Library guides: Law: Consumer, Competition, Commercial and Contract law

Legal encyclopedias

Competition Law – Trade and Commerce: Halsbury’s Laws of Australia (Lexis+)
The title trade and commerce states the law in relation to restrictive trade practices in the distribution and supply of goods and services. The competition law sub-title covers the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) and the Competition Code as well as access to services, collusive conduct, misuse of market power, exclusive dealing, reslae price maintenance, mergers and acquisitions and enforcement and remedies under the Act.
See also Consumer Protection, Consumer Credit, Product Liability, Sale of Goods.
Contract: Halsbury's Laws of Australia (Lexis+)
The title contract states the general principles of contract law in Australia. It looks at formation, vitiating factors, discharge and remedies.

CCH iKnowConnect
Legislation, Commentary & Cases.
Sections include: Competition, Consumer and Contract Law, Business Law
Titles include: Australian Competition and Consumer Act Partner -- Australian Competition and Consumer Law Cases (ATPR), Commentary, Legislation and Releases -- Australian Competition and Consumer Legislation Commentary and Legislation -- Australian Consumer Credit Law Cases, Checklists, Commentary, Legislation -- Australian Contract Law Cases, Commentary, Legislation, Australian Sales and Fair Trading Law Cases, Australian National Consumer Credit Protection Act Partner, Australian Commercial Law Tracker.
Westlaw AU
Competition, Consumer and Contract related content include Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law, Trade Practices Law - Competition and Consumer Law.
Lexis+ Australia
Competition, Consumer and Contract law related content includes Carter on Contract Bulletin, Competition & Consumer Law Journal, Product Liability Australia.
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LexisNexis Practical Guidance : Consumer
Arranged in subtopics, including: regulatory framework - contracting - consumer credit - advertising - misleading and deceptive conduct - sales practices - e-commerce - product safety - warranties and consumer guarentees - investigations - industry based dispute resolution schemes.
Contract Law information can be found under AU Business Practical Guidance and includes: creation - interpretation - boilerplate clauses - discharge.

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)
The ACCC is an independent statutory authority that enforces the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (CCA), including the Australian Consumer Law (Schedule 2 of the CCA), (previously the Trade Practices Act 1974) and other legislation. The website contains information for businesses and consumers, online public registers regarding price notifications, warning, mergers etc as required under legislation as well as ACCC publications.
Australian Competition Law (ACL)
The Australian Competition Law (ACL) website provides a Chronology of Australian competition law and an A-Z list of summaries of competition cases, leading competition cases and a selection of international cases.