Law

Providing access to quality Law resources and subject support.

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Databases View more

Here are the key databases/online resources to start finding information in your subject area. Click on 'View more' to go to the full listing for the Library, and use the filters to find more for this subject and others.

Westlaw UK

Westlaw UK is an ever-growing and easily searchable source of case law, legislation, news, legal journals, commentary, current awareness alerts and EU legal matters.

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Lexis Library+ (formerly Lexis Library)

Provides access to UK legislation, case law documents, commentary, forms and precedents.

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EUR-Lex: Access to European Union law

EU legislation , treaties, regulations, directives and decisions

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BAILLI

British and Irish case law & legislation, European Union case law, Law Commission reports, and other law-related British and Irish material.

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Legislation.gov.uk

Original and revised versions of UK legislation such as Acts of Parliament and Statutory Instruments.

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Scopus

Scopus is an abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: academic journals, books and conference proceedings. Scopus is a comprehensive resource covering chemistry, physics, mathematics and engineering; life and health sciences; social sciences, psychology, business and economics; arts and humanities and biological and environmental sciences. It also includes the Geobase database.

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Books E-books Catalogue

You can access books and e-books via the Catalogue (also known as Library Catalogue Plus) to search for and check their availability. The Catalogue also provides links to e-books and displays the shelf marks of physical books in the Library. We have detailed the shelf marks of the most popular topics below (the level is for the Library in º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ).

Subject / title Pilkington level Shelfmark
Law 2 340
Criminal law 2 345
Company law 2 346.41066

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Frequently asked questions View more

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Westlaw or Lexis are the best databases for finding a UK case. You can search by case name, subject or citation in both databases, but they cover different law reports, so you might have to search them both.  If it is a very recent UK case, BAILII is also worth searching.

Westlaw is a good place to start your search for current legislation and historic legislation for the UK, EU and some other jurisdictions. You can search by the name of an act or a subject. It will also tell you if it is still in force or repealed.

Westlaw and Lexis both contain full-text journal articles, so start with one of those. They contain different journals, so it is best to search both for better coverage of a subject area. Scopus is also worth searching, as it covers a range of subject areas, including law.