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Coroners Court Subject Guide

This guide lists the resources that are most relevant to Coroners Court research.

Legislation

Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996 (Vic)

Coroners Act 2008 (Vic)

Coroners Court Rules 2019 (Vic)

Coroners Regulations 2019 (Vic)

COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) Act 2020 (Vic)

Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997 (Vic)

Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 (Vic)

Human Tissue Act 1982 (Vic)

Mental Health Act 2014 (Vic)

Open Courts Act 2013 (Vic)

Commentary

Charter of Human Rights Bench Book (Judicial College of Victoria)

Coroners Bench Book (Judicial College of Victoria)

Coroners Court of Victoria – Practice Handbook (2011) (eBook)

Disability Access Bench Book (Judicial College of Victoria)

Family Violence Bench Book (Judicial College of Victoria)

International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) (Database)

Judicial College of Victoria - Manuals and Bench Books (Website)

Open Courts Bench Book (Judicial College of Victoria)

Databases

Coroners Court of Victoria (2002- ) (AustLII)

Deaths Inside : Indigenous Australian Deaths in Custody (Database)

JADE (BarNet) (Database)

Lawlex (Database)

National Coronial Information System (NCIS)

PubMed Central (Database)

Journals

PubMed Central (Database)

Further Resources

Australian and New Zealand Forensic Science Society (ANZFSS) (Website)

Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement (ACGB) (Website)

Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria (BDM) (Website)

Coroners Court of Victoria (Website)

Coronial Council of Victoria (Website)

Forensic Services - Victoria Police (Website)

National Institute of Forensic Science (NIFS)

Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VIFM)

Print Collection

Death investigation and the coroner's inquest (Freckleton) (2006) (Print Collection)

Jervis on the office and duties of coroners : with forms and precedents (Matthews) (14th edition, 2020) (Print Collection)

Practice handbook : a legal practitioner's guide to the coronial system in Victoria (2011)

The Australasian coroners' manual (2015)

Waller's coronial law and practice in New South Wales (2010) 4th edition