Cases and Courts
For caselaw of countries other than Australia, see Other Countries.
Case Citators and Digests
Using case citators and digests is usually the most efficient and effective way to research case law. This is because these databases distill information about a case and this editorially added data is what is searched, rather than wading through vast tracks of full-text decisions.
CaseBase via LexisNexis
AU
- a case citator and digest database of Australian case law and important UK and US decisions that have been cited by Australian courts
- searches by party name, judgment date, judge, court, citation, legislation considered, words & phrases, catchwords
- includes an index of Australian law articles with references to cases and legislation discussed
- case digests link to the full-text decision if reported in the ALRs.
FirstPoint
on Legal
Online (formerly LawBook Online)
- a comprehensive case citator and digest database of Australian reported cases since 1825, and unreported cases since 1999
- cases are arranged into chronological order (latest first) and may be browsed by topic
- case digests link to the full-text decision if reported in the CLRs, FCRs, FLRs, SASRs, ACrimRs, and unreported decisions in recent years.
Australian Cases by Court
This list comprises the major courts and the major reports series for the courts.
It is not comprehensive and does not cover all Australian courts and tribunals,
nor all the law reports series. For a more comprehensive list refer to the Holdings
List of Law Reports, Legislation, Treaties and Journals. The Law Library
holds the major law reports for all Australian courts and tribunals, and the
major foreign common law countries, including New Zealand, the United Kingdom,
Canada and the United States.
Major Australian Law Reports
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