Australian Legal Research Sources: Law Reviews
Updated Dec. 10, 2008.
Prepared by Cheryl Nyberg. Updated by Gabriela Femenia.
The Gallagher Law Library subscribes to many Australian law reviews and legal periodicals. Many of these titles are listed on the table below.
AustLII, Hein Online, LexisNexis, and/or Westlaw offer online versions of some titles. Beginning year of coverage is indicated in the table below. Note that vendors add new titles occasionally. AustLII is a free website; Hein Online, LexisNexis, and Westlaw are available only to subscribers.
Indexes
Many Australian law reviews and legal periodicals are indexed in:
LegalTrac, 1980-date. Available on the Legal Databases & Indexes page. UW Restricted
Index to Legal Periodicals, 1908-date. K33.I5 at Reference Area
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals, 1960-97. K33.I46 at Reference Area. Available on the Legal Databases & Indexes page. UW Restricted
Law Review Titles & Availability
Key
ILP = law review is indexed in the Index to Legal Periodicals, beginning in the year indicated
LT = law reviewis indexed in LegalTrac, beginning in the year indicated
Library = print copies of the law review are available in the Gallagher Law Library, in the Compact Stacks on Floor L2, where the law reviews are arranged by title; subscription beginning in the year indicated
AustLII, Hein Online, LexisNexis, and Westlaw = online sources, beginning in the year indicated
*Also in the Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
| Title | ILP | LT | Library | AustLII or Hein Online | LexisNexis / AUST | Westlaw |
| Adelaide Law Review | 1981 | 1984 | 1960 | Hein Online, 1960 | ||
| Auckland University Law Review | 1981 | 1980 | 1967 | AUSTLII, 2003; Hein Online, 1967 | ||
| Australian Bar Review | 1989 | 1991 | 1985 | ABR, 1994 | ||
| Australia & New Zealand Journal of Law & Education | Hein Online, 1996 | |||||
| Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology | 1997 | 1981 | ANZJC, 1994-98 | |||
| Australian Competition and Consumer Law Journal | ACCLJ, 1993 | |||||
| Australian Journal of Asian Law* | 1999 | |||||
| Australian Journal of Corporate Law | 1992 | 1993 | AJCOR, 1994 | |||
| Australian Journal of Family Law | 1989 | 1991 | AJFL, 1994 | |||
| Australian Journal of Human Rights | 1994 | AUSTLII, 1994 | ||||
| Australian Journal of Labour Law | 1989 | 1989 | AJLL, 1994 | |||
| Australian Journal of Legal History | AUSTLII, 2003; Hein Online, 1995-2005 |
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| Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy | Hein Online, 1977 | |||||
| Australian Tax Review | 1989 | 1980 | ASTRLTAXREV, 1997 | |||
| Australian Yearbook of International Law* | 1981 | 1991 | 1965 | Hein Online, 1965 | ||
| Canberra Law Review | 1995 | 1999 only | 1994 | Hein Online, 1994-2004 | ||
| Deakin Law Review | 1995 | 2001 | 1994 | AustLII, 2001; Hein Online, 1994 | AISL, 1994 | |
| Federal Law Review | 1986 | 1964 | AUSTLII, 2001; Hein Online, 1964 | |||
| High Court Review | AUSTLII, 1995-2000 | |||||
| Insurance Law Journal | 1989 | 1990 | AISL, 1994 | |||
| James Cook University Law Review | 1995 | 1999 | 1994 | Hein Online, 2002 | ||
| Journal of Australian Taxation | AUSTLII, 2005 | JAUSTT, 2005 | ||||
| Journal of Contract Law | 1989 | 1990 | AJCL, 1993 | |||
| Macarthur Law Review | 1997 | 1997-2000 | ||||
| Melbourne Journal of International Law | 2003 | 2001 | 2000 | AUSTLII, 2000; Hein Online, 2000 |
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| Melbourne University Law Review | 1981 | 1980 | 1957 | AustLII, 1999; Hein Online, 1957 | MULR, 1997. | MELULR, 1997 |
| Monash University Law Review | 1981 | 1980 | 1974 | Hein Online, 1974 | ||
| Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law | AUSTLII, 1993 | |||||
| Queensland University of Technology Law & Justice Journal | 2001 | 2001 | 2001 | AustLII, 2001; Hein Online, 2001 | ||
| Sydney Law Review | 1982 | 1980 | 1953 | AustLII, 2003; Hein Online, 1953 | SYDLRV, 1999. | |
| Torts Law Journal | 1993 | 1993 | ATLJ, 1993 | |||
| University of New South Wales Law Journal | 1981 | 1980 | 1975 | AustLII, 1997; Hein Online, 1975 | ||
| University of Queensland Law Journal | 1981 | 1980 | 1948 | AustLII, 2005; Hein Online, 1948 |
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| University of Tasmania Law Review | 1980 | 1980 | 1964 | Hein Online, 1958-2005 | ||
| University of Western Australia Law Review | 1980 | 1980 | 1960 | |||
| Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law & Arbitration | VJ, 1999 |