Legal commentaries (also known as 'loose-leaf services' or sometimes 'reporters') can look similar to legal encyclopedias but are focused on one particular subject area of law. They usually provide a summary of the law, leading cases and the primary legislation in the area. Commentaries are written by professionals and academics in the subject area, and are updated on a regular basis, making them a reliable source of up-to-date, expert information.
Use the 'By subject area' tab to access links to commentaries on different subject areas. The other tabs display a list of commentaries available by publisher.
CCH IntelliConnect contains commentaries on many areas of Australian law. Browse the practice areas (listed below) for commentaries, or search and then filter your results to by document type to "CCH Commentary".
Lexis Advance Pacific contains the following commentaries:
The following resources contain international and foreign domestic commentaries (often called 'treatises' overseas):
AustLII has Libraries which don't have editorial commentary but can include many of the other components of legal commentaries, including topic-specific legislation, cases, journals, and in some cases special collections.
Look under the "Libraries" content area on the top red bar of the AustLII home page.
AustLII contains the following libraries:
