Legal Research Essentials

These modules will demonstrate the basics of legal research, including secondary sources, case law, legislation, referencing, and avoiding plagiarism.
Introduction to legal research
Learn about legal research and the importance of researching in a strategic way, common types of assignments that require legal research, academic misconduct, and plagiarism.
Secondary sources
Learn about the role secondary sources play in legal research, and about the databases and search strategies you will need to use to locate them.
Case law
Learn how to locate cases by citation or by topic, how to judge the reliability of a case, and how to cite a case in your assignments.
Legislation
Learn more about the parliamentary process, how to find legislation and also the materials used for statutory interpretation.

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