Legal Dictionaries and Encyclopaedias
Legal dictionaries
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Encyclopaedic Australian Legal Dictionary (via LexisNexis)The Encyclopaedic Australian Legal Dictionary database contains about 20,000 terms and is the first genuinely comprehensive Australian legal dictionary. Definitions are presented in an Australian context and supported by Australian legislative and judicial authority, wherever it exists.
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Australian Legal Words and Phrases (via LexisNexis)This database provides a comprehensive listing of words and phrases which have either been defined in legislation or judicially interpreted. It includes details of where the word or phrase has been defined and often the context in which the term is defined.
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Black's Law Dictionary (via Thomson Reuters Westlaw)From the Thomson Reuters Westlaw home page, select Secondary Sources, then Black's Law Dictionary.
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A dictionary of law byPublication Date: 2018 (Oxford University Press)Via Oxford Reference Online.
Legal encyclopaedias
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Halsbury's Laws of Australia (via LexisNexis)Halsbury's Laws of Australia comprises a narrative statement of the law of Australia covering virtually every subject area and all nine jurisdictions.
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Halsbury's Laws of Australia - TUTORIALIncludes videos, webinars, podcasts and guides via the LexisNexis Knowledge Network.
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Laws of Australia (via Westlaw AU)Laws of Australia is an Australian leading legal encyclopedia with comprehensive coverage of all aspects of the legal processes and practices in Australia.
Dictionaries and thesauri
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Roget's thesaurusVia netLibrary.
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Oxford ReferenceOxford Reference is the home of Oxford’s quality reference publishing, bringing together over 2 million entries, many of which are illustrated, into a single cross-searchable resource. Subject areas include: Art and architecture, biological sciences, food and nutrition, medicine, nursing, law, history, performing arts, politics, social sciences, religion and philosophy, science, computing, economics and business.
International legal encyclopaedias
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American jurisprudence 2d (via Thomson Reuters Westlaw)Provides coverage of all fields of American law – state and federal, civil and criminal, substantive and procedural. The articles collect, examine, and summarize the broad principles of American law. From the Westlaw home page, select Secondary Sources, Jurisprudence & Encyclopedias, American jurisprudence.
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Corpus juris secundum (via Thomson Reuters Westlaw)United States national legal encyclopedia covers all state and federal legal topics. Also provides concise legal analysis with exhaustive case citations, and can be used as a case finder. From the Westlaw home page, select Secondary Sources, Jurisprudence & Encyclopedias, Corpus juris secundum.
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Canadian Encyclopedic Digest (Thomson Reuters Westlaw)Canadian Encyclopedic Digest provides a comprehensive statement of the law of Ontario and the four western provinces - provincial, federal and common law - as derived from the case law and legislation. From the Westlaw home page, select International Materials > Canada > Treatises > Encyclopedia.
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Halsbury's Laws of England (via LexisNexis)Covers the whole spectrum of English law and is designed to enable practitioners to answer the full range of questions likely to arise in the course of their work, especially those which fall outside their own fields of expertise.
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Max Planck encyclopedia of public international lawThis comprehensive resource contains peer-reviewed articles on every aspect of public international law.
Legal systems
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JuriGlobe - World Legal SystemsSix legal systems – civil law, common law, customary law, Muslim law and mixed systems – are briefly described, and the world’s “political entities” (mostly countries) are listed and classified according to the system under which they operate. The site is created by JuriGlobe, a research group formed by professors from the Faculty of Law of the University of Ottawa.
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Legal Systems ClassificationClassification of legal systems and corresponding political entities - Alphabetical Index of the Political Entities and Corresponding Legal Systems.
