United Kindom Law Resources - United Kingdom Law Resources

United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

CONSTITUTION

* International Constitutional Law: United Kingdom Index (Universitât Bern Institut f?r ˜ffentliches Recht) offers background notes and links to government sites.
* OTHER COPIES:
o Magna Carta (1215) (British Library)
o Magna Carta (1215) (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration)
o English Bill of Rights (1689)
o Constitution Finder (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law)

EXECUTIVE

* British Monarchy
* Prime Minister
* Cabinet of Ministers
* HM Treasury
* Official Documents (HMSO)
* Statutory Instruments (HMSO)
* UK Online

JUDICIAL

* Court Service
* Department for Constitutional Affairs - includes forms, guides, statutory instruments, consultation papers, and other documents

LEGISLATIVE

* PARLIAMENT: Parliament; consisting of the House of Commons and House of Lords
o House of Commons Library Research Papers
o House of Commons Publications on the Internet
* Acts of Parliament (HMSO)
* NATLEX: United Kingdom (International Labour Organisation) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
* E-Transaction Law Resources: United Kingdom (Baker & McKenzie)

LEGAL GUIDES AND MISCELLANEOUS

* GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
* Multinational Collections Database: United Kingdom (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
* BAILII: British and Irish Legal Information Institute
* "By Command of Her Majesty": An Introduction to the Command Papers of the United Kingdom (Stephen Young, Tarleton Law Library) - in PDF (336K); from 92 L. LIBR. J. 91 (2000)
* Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations (University of Wales, Cardiff)
* Devolution in the United Kingdom: A Revolution in Online Legal Research (Stephen Young, via LLRX) June 1, 2001
* The Electronic Parliament: Resources for Tracking U.K. Legislation (Stephen Young, via LLRX) November 15, 2001
* FindLaw: United Kingdom
* ForIntLaw: United Kingdom (Washburn University Law Library)
* Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases - England and Ireland (New York University Law Library)
* A Guide to the UK Legal System (Sarah Carter, via GlobaLex) November 2005
* InfoLaw - Information for Lawyers Limited's Gateway to the UK Legal Internet
* Judicial Assistance: United Kingdom (U.S. Dept. of State)
* JURIST: United Kingdom (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
* Law of the Pacific Islands: A Guide to Web Based Resources (Ruth Bird, via LLRX) April 15, 2002; includes Pitcairn Islands
* Law Schools and Law Libraries (Law Courseware Consortium via University of Warwick)
* Natural Resources Legislation: United Kingdom (University of Denver College of Law)
* Religious Liberty: The Legal Framework in Selected OSCE Countries (U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe) May 2000; prepared by the Law Library of Congress at the request of the Commision; includes the United Kingdom and ten other countries; includes part 1 (pp. 1-203) only; part 2 (pp. 204-349 Appendices) not available online
* World Legal Information Institute: United Kingdom (WorldLII)
* World Legal Materials from Europe: United Kingdom (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

GENERAL SOURCES

* Portals to the World: United Kingdom (Library of Congress)
* Background Notes: United Kingdom (U.S. Dept. of State)
* British Embassy, Washington
* Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: United Kingdom (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
* Consular Information Sheet: United Kingdom (U.S. Dept. of State)
* Country Information: United Kingdom (U.S. Dept. of State)
* Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices, 1993-2001 (U.S. Dept. of State) see reports listed under Europe / Independent States
* Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: United Kingdom (U.S. Dept. of State)
* Economic Briefing: Britain (The Economist)
* Governments on the WWW: United Kingdom (Gunnar Anzinger)
* Human Rights in United Kingdom (Amnesty International)
* International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: United Kingdom (U.S. Dept. of State)
* NATIONAL LIBRARY: British Library
* National Libraries of Europe: British Library (European Library)
* NEWS: BBC / BBC World; Economist; Financial Times; Guardian; Independent; The Times
* U.S. Embassy, London (U.S. Dept. of State)
* World Factbook: United Kingdom (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency) - see also: British Indian Ocean Territory; Pitcairn Islands; South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
* WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: United Kingdom (Google); United Kingdom (Yahoo); WWW-VL West European Studies - United Kingdom (University of Pittsburgh)