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What is case law?

Structure of a case

Law reports

Case citation

Finding cases:
full citation

Finding cases: incomplete citation

Finding cases by subject

Updating cases

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Finding cases: incomplete citation

Step 1: Use a case citator to identify the law report series

  • Case citators locate the full citation of a case.
  • Case citators locate citations to alternative law report series in which a case has been reported
  • Commonly used case citators for Australian cases: Legal Online: FirstPoint, and LexisNexis AU: CaseBase - Always check both case citators!

Demonstration:

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Find the case Coco v Queen using Legal Online: FirstPoint (select tutorial #5 Find a case by case name) [SWF 585KB]

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