Use legal encyclopedias for brief overviews of dispute resolution 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 dispute management topics. Selected key titles are shown below.
Dispute Management by 
Australian Dispute Resolution by View more books using the subject Dispute resolution (Law) - Australia or specific aspects such as Mediation - Australia.
Use the resources mentioned earlier in this guide to search for journal articles on dispute management topics. Selected key 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 dispute management issues in the key law databases; topic coverage varies. Key titles are shown below.
Targeted dispute resolution information is also available in commentary products for specific fields of law, such as family law.
Explore dispute management information in Lexis Advance / Lexis+ Australia:
The LexisNexis Practical Guidance Dispute Resolution module provides guidance notes, commentary practice tips, legislation, legal precedents, cases, tools, forms, checklists etc.
Browse through dispute resolution topics, including jurisdiction-specific guidance for state and federal courts. The below video demonstrates how to navigate and find information in Practical Guidance generally.
Key legislative provisions and case law are discussed in the products mentioned above. For more help with locating and researching these primary sources, see Australian legislation and Australian case law earlier in this guide.
One method of locating cases on a topic is the Key Number System in Westlaw Australia. See these key numbers for case law on alternative dispute resolution topics:
Also investigate key numbers for relevant fields of law, such as: