Westlaw New Zealand Guide - How to find Commentary
Last Published: October 07, 2021
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- The Table of contents will be displayed. Click on the plus symbol (+) to expand the table of contents. e.g., Offences and Defences, Crimes Act 1961, Part 10, section 231 Burglary.
- Click on the words of the section title to open the legislation and direct commentary.
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Search for a Commentary Publication using the Global Search Bar
- To find a commentary publication, type the title into the global search bar and select from the list. e.g., Land Law.
- The Table of Contents will be displayed. Click on the Add to favourites button to add it to your favourites for the resources that you use regularly.
- To search the publication, type in your search terms into the global search bar e.g., "joint tenancy" and click search or press enter to run the search.
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Find relevant commentary in the Citing References Tab
- Enter the section of legislation into the global search bar on the homepage. e.g., s 72 Property Law Act 2007 and select the section from the drop down menu displayed.
- The Citing References tab will list any document that cites and is linked to the Provision. Filter citing references by Secondary Sources on the left hand side.
- See that Joint Tenancy is discussed in both Land Law and A to Z of New Zealand Law chapters.
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Conduct a search across several commentary publications
- Open Secondary Sources located on the homepage under Content Types tab.
- Enter your search term into the Global Search Bar e.g., “constructive trust”. Click search or press enter to run the search.
- This will search all Commentaries, Journals and Law Reviews, and A to Z of New Zealand Law. Filter results by Publication Name using filter options on the left.
- Refine your results by selecting the publications you wish to view, which will appear in Selections on the right. Select Continue, then select Apply.
- Refine results further using the search within results field. Enter your search term e.g., “equitable remedies” and select Continue, then select Apply.
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- Search results for "constructive trust" will be highlighted yellow, search results for “equitable remedies” will be highlighted purple. Click on the commentary title or highlighted terms to open the document.
- Tools to print, download or save search results to folders are displayed on the right hand side.
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