Question:
How does one access "unreported cases", for example the case of Thuat The Nguyen v Elliott (unreported 6 Feb 1995, Hedigan J Vic Supreme Court).
The Austlii website doesn't seem to have any avenue for unreported cases.
Answer:
The Online Case Law page has a list of places that you can go to get unreported judgments. AustLII is a comprehensive site for unreported judgements but some of the older decisions are not availabel there. LexisNexis AU is one source, and another source is the Victorian Supreme Court website. If you have checked AustLII and the case is not there then check LexiusNexis AU and the Victorian Supreme Court catalogue. It is available in both places.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Mac users and legal databases
Question: I am having trouble with a journal. I click on the Family, Society and Law website, I log in to the Australian Journal of Family Law, I click on an article and it tells me I have not connected. This has never happened before to me using this website. I am using a mac.
Answer: If you are a mac user, you should use Firefox as your browser, rather than Internet Explorer. This should solve the problem.
Answer: If you are a mac user, you should use Firefox as your browser, rather than Internet Explorer. This should solve the problem.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
HeinOnline: The Video
Hein Online have placed some training videos on YouTube. Well worth a loook!
http://www.youtube.com/HeinOnline08
http://www.youtube.com/HeinOnline08
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Australian Guide to Legal Citation
Question:
How do I cite a journal article when there is no volume number and the journal is issued monthly?
Answer:
According to the editors of the Australian Guide to Legal Citation this is an example of how to do it.
Gopal Sri Ram, 'The Role of Judges and Lawyers in Evolving a Human Rights Jurisprudence' (January 2003) Infoline: The Official Newsletter of the Malaysian Bar 17.
However, where a volume and/or issue number is present, this approach should not be adopted.
How do I cite a journal article when there is no volume number and the journal is issued monthly?
Answer:
According to the editors of the Australian Guide to Legal Citation this is an example of how to do it.
Gopal Sri Ram, 'The Role of Judges and Lawyers in Evolving a Human Rights Jurisprudence' (January 2003) Infoline: The Official Newsletter of the Malaysian Bar 17.
However, where a volume and/or issue number is present, this approach should not be adopted.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Market Reports: Which are the "top tier" law firms?
Question:
Do we get a report called the "IBIS World Research Report: Legal services In Australia"?
Answer:
We do not have access to the IBIS report but we do have access to the competitor product. Go to the Library Databases section and then go to GMID. There is a comprehensive market report there on Legal services in Australia. This should meet your needs.
Extract:
Legal services in Australia
1 Oct 2004
LEGAL SERVICES: MARKET SIZE
The Australian market for legal services in 2003 was worth A$10.6 billion (US$6.9 million), an increase of over 11.6% from the previous year.
Do we get a report called the "IBIS World Research Report: Legal services In Australia"?
Answer:
We do not have access to the IBIS report but we do have access to the competitor product. Go to the Library Databases section and then go to GMID. There is a comprehensive market report there on Legal services in Australia. This should meet your needs.
Extract:
Legal services in Australia
1 Oct 2004
LEGAL SERVICES: MARKET SIZE
The Australian market for legal services in 2003 was worth A$10.6 billion (US$6.9 million), an increase of over 11.6% from the previous year.
Google Scholar @ La Trobe University
Google Scholar is at http://scholar.google.com.
You can now configure Google Scholar so that it will tell you if we have access to the journal articles that you have found, in one of the many collections of online journals that we have access to. For off-campus access, you need to set the preferences once only.
This is what you need to do...
Go to Google Scholar and click Scholar Preferences.
In the Library Links search box search for la trobe.
Tick the checkbox for the option La Trobe University Library (Full text @ La Trobe)
Click Save Preferences
You can now configure Google Scholar so that it will tell you if we have access to the journal articles that you have found, in one of the many collections of online journals that we have access to. For off-campus access, you need to set the preferences once only.
This is what you need to do...
Go to Google Scholar and click Scholar Preferences.
In the Library Links search box search for la trobe.
Tick the checkbox for the option La Trobe University Library (Full text @ La Trobe)
Click Save Preferences
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Journal Abbreviations
Question:
I’m just doing researching about unfair dismissal for the ....essay and I’ve found a journal cited in CaseBase but I can’t seem to find the full journal article. I can’t even seem to figure out which journal the articles is featured in!
The article is called
Byond Unfair Dismissal - Employees Find Sucess in Other Forms of Legal Redress
(2006) 9(10) IHC 113
Author(s): by Naomi Gingold and Nick Ruskin
Do you have any idea where I might be able to find this article? I can’t seem to figure out which journal IHC is an abbreviation for!
I’ve spent the last hour looking for it but I can’t seem to find it anywhere!!!
Answer:
CaseBase uses abbreviations for law reports and journals. There are a few places that you can check to find out what an abbreviation stands for. You can locate a database of abbreviations here:
Library -> Subject Guides -> Law -> Legal Abbreviations
Checking this list will tell you that IHC stands for InHouse Counsel. Unfortunately this is a journal that we do not subscribe to. You can do a search of Victorian Libraries to determine which university libraries have it, or you could check the Law Institute Library catalogue.
I’m just doing researching about unfair dismissal for the ....essay and I’ve found a journal cited in CaseBase but I can’t seem to find the full journal article. I can’t even seem to figure out which journal the articles is featured in!
The article is called
Byond Unfair Dismissal - Employees Find Sucess in Other Forms of Legal Redress
(2006) 9(10) IHC 113
Author(s): by Naomi Gingold and Nick Ruskin
Do you have any idea where I might be able to find this article? I can’t seem to figure out which journal IHC is an abbreviation for!
I’ve spent the last hour looking for it but I can’t seem to find it anywhere!!!
Answer:
CaseBase uses abbreviations for law reports and journals. There are a few places that you can check to find out what an abbreviation stands for. You can locate a database of abbreviations here:
Library -> Subject Guides -> Law -> Legal Abbreviations
Checking this list will tell you that IHC stands for InHouse Counsel. Unfortunately this is a journal that we do not subscribe to. You can do a search of Victorian Libraries to determine which university libraries have it, or you could check the Law Institute Library catalogue.
Friday, August 31, 2007
Australian Guide to Legal Citation
The Question
Would you happen to know the volume number for this citation:
Burrows, 'Reforming Privity of Contract: Law Commission Report No.242 [1996], Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quaterly 467, 468-71.
The Answer
The Australian Guide to Legal Citation (AGLC) usually requires a volume number but not all journals have volume numbers - for some journals the year of publication is the volume number. If this happens use square brackets around the year.
Examples:
Charles Mitchell, ‘Tracing Trust Funds into Insurance Proceeds’ [1997] Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 465.
William Swadling, ‘A Claim in Restitution?’ [1996] Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 63.
Would you happen to know the volume number for this citation:
Burrows, 'Reforming Privity of Contract: Law Commission Report No.242 [1996], Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quaterly 467, 468-71.
The Answer
The Australian Guide to Legal Citation (AGLC) usually requires a volume number but not all journals have volume numbers - for some journals the year of publication is the volume number. If this happens use square brackets around the year.
Examples:
Charles Mitchell, ‘Tracing Trust Funds into Insurance Proceeds’ [1997] Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 465.
William Swadling, ‘A Claim in Restitution?’ [1996] Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 63.
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