Commentaries
Legal commentaries
'Commentary services, also known as looseleaf services or reporters, are useful resources for providing current information on an area of the law. [They] provide authoritative statements of legal principles and topics, supported by and linking directly to case law and legislation. As well as a thorough overview of a topic, they usually include legislation, rules, practice directions, case law and commentary. They are subject specific, and are generally more up to date than books or encyclopedias.'
- Jay Sanderson, Drossos Stamboulakis and Kim Kelly, A Practical Guide to Legal Research (Thomson Reuters, 5th ed, 2021) 134-5.
Citing legal commentaries in AGLC4
See Rule 7.8 in the AGL4 for rules and examples on how to cite legal commentaries - called 'Looseleaf Services' in AGLC4.
Commentary sources
Administrative law
- Federal Administrative LawWestlaw Australia
- Queensland Administrative LawWestlaw Australia
Bankruptcy and insolvency
Commercial law
- Kluwer Arbitration This link opens in a new window
Communications and media law
- Media and Internet Law and PracticeWestlaw Australia
Company Law
Competition and consumer law
Constitutional law
- Constitutional Law of Canada Fifth Edition Supplemented This link opens in a new window
Contract law
- Contract LawCCH
Corporations law
- Company lawCCH
Court practice and procedure
- Litigator's Toolkit This link opens in a new window
Systematics Litigator's Toolkit is a guide to the Queensland Uniform Civil Procedure Rules. It includes:
- comparative tables
- commentary
- relevant legislation and caselaw
- access to Practice Directions
- forms
- access to the online allocation of hearing dates service
Criminal law
- Indictable Offences QueenslandWestlaw Australia
- Queensland Sentencing ManualWestlaw Australia
- Summary Offences QldWestlaw Australia
Employment and industrial law
Energy and resources law
Equal opportunity
Evidence
- Cross on EvidenceLexis+
- Expert EvidenceWestlaw Australia
Family law
- Australian Family LawLexis+
- Family lawCCH
- Family Law with LegislationWestlaw Australia
Insurance law
Intellectual property law
Legal practitioners
- Lawyers Practice Manual QldWestlaw Australia
- Solicitors Manual (NSW)Lexis+
Privacy law
- Privacy lawCCH
Property (real and personal), conveyancing and land law
- Conveyancing Manual QldWestlaw Australia
- DutiesCCH
- Land Titles Law and Practice QldWestlaw Australia
- Property Law and Practice QldWestlaw Australia
Taxation law
- Income taxCCH
Torts and personal injuries
Trusts
- Ford and Lee: The Law of TrustsWestlaw Australia
Wills and estates
- Australian Succession LawWestlaw Australia
- Wills, probate and administration practice (Queensland) online This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive guide to all aspects of wills and estate administration in Queensland.
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 red bar of the AustLII home page.
AustLII contains the following libraries:
- Australasian Aviation Law Library
- Australasian Law Reform Library
- Australasian Legal History Libraries
- Australian Coronial Law Library
- Australian Electoral Law Library
- Australian Employment and Labour Law Library
- Australian Environmental and Planning Law Library
- Australian Health Practitioner Law Library
- Australian Human Rights Law Library
- Australian Indigenous Law Library
- Australian Privacy and Surveillance Law Library
- Australian Royal Commissions and Public Inquiries Library
- Australian Taxation Law Library
- Legal Profession Uniform Law Library (Australia)
- Military Law and Peacekeeping Library (Australia)
The following resources contain international and foreign domestic commentaries (often called 'treatises' overseas):
- Westlaw International This link opens in a new windowUse this link if accessing Westlaw off campus or if the links above comes up with an "access denied" or "OnePass" login screen
