Legal research guide: Criminal Law: What is Criminal Law?
A place to start
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Encyclopaedic Australian Legal DictionaryLexis Advance
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Halsbury's Laws of AustraliaTitle 130 - Criminal Law
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Laws of AustraliaVol 9. - Criminal Law Principles
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Carter's criminal law of QueenslandLexis Advance
Do the right thing - study criminal law
What is Criminal Law?
"The rules of statute and common law which direct that certain actions are punishable by the state. Each Australian jurisdiction has a body of criminal law...The criminal law in some Australian jurisdictions is governed by a statutory code: for example (WA) Criminal Code... In those jurisdictions without a code the criminal law is made up of both statutory offences and offences at common law which have not been repealed. In every jurisdiction there are other numerous criminal offences which form part of the criminal law..."
Encyclopaedic Australian Legal Dictionary
(Lexis Advance)
Criminal law databases
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CINCH: Australian Criminology DatabaseAvailable online through Informit. Good source for journal articles on all aspects of crime and criminal justice.
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CINCH –ATSIS : Australian Criminology Database Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander SubsetCINCH-ATSIS is a subset of the CINCH database that focuses on all aspects of the involvement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the justice system.
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CINCH Health: Health Issues in Criminal JusticeHealth Issues in Criminal Justice (CINCH-Health), is a subset of CINCH, the Australian Criminology Database. Index to journal articles, reports, and book chapters.
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Criminal Justice AbstractsComprehensive coverage of international journals, books, reports, dissertations and unpublished papers on criminology and related disciplines.
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Lexis Advance - Criminal LawUS content (cases, commentary, journal articles). Click on the Criminal Law tab and browse.
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WestlawNext - Criminal LawGo to the Practice Areas tab > Criminal Law.
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WorldLII - Criminal LawResources available through the World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII). Includes journals, legislation, case law, and commentary.
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