Commentary services may be published in print form as looseleaf services as well as online. They provide very up-to date information on an area of law and can provide a thorough overview and analysis of a topic and include legislation, cases, rules, practice directions and commentary on the area by expert authors.
Practitioners often consult commentary from several publishers to inform their opinions.
Online commentary services are mostly provided by Australian legal publishers on their databases, such as in the examples selected below.
To browse all commentary sources click on ‘View all publications’ on the home page. Then using the refine options in the left hand side of the screen choose ‘AU Secondary Materials’ in the ‘Content Type’ box. Then further refine to ‘Commentary’ or ‘Textbooks’. Alternatively, perform a keyword search and refine using the same options in the results list.
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Select Commentary under the Secondary Sources heading in the Content type list on the home page. You can then browse or filter by topic or jurisdiction.
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Select your ‘Practice Area’ from the left-hand side of the screen and then choose ‘Commentary’. Alternatively perform your keyword search and then refine your search results to ‘Commentary’.
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