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Essential legal research skills in Aotearoa New Zealand / Theresa Buller, Catherine Doughty, Melanie Lovich, Tracey Thomas and Kate Thompson.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Buller, Theresa, author.
Doughty, Catherine, author.
Lovich, Melanie, author.
Thomas, Tracey, author.
Thompson, Kate, author.
Contributor:
University of Auckland, issuing body.
Open Educational Resources Collective, publisher.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Research--Methodology.
Research.
Legal research--New Zealand.
Legal research.
Physical Description:
1 online resource : illustrations
Place of Publication:
Tāmaki Makaurau ; Auckland : Waipapa Taumata Rau ; University of Auckland, 2025.
Summary:
This guide to legal research and citation of New Zealand law provides direction to students undertaking legal research. It may also be useful for members of the public and self-represented litigants. It covers the core skills and knowledge for effective legal research, such as creating a search strategy, identifying where to locate legal information and legal citation using the New Zealand Law Style Guide. This text explores searching for sources of legal information including case law, legislation and commentary and explains the different approaches required to locate and cite these sources of law.
Notes:
Title from document home page (viewed 22 September 2025)
This book was published by Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland via the Council of Australasian University Librarians (CAUL) Open Educational Resources Collective.
Includes bibliographical references.
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
ISBN:
9780473756383
Access Restriction:
Open access. Unrestricted online access

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