There should be broad equity between fields of law, recognising the difficulty of defining fields and the different publishing patterns in fields. The main primary materials, i.e. the leading series of general law reports and those series of specialised law reports that cover the subjects taught. All legislation currently in force, but including subordinate and state legislation only where there is a cogent reason. The major current monographs and commentaries in each subject and the major treatises of the past, supplemented by cases and materials. All essential government and law reform publications.
Essential reference works.
The collection extends to the major texts in the core subjects, with few primary materials. We aim to provide broad equity between jurisdictions, subject to questions of relevance to New Zealand. Our collection of material from other jurisdictions is not intended to support all comparative studies e.g. the law on the division of powers in a federal state is of limited relevance to us. 2.5 Current awareness services Services of this kind from jurisdictions other than New Zealand are not collected. They often provide information that is quickly superseded, is difficult to use without primary materials, provides no overview and does not provide real support for comparative work.