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Human Rights Law

Where to Start:

If you are unsure about your subject, look it up in a dictionary or encyclopedia. Or try a handbook for the latest information with facts and figures. Why not try:

Butterworths Concise Australian Legal Dictionary 3rd Ed.	REF K/211/.K1 BUT/2004
Legal Terms	REF K/211/.K1 LEG/1998
Halsbury's Laws of Australia	REF K/218/.K1 HAL/1991 Online version through LexisNexis AU
Queensland Law Handbook	REF K/218/.K2Q QUE/2002

 

Books:

Use the Library catalogue to search for books held in the Library.

Environment, human rights and international trade edited by Francesco Francioni	KC/230 ENV/2001
Human rights in Australia: treaties, statutes and cases Martin Flynn	KM/226/FLY/2003
International human rights in context : law, politics, morals : text and materials Henry J. Steiner and Philip Alston	KC/200 STE/2000
International human rights, text and materials Rebecca Wallace	KC/200 WAL/2001
Protecting human rights: instruments and institutions edited by Tom Campbell, Jeffrey Goldsworthy and Adrienne Stone	KC/200 PRO/2003
Retreat from injustice: human rights law in Australia Nick O'Neill, Simon Rice, Roger Douglas	KM/226 ONE 2004
The impact of the United Nations human rights treaties on the domestic level Christof Heyns and Frans Viljoen	KC/200 HEY/2002

Or you can look on the shelves at the following numbers:

• KC/200 - Human Rights – Australia
• KM/226 – Civil Rights – Australia

 

Electronic Resources (including Journal Databases):

Electronic resources provide secondary sources of information such as journal articles, news, reports and/or primary sources of information such as cases and legislation. Access electronic resources including journal databases from the Library's Electronic Resources page.

AGIS PLUS Text	Attorney General's Information Service covering all aspects of law. Mainly Australian information
Lexis	United States, International and Australian legislation and case law.
Westlaw	United States, International and Australian legislation and case law.

 

Journals:

Journals may have more up-to-date information than books. You can search for journals using the Library catalogue. Try the following to start:

Australian Journal of Human Rights ( 1994 - ) or online at http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/AJHR/	KM/226.001/ AUS
Annual Report – Human Rights Australia ( 1988 - )	KM/226.001 AUS
European Human Rights Law Review ( 2001 - )	KC/200.001 EUR
Human Rights Brief ( 1999 - )	KC/200.001 HUMA

 

Web Resources:

You can try searching the Internet for more resources.

Australian Human Rights Centre	AHR Centre is a Research Institute at the UNSW which provides accessible information on human rights
Australian Treaties Library	Full text database, plus news and announcements and related materials
Human Rights (WorldLII)	WorldLii subject page on Human Rights
Castan Centre for Human Rights Law	The Centre was established to aid the study of human rights law, globally, regionally and in Australia
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library	Access to over 10,000 documents and links to over 3,000 sites