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Open Access Resources for Law: Reference Works
A research guide listing the useful open-access resources for different countries and subjects.
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Public International Law
Private International Law
Secondary Sources
E books
E journals
Legal Research & Theses
E repositories
Law Reform
News
Training Resources
Videos
Blogs & Social Media
Current Awareness
Dictionaries and Enclyclopaedias
IATE - InterActive Terminology for Europe
Legal-Explanations.com
Nolo's Free Dictionary Of Law Terms and Legal Definitions
The 'Lectric Law Library's Free Legal Lexicon - Terms, Definitions & Explanations
Your Dictionary - Law
Includes industry specific dictionaries.
Law.com Dictionary
Citators
AALL Universal Citation Guide Version 2.1 (University of Illinois)
Australian Guide to Legal Citation. 3rd edition
Published by the Melbourne University Law Review Association Inc, Melbourne Journal of International Law Inc., 2010. ISBN 9780646527390 (pbk)
Blue Tips
British Columbia Court of Appeal, Citation of Authorities (Civil & Criminal Practice Directive, 30 May 2013)
Canadian Citation Committee, Case Naming Guidelines
Canadian Citation Committee, The Preparation, Citation and Distribution of Canadian Decisions
Introduction to Basic Legal Citation by Peter W. Martin
Online edition 2017 on LII.
Old Editions of the Bluebook
OSCOLA Referencing Generator
OSCOLA The Oxford University Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities
Singapore Academy of Law Style Guide Quick Reference 2007
Singapore Academy of Law Style Guide 2004 Edition
The Maroonbook : The University of Chicago Manual of Legal Citation
Edited by the University of Chicago Law Review. 2018.
The Oxford Standard of Citation (OSCOLA) Style Guide Quick Reference 2012
Abbreviations
Bluebook Abbreviations of Law Reviews & Legal Periodicals
(M.G. Gallagher Law Library, University of Washington School of Law)
Legal Abbreviations (Monash University)
Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations
Citation Management
Bibsonomy
Mendeley
Zotero
Zotero is a Firefox add-on that facilitates collecting, managing and citing journal articles, books and other materials. Also works with Chrome and Safari.
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