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Legal Research Links

British and Irish Legal Information Institute http://www.bailii.org/

 

BUBL (Catalogue of Internet resources, incl re European Union)www.bubl.ac.uk

 

Centre for Crime and Justice Studies Charity established at King’s College, London providing education about crime and the criminal justice system.

 

Citing the Law (Tutorial that explains how to cite documents)

https://ilrb.cardiff.ac.uk/citingreferences/oscola/tutorial/

 

Command Papers:

http://www.lib.duke.edu/reference/subjects/Parliam.html

 

Council of Europe

 

Court Judgments, (HM Courts Service)

http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/cms/judgments.htm

 

Court Service

http://www.open.gov.uk/courts/court/cs_home.htm

 

Criminal Cases Review Commission

 

Crown Prosecution Service

 

Electronic Law Journals http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/elj/

 

English Legal History Research Guide (Old cases)

http://www.law.duke.edu/lib/researchguides/englishlegal.html

 

European Court of Human Rights

http://www.echr.coe.int/ECHR/EN/Header/Case-Law/HUDOC/

HUDOC+database/

 

 

European Court of Justice (in French) http://curia.eu.int/index.htm

 

European Court of Justice

 

European Court of Justice Alphabetical Guide to subjects (in French)

http://www.curia.eu.int/en/content/outils/tm.pdf

 

European Union (portal) http://europa.eu.int/

 

Help and Advice for Relatives of Prisoners (HARP)

 

 

Her Majestys Court Service provides a glossary of legal terms and Latin terms used in court

http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/infoabout/glossary/index.htm

 

Home Office

House of Commons

House of Lords

 

House of Lords cases decided since November 1996 are available at:

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld/ldjudgmt.htm

 

HUDOC (European Court of Human Rights Portal)

http://www.echr.coe.int/ECHR/EN/Header/Case-Law/HUDOC/HUDOC+database/

 

Information for Lawyers http://www.infolaw.co.uk/

 

International Court of Justice

 

Journalism Friends in Law information site

Judicial Studies Board

 

Judiciary Website

http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/judgment_guidance/tribunals_decisions/index.htm

 

Judgments and guidance for the Judiciary:

Introduction

Practice directions

Protocols and guidance on criminal cases

Judgments

Sentencing

Judicial review

Tribunal decisions

 

LawBore.Net http://www.lawbore.net/index.php(Subject-orientated legal portal aimed at helping students research the internet )

 

Law Commission http://www.gtnet.gov.uk/lawcomm/homepage.htm

 

Law Society

 

Leeds University Website http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk

 

Legal Resources Pages http://www.venables.co.uk/legal/

 

Official Documents Command and departmentally sponsored House of Commons Papers

 

OPSI (Government publication of legislation)

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/stat.htm

 

Sarah Carter, A Guide to the UK Legal System

http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/United_Kingdom.htm

 

Simplish.org Website which enables one to translate documents (including legal jargon) into plain English.

Starting Points for Legal Research on the Internet

http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Law/other.html

 

Statute Law Database http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/

The Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations

http://www.legalabbrevs.cardiff.ac.uk.

The Oxford Standard Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA)

http://denning.law.ox.ac.uk/published/oscola.shtml

 

The Times Online http://www.timesonline.co.uk/law

 

University of Cambridge (legal research site)

http://www.law.cam.ac.uk/jurist/jur-uk.htm

 

University of Kent at Canterbury

http://library.ukc.ac.uk/library/lawlinks/default.htm

 

Warwick University Legal Research Site

http://www.law.warwick.ac.uk/

 

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