Research Guides

These guides are designed to help you find the best research resources for your area of law. They include subscription and open access resources. They are developed by the Melbourne Law School law librarians. The guides are continuously updated with new content.

The University of Melbourne Library website has guides on a range of subject areas, plus 'how to' guides which provide tips on finding material such as news and theses.

If you need more information or assistance, please email us at law-library@unimelb.edu.au or phone the Law Library Information Desk on (03) 8344 8913.

Australian Law

• Australian Case Law
• Australian Legislation
• Australian & Comparative Constitutional Law
• Australian Law: free online resources
• Australian Law Textbook Finder
• Australian Taxation Law
• Australian International Taxation Law (sub-page of the Public International Law Guide)
• Competition and Consumer Law
• Construction Law
• Human Rights Law
• Indigenous Law

Foreign & Comparative Law

• Canadian Law
• Chinese (PRC)  and Hong Kong Law
• Construction Law
• European Union Law
• Foreign and Comparative Law
• Competition and Consumer Law
• Comparative Constitutional Law (sub-page of Australian & Comparative Constitutional Law)
• Comparative Labour Law (sub-page of Public International Law)
• Comparative Tax Law
• Human Rights Law (sub-pages of International Human Rights Law)
  • Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, UK, USA
  • Comparative Human Rights Law
• Indian Law
• Indigenous Law - Australia, Canada, New Zealand, USA
• New Zealand Law
• Papua New Guinea Law
• South African Law
• Southeast Asian Region Countries' Law - Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
• United Kingdom Law
• United States of America Law