'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.
See Rule 7.8 in the AGL4 for rules and examples on how to cite legal commentaries - called 'Looseleaf Services' in AGLC4.
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:
The following resources contain international and foreign domestic commentaries (often called 'treatises' overseas):
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