New Zealand Law

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Search the library catalogue for books using keyword search or subject search. You can narrow your results to online books only. See below for the relevant results for:

When searching for journal articles on a particular topic, it is recommended that you start by searching indexing and abstracting services, followed by searches of full-text databases which contain many journals. Using these will locate articles on a particular topic, case or legislative provision, irrespective of in which journals the articles are published.

The New Zealand yearbook of international law

Yearbook of New Zealand jurisprudence

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New Zealand law journals

The following is a selection of NZ law journals held by the Law Library.

Auckland University Law Review 

• vol 1 1967 + on HeinOnline 
• vol 9, 2002 + on AGIS Plus-Text (this database is the most up to date)
• 1968-1987; 2003 on NZLII (free online)

Australian and New Zealand Maritime Law Journal

• vol 1, 1983 + on HeinOnline (this database is the most up to date)
• vol 1, 1983 + AustLII (free online)

Canterbury Law Review 

• 1980 + NZLII (free online)

Maori Law Review

• 1993 + on HeinOnline.

New Zealand Armed Forces Law Review

• 2001-2004, Vols. 5-9 (2001-2009) on HeinOnline (ceased publication)

New Zealand business law quarterly

• vol 1, 1995 + on Westlaw AU

New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations 

• vol 29(2), 2004 + on AGIS Plus-Text; 
• vol 25(3) 2003 + on the Journal's website (free online)

New Zealand Journal of Environmental Law 

• vol 1 1997 + on HeinOnline
• vol 1 1997 + on AGIS Plus-Text.
• in print on level 4 of the Law Library (1997-2005)

New Zealand Journal of Public and International Law

• vol 1, 2003 + on HeinOnline
• vol 1, 2003 +  Informit Humanities & Social Sciences Collection

New Zealand Journal of Taxation Law and Policy

• vol 12, 2006 + on Westlaw International 
• in print on level 4 of the Law Library (vol 14(1) - 22(4) 2008-2016) 

New Zealand Law Journal 

• vol 1, 1925 + on Lexis + Australia
• vol 4 (1928) - 2010 in print copy on level 4 of the Law Library.

New Zealand Law Review 

• 1989 + on HeinOnline
• 2001 + AGIS Plus-Text.

New Zealand Universities Law Review 

• in print on level 4 of the Law Library (vols 1-17; 1963-1997)
• vol 22(2) 2006 to current online on EBSCO
• vol 17 (1997) to current online on Westlaw International.

Otago Law Review

• vol 1, 1965 to current on HeinOnline
• vol 1 (1965) to vol 14 (2016) on NZLII (open access)

Te Wharenga: New Zealand Criminal Law Review (open access) 

• Began in 2016. Published quarterly No volume numbering. All issues are available in full text on the journal website. Includes case notes and comments on legislation.

Victoria University of Wellington Law Review 

• vol 1 1953 + on HeinOnline
• v.33, 2002 + on the Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Law site (open access) (this database is the most up to date)
• 1998 + on NZLII (free online)

Waikato Law Review

• vol 1 1993 + on HeinOnline (this database is the most up to date)
• v.2, 1994 + on NZLII (free online)