REFERENCE SOURCES IN BRITISH LEGAL RESEARCH
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General Dictionary
Hebrew-English legal dictionary
‫אנגלי‬-‫ עברי‬:‫ מלון למנחים משפטיים‬.‫ אליהו‬,‫מוזס‬
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British Legal Dictionaries
Stroud's Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases. 7th ed. 2006 .
Library location: 03.34(42)\STR
Words and Phrases Legally Defined. 3rd ed. 1988-2006
Library location: 34(42)(03)\WOR
British Legal Encyclopedias
*Halsburys laws of England [electronic resource]
Homepage > Electronic Databases > Halsbury's Laws of England
*Halsbury's Laws of England. 4th ed. 1973-2005 (63 volumes with cumulative supplement )
(no longer being updated)
Library location: 34(42)(03)\HAL
Legislation
*Acts of the UK Parliament section of the HMSO database (from 1988- )
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/about_legislation.htm
Bills: see the website for the British Parliament
http://www.parliament.uk/bills/bills.cfm
*Statutory Instruments: see the HMSO database
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/stat.htm
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*LexisNexis Total Research System> Find Laws by Country or Region >United
Kingdom>Legislation & Regulations>Statutes of England & Wales and Statutory Instuments
of England & Wales
*Westlaw International > United Kingdom Materials > Statutes and Legislative Services
British and Irish Legal Information Institute – a public domain website that includes legislation
from HMSOs site
http://www.bailii.org/
In addition to online access to British legislation, the Law Library's print collection includes:
Law Reports – Statutes (Library location: 34(42)(001)\GRE)
Statutes of the Realm (1235-1713) (Library location: 34(42)(001)\ENG)
Halsbury's Statutes of England and Wales. 4th ed. 1985-2007 (Library location:
34(42)(003)\HAL)
Case Law
*LexisNexis Total Research System > Find Laws by Country or Region > United Kingdom >
Case Law > UK Cases, Combined
*Westlaw International > United Kingdom Materials > Cases > United Kingdom Reports All
British and Irish Legal Information Institute – a public domain site which includes legislation
and cases
http://www.bailii.org/
House of Lords judgments – available from 1996, and within 2 hours of the decision
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199697/ldjudgmt/ldjudgmt.htm
In addition to online access to British case law, the Law Library's print collection includes:
English Reports: Full Reprint (1220-1865) (Library location: 34(42)(005)\ENG)
Law Reports: Appeal Cases (House of Lords and Privy Council) (Library location:
34(42)(005)\AC)
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Law Reports: Queen’ s Bench Division or King’ s Bench Division (Library location:
34(42)(005)\QB or KB)
Law Reports: Chancery Division (Library location: 34(42)(005)\CD)
Law Reports: Family Division (Probate Division before 1972) (Library location:
34(42)(005)\FD)
Weekly Law Reports (reports are published here before being published in one of the above
reporters)
Library location: 34(42)(005)\WEE
All England Law Reports (a commercial publication, including reports not found elsewhere)
Library location: 34(42)(005)\ALL
Law Reviews
*U.K. legal journals can be found in the LexisNexis Total Research System under the
heading Find Laws by Country or Region >United Kingdom> Journals. Only a limited number
of UK journals are included, however. It is, therefore, worthwhile to search the US & Canadian
Law Reviews, Combined for articles about UK law, and to search Legaltrac
* Westlaw International > UK Journals and Law Reviews – like LexisNexis, this file only
covers a limited number of UK journals, and therefore it is worthwhile to search Westlaw's
World Journals and Law Reviews file for articles about UK law, and to search Legaltrac
* Legal Trac is an automated index to journal articles in English, including journals from
Great Britain. It is accessed from the library’ s homepage via Electronic Databases through
the Web. Be sure to include Great Britain or United Kingdom or England as a keyword.
Other Sources of Information
Dane, Jean. How to use a law library: an introduction to legal skills. 4th ed. London : Sweet &
Maxwell, 2001.
Library location: 016.34(42)\DAN
Young, Stephen. Researching primary legislation of the United Kingdom.
http://www.llrx.com/features/uklegis.htm
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Carter, Sarah. Update to a guide to the UK legal system.
http://www.llrx.com/features/uk2.htm
UK Law Online
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/law/hamlyn/toc.htm
Findlaw http://www.findlaw.com/
-- under Countries in International Law (includes a website for the Royal Family in the
Government Information section http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page1.asp)
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