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Afkortingenlijst voor juridische tijdschriften [FREE]
A free list of European legal abbreviations maintained by K.U. Leuven.
All South African Law Reports [P.WORD]
All South African Law Reports 1828-
Antitrust & trade regulation report [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Arbitration (Kluwer) [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Kluwer Arbitration provides access to a range of resources on commercial international arbitration. GUIDE
Sponsored by Norton Rose
Australian Law Online see Firstpoint
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Beck Online [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Database of German legal materials, including the full BGB. Primary and secondary materials are available in full text.
Berkley Electronic Press [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Working papers plus Issues in Legal Scholarship, Global Jurist and Theoretical Inquiries in Law.
Sponsored by Baker & McKenzie.
Bopcris 18th century British Official Parliamentary Publications Portal see Eighteenth Century Official Parliamentary Publications portal
Brill e-journals [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Twenty-three titles from the Martinus Nijhoff imprint, mainly International and Human Rights law.
Current and archived datasets in the British Crime Survey series. The survey provides a measure of the true extent of crime, and is used by the Home Office to complement statistics derived from crimes reported to the police.
British & Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII) [FREE]
Free cases from the UK Higher and Appeals courts c. 1996 -.
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Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations [FREE]
Look up tool for legal abbreviations.
Carilaw [P.WORD]
Primary materials from the Caribbean.
Caselex [P.WORD]
Summaries (original language and English translations) of cases dealing with EU law, heard before the highest domestic courts of member countries of the EU and/or EFTA.
Casetrack [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Transcripts of UK cases from the Higher and Appeals Courts, ECJ and ECHR cases.
ChinaLaw see LawInfoChina
CLEA Collection of Laws for Electronic Access [FREE]
Multi-jurisdictional database of intellectual property legislation and treaties provided by WIPO.
Collected Courses see Recueil des Cours
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
Theory and research in international affairs. GUIDE
Common Market Law Reports (on CD ROM) [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Coverage ends in 2003. For full coverage see Westlaw. You may need to disable the pop-up blocker.
Constitutions of the Countries of the World[EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
GUIDE Sponsored by Baker & McKenzie
Constitutions of Dependencies & Territories [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
GUIDE Sponsored by Baker & McKenzie
Current Legal Information [P.WORD] [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
Case and legislation citator, case digest and legal journals index.
Current Legal Research Topics Database [FREE]
List of subjects currently being researched for higher degrees in the UK.
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Directory of Open Access Journals [FREE]
Provides access to scientific and scholarly electronic journals that are freely available on the web.
Dissertations & Theses: A&I [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Doing Business Law Library [FREE]
A free, online collection of business laws and regulations with links to official government sources wherever possible. The database provides access to economic and regulatory indicators comparable across different jurisdictions with laws on topics such as banking and credit, bankruptcy, companies, labour, securities, taxation and trade.
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Early English Books Online (EEBO) [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
Early English Laws [FREE] Codes, edicts & treatises produced in England prior to 1215
Eastview Online Database of Russian Newspapers and Parliamentary Publications [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Eighteenth Century British Official Parliamentary Publications Portal 1688-1834 [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Full text parliametnary papers including acts, bills, parliamentary debates, commons/lords sessional papers and House of Lords/Commons Journals
Eighteenth Century Collections Online [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
e-Journals [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Oxford University e-Journals - full text online journals available to Oxford University members only
Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL) [FREE]
Portal to international law resources including treaties, international agreements and UN documents.
Elections in Western Europe since 1815 [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
English Reports 1220-1865 [FREE]
English Reports 1220-1865 [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
Access via HeinOnline
English Reports 1220-1865 (on CD ROM) [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
[Sponsored by City Solicitors' Educational Trust]
EurLEX [FREE]
EU information - full text treaties, secondary legislation, preparatory legislation, cases, parliamentary documents.
Europa [FREE]
EU information portal providing access to documents produced by various EU institutions. Select the 'Institutions' tab for links to EU courts.
European Information Association (member pages) [P.WORD]
The member area of the EIA website provides practical guides and information on how to access EU legislation and data.
European Sources Online [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Primary and secondary materials relating to the EU.
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Factiva [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
News from around the world.
Firstpoint [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
Australian legal materials including law reports, journal articles and indexes and commentary. IMPORTANT NOTE: Once connected choose "Legal Online" from the drop down menu in the "Online Subscriber Login" box on the right hand side and then click on "IP users click here" which will appear beneath once you have chosen "Legal Online".
FLAG [FREE]
Foreign Law Guide - holdings of foreign primary source materials in UK libraries.
Foreign Law Guide [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
IMPORTANT NOTE: Once connected please select "Subscriber Login (IP Authentication)" Introduction to the legal systems of over 189 jurisdictions. [Sponsored by Baker & McKenzie]
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Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) [FREE]
A public database of laws, regulations, judicial decisions and other complementary legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international organisations.
Global Legal Monitor (GLM) [FREE]
A frequently updated summary of legal developments across the world supplied by the Library of Congress. For an archive of issues prior to May 2006 go to the World Law Bulletin (WLB) [FREE]
Guide to Law Online - Law Library of Congress [FREE]
Prepared by the Law Library of Congress Public Services Division. An annotated guide to sources of information on government and law available online. Includes selected useful sites for legal information.
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Hansard [FREE]
Harvard Research in International Law see HeinOnline
HeinOnline [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
Law Journals (UK, US, Australian and International), the English Reports (1220-2865), foreign and international law resources, Harvard Research in International Law, legal classics, treaties and agreements, World trials, Selden Society Publications.
Sponsored by Baker & McKenzie.
House of Commons Parliamentary Papers [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
Sessional papers from 1715 -
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IBFD (International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation) [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
IMPORTANT NOTE: Choose "My IBFD" from the homepage. Titles within our subscription are listed in black (those listed in blue are not included in our subscription).
Information on cross-border taxation from the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation.
ICNL International Center for Not-for-Profit Law Library] [FREE]
i-law [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ] Law reports and journals in the fields of insurance, intellectual property and construction law. GUIDE
Includes Lloyd's Martime and Commercial Law Quarterly.
Index to Common Law Festschriften [FREE]
Festschrift is the term used for a published collection of legal essays written by several authors to honour a distinguished jurist or to mark a significant legal event. This is the first index of contributions to common law Festschriften.
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Index to articles on non Anglo-American law.
Index to Legal Periodicals [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Index to articles on Anglo-American law published in the US, UK and Europe from 1908-.
Index of Theses [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Index of abstracts to theses from Great Britain and Ireland 1716-.
Infolaw Lawfinder [FREE]
Gateway to UK legal resources.
Integrum [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
Russian press, financial and legal information. IMPORTANT NOTE: Once connected choose English interface and then click "Enter (no registration)". Click "Artefact" to get to the main Integrum databases and legal information. > Instruction manual.
International Criminal Law Database & Commentary [FREE]
International Financial Reporting Standards [P.WORD]
International Law in Domestic Courts see Oxford Reports on International Law
Intute [FREE]
Online catalogue of high quality internet resources.
Investment Claims [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Materials and analysis in the field of international investment law and arbitration.
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Jean Monnet Center [FREE]
A collection of working papers from the Jean Monnet Center at NYU School of Law, established to promote teaching in European intergration in particular Law, Economics, Political Science and History.
Juris Classeur[EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ] IMPORTANT NOTE - to connect to the main database choose "LexisNexis Juris Classeur" from the drop down menu (top right of screen) and click on the arrow.
French legal information.[Sponsored by Baker & McKenzie]
Justcite[EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Index to UK and EU case law and legislation with links to Justis, Westlaw, Lexis®Library and BAILII.
Take the Justcite tutorial
Justis [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ] IMPORTANT NOTE: click "Continue" on the Justis homepage.
UK and EU case law and legislation, European Human Riights and International Law Reports.
Selected databases sponsored by City Solicitors' Educational Trust
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Kluwer Arbitration [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+] > GUIDE
Conventions, legislation, rules, bilateral investment treaties, case law and journal articles in commercial international arbitration.
[Sponsored by Norton Rose]
Kluwer Competition Law [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
Kluwer Law International Journals [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
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Lawtel [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+] [To use the alerting service use a personal LAWTEL USERNAME]
UK judgments, statutes and SIs, articles index, bills and command papers.
Legal History, Oxford International Encyclopedia of [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Legal History: The Year Books [FREE]
Year book reports printed between the years 1378 and 1535 and a large number from 1268 onward.
Lexis®Library (formerly LexisNexis Butterworths) [OSS] [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Take the tutorial Introduction to Lexis®Library or Halsbury's Laws and the Directory on Lexis®Library
List of acronyms for UK Statutes used in Lexis® Library.
Linex Legal [FREE]
Updates and reviews from over 1000 law firms and government organisations throughout the World.
LiveRe [FREE]
A portal that provides access to free journals available on the Internet. The portal covers scientific journals, magazines, bulletins and newsletters and can be accessed in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Lloyd's Law Reports [P.WORD] GUIDE
Lloyd's Law Reports covering commercial and maritime cases from 1919- .
Lloyd's Martime and Commercial Quarterly see i-Law
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Making of Modern Law (MOML) - [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Anglo-American legal treatises published 1800-1926
Manupatra [P.WORD]
Indian legal materials and business policy.
[Sponsored by Baker & McKenzie]
Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
Mediieval and Early Modern Sources Online (MEMSO) [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
MyiLibrary [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
An e-content resource library with titles from CUP and Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Multinational Collections Database [FREE]
A collection of items which reprint the laws and regulations of international jurisdictions on a particular legal topic, comparative in nature.
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National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts (NCJRS) on Cambridge Scientific Abstracts [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
Part of Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. Includes summaries of US and international publications.
NATLEX [FREE] - International Labour Organization's database of national labour, social security and related human rights legislation
Nineteenth Century House of Commons Parliamentary Papers [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
19th century House of Commons papers including command papers, house papers and bills.
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OEIL - The Legislative Observatory [FREE]
European Parliament database tracking the major stages of the legislation making process between EU institutions.
Official Document System of the United Nations [FREE]
UN documentation including treaties, reports and resolutions. Take the tutorial on the UN ODS.
Official Journal of the European Communities on CD ROM [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
C and L series of the Official Journal of the European Communities from 1998 - Nov 2007. For more recent editions please see EurLEX.
OGEMID Archive and Transnational Dispute Management [P.WORD]
Recent developments in investment arbitration and dispute management.
Open Access Journals see DOAJ : Directory of Open Access Journals [FREE]
Oxford E-prints [FREE]
Collection of law related working papers.
Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Oxford Reports on International Law [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Decisions from international courts and tribunals plus cases applying international law in domestic courts from 60 jurisdictions).
Oxford Scholarship Online (OSO) [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Oxford University e-Journals [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Full text online journals available to Oxford University members only
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PAIS International on Cambridge Scientific Abstracts [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
Index to literature of public policy, social policy and the social sciences in general.
PreLex [FREE]
European Commission database mapping the major stages of the legislation making process between the EU Commission and other EU institutions.
Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London 1674-1834 [FREE]
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Recueil des Cours [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
Hague Academy Collected Courses on public and private international law.
Refworld [FREE]
Collection of material collected by the UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency) to aid decisions on refugee status. Via "Quick Links" access (inter alia) collections of national legislation and national and international case decisions (including tribunals and administrative bodies),
Russian Newspapers and Parliamentary Publications [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
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Sabinet [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
South African journals
Selden Society Publications [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Access via HeinOnline
Singapore Legal Workbench [P.WORD]
Access to Singapore legislation, official gazettes and case law.
Social Science Citation Index on Web of Science [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
Index of journals in behavioural and social sciences.
Social Science Research Network (SSRN) [FREE]
Archive of legal research papers.
South African Law Reports see All South African Law Reports [P.WORD]
State Papers Online Part 1: Tudors 1509-1603 Domestic Papers [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
State Trials on Justis [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ] IMPORTANT NOTE: click "Continue" on the Justis homepage.
State Trials is compiled from the two most authoritative series of State Trials records, Howell's and the New Series (Macdonell's) and additional material sourced from the electronic version of the English (Nominate) Reports
Statute Law Database [FREE]
The official revised edition of the primary legislation of the United Kingdom.
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Tax Analysts [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Includes access to Tax Notes Today and Tax Notes International.
THOMAS [FREE]
Legislative information from the Library of Congress.
Trade Unions in Western Europe since 1945 [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Transnational Dispute Management and OGEMID Archive [P.WORD]
Recent developments in investment arbitration and dispute management.
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UK Statute Law Database [FREE]
Primary legislation of the United Kingdom. Statute Law Database (SLD) is the official revised edition of the statute book for the UK in electronic form.
United Nations Law Collection [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Access via HeinOnline (includes LNTS and UNTS)
United Nations Treaty Collection [FREE]
Treaties and international agreements registered or filed and recorded with and published by the Secretariat since 1946.
UNBISnet - United Nations, Dag Hammarskjold Library [FREE]
Catalogue of UN publications and documentation with links to full text where available.
UN-I-QUE : United Nations Info Quest [FREE]
Catalogue of UN materials including sales publications.
UN-ODS : Official Document System of the United Nations see Official Document System of the United Nations
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vLex [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Global collection with material from some 90 jurisdictions. Strongest collection is Spain with legislation, cases, legal journals and e-books, news and forms.
[Sponsored by Baker & McKenzie]
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Westlaw [OSS] [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
UK cases (including The Law Reports), legislation and journal articles, EU, USA and international legal materials. Take the tutorial Introduction to Westlaw, or the tutorial Westlaw for all jurisdictions [Sponsored by Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP]
WLR Daily [FREE]
Free summaries of UK cases from the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales
WorldLII [FREE]
Free source of case law and legislation from various jurisdictions, international courts and tribunals. Includes a catalogue of free legal web sites organised by jurisdiction and subject.
WorldTradeLaw.net [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Primary legal materials related to international trade law, search engine for GATT/WTO decisions.
[Sponsored by Herbert Smith]
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Zetoc [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ] [To set up e-mail alerts log in with your OSS]
The British Library's Electronic Table of Contents of around 20,000 current journals and approximately 16,000 conference proceedings. Covers 1993 to date and includes an email alerting service.