Library Research Guides: Law: secondary sources: Books

For prescribed textbooks and other resources associated with any of your subjects, look for the Resource List in your subject's iLearn site. Check out the Resource list - guide for students for more on Resource Lists.

For searching and finding books for your research, Library Search is your best option.

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Library Orientation - Textbooks
For more about textbooks, see the Library Orientation guide

Law books

The New Lawyer by Nickolas James, Rachael Field and Jackson Walkden-Brown
Publication Date: 2019
2nd edition
The New Lawyer has been updated to ensure that first year law students do not feel overwhelmed by the transition to law school. This is the prescribed textbook for the subjects Legal Foundations A & B.
Laying Down the Law by Robin Creyke, David Hamer and Patrick O'Mara
Publication Date: 2020
11th edition.
Laying Down the Law provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the study of law.
A Practical Guide to Legal Research by Jay Sanderson, Drossos Stamboulakis and Kim Kelly
Publication Date: 2021
5th edition
This book acts as a guide to legal research. It moves logically through the process of legal research by actually showing the reader how to do legal research, and is an ideal resource for law students.
Nemes and Coss' Effective Legal Research by Bruce Bott and Ruth Talbot-Stokes
Publication Date: 2021
8th edition
This practical book is an indispensable guide to mastering the techniques and strategies that are vital for successful legal research and writing.
Effective Legal Writing: A Practical Guide by Nicola Corbett-Jarvis and Brendan Grigg
Publication Date: 2021
3rd edition
This practical book introduces law students to essential writing skills and explains how they are applied in a legal context.

Law eBooks are searchable through Library Search, or you could search the following databases:

ProQuest Ebook Central
Database of electronic books (eBooks) across a wide range of titles on a lending platform. Includes all titles on former EBL and Ebrary platforms.

As of 31 August 2016 EBL was renamed ProQuest Ebook Central and moved to the new platform. Ebrary content was moved from the Ebrary platform to ProQuest Ebook Central in January 2017.
CCH eBooks
A selection of CCH and Kluwer Law ebooks is available via the Wheelers platform. Bond staff and students can browse, borrow and read eBooks anywhere, anytime on multiple devices via the Wheelers ePlatform eBook lending library. For information on access and downloading, click the Support button at the top right of the ebooks home page.
Oxford Scholarship Online - Law
OSO is a cross-searchable library providing access to the full text of selected Oxford titles in the area of Law.
Kluwer Arbitration
Kluwer Arbitration is an online resource for international arbitration research. It contains commentary from expert authors and an extensive collection of primary source materials together with the ITA Arbitration Report, and International Council for Commercial Arbitration cases and awards. The KluwerArbitration.com online database is developed and maintained in conjunction with the International Council for Commercial Arbitration and the Institute for Transnational Arbitration.