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Library Closure Information

Our new, state-of-the-art library in Stratford will open on Monday 24 June. In order for us to move our collections across, Stratford and Duncan House libraries will be closed from 5pm on Friday 7 June.

Click here for more information on the closures. If you have any queries, please email us at newlibrary@uel.ac.uk.

 

Online Resources

Exampapers

Abstracts & Indexes

Contact Subject Librarian - http://uellaw.blogspot.co.uk/


Online Resources

Online services

Lexis Library

  • For access to:
    All England Reports:
    online access to All England Law Reports (1936- to date)
    All England Reporter: 
    offers access to next-day digests.
    Official Transcripts: 
    archive of transcripts from October 1997

Westlaw

  • Westlaw UK is a comprehensive online legal information service containing 
    citable case law back to 1865, legislation back to 1267 and journal archives 
    - all cross-referenced.

HeinOnline

  • The Hein Online Legal Journal Collection provides online, full-text access to a rapidly growing collection of law reviews and journals, focusing on pre-1980 legal periodical scholarship.

 

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Academic Institutions

Kent

 

  • A comprehensive site as one could wish. Particularly recommended

Queen Mary and Westfield College

  • Law Subject Service

UEL School of Law and Social Science

  • Information on staff and courses.   
   

UK Law

Ukparliament

 

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Web Journal of Current Legal Issues

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House of Commons Home Page

  • UK Official Publications

Hansard - House of Commons Daily Debates

  • As reported in Hansard from 1996.

Hansard - House of Lords Debates

  • As reported in Hansard from 1996.

Acts of Parliament

  • From 1996.

Public Bills Before Parliament

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UK Official Documents

  • Links to Acts, Bills and selected Command papers (including selected Green and White Papers), plus a variety of Consultative Documents.

Judgments of the House of Lords [from Nov.1996]

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Law Commission

  • Summaries and full text of recent Consultation Papers and Reports.

Old Bailey Online

 

  •  The proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674-1913

 

Infolaw

  • Long-established UK legal gateway site with access to law documents and other resources

Privy Council

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British and Irish Information Institute 

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Swarb.co.uk

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Incorporated Council of Law Reporting

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European & International Databases

Europa

  • Provides access to E.U. statistics, the EU Parliament, Council, Court of Justice, official documents, sources of EU information etc.

United Nations

  •  Links to International Law and Human Rights materials, UN documents and maps etc.

European Union Court of Justice

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EUbusiness

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U.S. Databases

Findlaw

  • An educational resource site dedicated to the United States Constitution and the U.S. Supreme Court; also provides access to recent opinions from the Federal and State Courts. 

 Hieros Gamos 

  •  Vast US gateway to legal resources [heavy emphasis on American law]; NB. Law Library offers access to cases heard in the Supreme Court from 1793 onwards.

US House of Representatives

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American Bar Association

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Cornell University, Legal Information Institute

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Supreme Court of the United States

 

  • The official Supreme Court site.

Supreme Court Collection 

 

  • Opinions from the Court from 1990 plus over 600 of the court's most important decisions through the whole period of its existence.

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Human Rights

European Court of Human Rights 

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The University of Minnesota Library 

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Amnesty International UK 

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 Liberty 

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Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants 

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 Aire Centre 

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Legal Topics

Employment Law Advice 

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emplaw (British Employment Law) 

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Department for Trade and Industry

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 Trades Union Congress

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ACAS 

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 Equality and Human Rights Commission

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 Commission for Racial Equality 

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 Disability Rights Commission 

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 Commercial Bar Association 

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 Companies House

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 Office of Fair Trading 

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 Family and Divorce UK Law Guide

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Criminology Sites

Institute of Criminology, Cambridge University

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The Howard League 

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Crime and Justice 

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Employment and Training

The Lawyer 

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Career Legal 

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LawCareers.Net 

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LegalCV.com 

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Lawnetworks.co.uk

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Exam Papers

Past exam papers for Law and Criminology are available from the "School of Law Noticeboard site" on UELPlus. Click here to log on to UELPlus (UEL students only).

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Abstracts & Indexes

  • Index to Legal Periodicals
  • Legal Journals Index 
    (a comprehensive index of UK legal articles)

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 Guides to Law Libraries & Other Materials

  • Jean Dane & Thomas Philip:
    How to use a law library (026.34)
  • Peter Clinch:
    Using a law library (026.34)

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Directories

  • Waterlow's Solicitors' and Barristers' Directory(340.23 SOL)*
  • Chambers global: the world's leading lawyers (340.023 CHA)*
  • The guide to the professional conduct of solicitors (340.023 GUI)*

    *housed in the quick reference section

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 Dictionaries

  • Dictionaries are to be found at 340.03 in the quick reference section, as is Black's Law Dictionary

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Encyclopedias

  • Halisbury's laws comprises as an encyclopedia to the law

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Contact Subject Librarian

The Subject Librarian for Law and Criminology is Maureen Azubike. For further information, please contact Maureen Azubike by mail or call on 020 8223 3363.

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