Book Title: Legal Research Skills: An Australian Law Guide
Book Description: Updated in 2026, this edition of the guide is designed to support students undertaking Australian legal studies and contribute to the development of research skills in Australian law schools.
An exciting feature of this edition includes a brand new chapter on Legal Research using Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI).
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Legal Research Skills: An Australian Law Guide Copyright © 2025 by The University of Queensland, James Cook University, the University of Southern Queensland, Charles Darwin University, Southern Cross University, Queensland University of Technology, Deakin University, University of South Australia, Edith Cowan University, University of Tasmania, and The Australian National University is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
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Legal Research Skills: An Australian Law Guide Copyright © 2025 by The University of Queensland, James Cook University, the University of Southern Queensland, Charles Darwin University, Southern Cross University, Queensland University of Technology, Deakin University, University of South Australia, Edith Cowan University, University of Tasmania, and The Australian National University is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
This guide, Legal Research Skills: An Australian Law Guide is an updated adaptation of Legal Research Skills: An Australian Law Guide (2024 Edition). These guides are an adaptation of Legal Research Essentials , used under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 licence. Legal Research Skills: An Australian Law Guide is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 Licence.
This guide was first published in 2025 via a collaboration between staff at the following Universities:
- The University of Queensland
- James Cook University
- The University of Southern Queensland
- Charles Darwin University
- Southern Cross University
- Queensland University of Technology
- Deakin University
- University of South Australia
- Edith Cowan University
- University of Tasmania
- The Australian National University.
This guide was originally published via the Council of Australian University Librarians Open Educational Resources Collective Pressbooks platform.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.25120/afz3-dvvr
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Legal Research Skills: An Australian Law Guide by the University of Queensland, James Cook University, the University of Southern Queensland, Charles Darwin University, Southern Cross University, Queensland University of Technology, Deakin University, University of South Australia, Edith Cowan University, University of Tasmania and The Australian National University is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Licence.