Legal materials are categorised into Primary and Secondary sources:
Primary sources are legislation and case law;
Secondary sources include discussions about the law or legal commentary such as books, journal articles, legal encyclopedia, reports, loose-leaf services and online services.
Further information is available on the Law LibGuide.
Unreported judgments are handed down by the court and are unreported versions of Australian cases can be found at Austlii, which is freely available.
ECU library also subscribes to the caselaw databases Legal Online and LexisNexis, which you can use while you are enrolled at the university.
Edith Cowan University acknowledges and respects the Noongar people, who are
the traditional custodians of the land upon which its campuses stand and its programs
operate.
In particular ECU pays its respects to the Elders, past and present, of the Noongar
people, and embrace their culture, wisdom and knowledge.