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Humanities: Legal Studies - Unit 2 - A Question of Rights

Databases

Access library databases for useful information.  See links below. In particular the “ Echo Newspaper database” and “Australia/NZ  Points of view “ contain a range of relevant newspaper articles.

Echo also includes some very good summaries of the main cases under discussion in this unit.

Databases

Australian Legal Information Institute

The Australasian Legal Information Institute is a very useful site.

Mabo

Tuckiar v. R

Dietrich v. the Queen

Roach v. Electoral Commissioner

R v. L (1992) 174 CLR 379

Trove - National Library of Australia

Trove in the national library is an excellent site for this topic with access to a wide variety of sources.

State Library of Victoria - Are you a Member?

Make sure you join for access to both print and online resources.

Wik Peoples - National Native Title Tribunal

Lange v. Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Croome v. State of Tasmania