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Digest
The Digest The Digest (formerly the English and Empire Digest) is a digest of the case law of England to date. It also includes cases from the courts of Scotland, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, South Africa, and the West Indies. The arrangement of titles used by Halsbury's [...]Early Legal Treatises
Treatises and Handbooks of Procedure and Pleading (Source: the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) At a very early period in the history of our law, men began to make compendia of different parts of the law of procedure, and to attempt some systematic exposition of the law. But [...]Encyclopedia of Britain
Introduction to the Encyclopedia of Britain There are 2 works with almost the same nambe: Bamber Gascoigne's Encyclopedia of Britain (Macmillan, 1993) and Helicon's The encyclopedia of Britain. The first offers more than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in [...]English Common Law Contents
See Also Legal Systems Comparative Law Contents Hindu Law in General Chinese Law in General Common Law Systems Code Law Systems Socialist Legal Systems English Law System American Law System Rules International Customary Law Islamic Law Rule of law [...]English Law System Contents
See Also Legal Systems Comparative Law Contents Hindu Law in General Chinese Law in General Common Law Systems Code Law Systems Socialist Legal Systems English Legal System Milestone Cases English Common Law Rules International Customary Law [...]English Reports
Google Legal Research
Most Popular Entries related to Google Legal Research Legal Research (in the United Kingdom) Online Legal Research (in the United Kingdom) Legal Research Websites (in the United Kingdom) How to do Legal Research (in the United Kingdom) Legal Research Methods (in the United Kingdom) Legal [...]Halsburys Laws of England
Halsbury´s Laws of England Halsbury's Laws of England (4th and 5th editions) is the classic English legal encyclopedia. Halsbury's summarizes the law in essay form with citations to supporting statutes and cases in footnotes. It is a useful starting point for UK law. Halsbury’s Laws of [...]How to Do Legal Research
Most Popular Entries related to How to do Legal Research Legal Research (in the United Kingdom) Online Legal Research (in the United Kingdom) Legal Research Websites (in the United Kingdom) How to do Legal Research (in the United Kingdom) Legal Research Methods (in the United Kingdom) [...]Identifier
Court identifiers Early law reports Pre-1875, it is not always easy or possible to determine which court decided a particular reported case. Accordingly, in this period it may not be possible to include court identifiers. Where it is possible to identify the court, use the following [...]Institute of Historical Research
Institute of Historical Research and Medieval Law Institute of Historical Research and Legal History Resources See Also Notability (in this legal Encyclopedia) Detinue (in this legal Encyclopedia) Notability (in this legal Encyclopedia) Religious Law (in this legal Encyclopedia) Uses (in [...]Legal Experience
Legal experience in relation with the Courts and Tribunals in England Solicitors and barristers typically require at least five years' post qualification experience (PQE) for entry-level judicial roles; or seven years PQE for more senior posts. CILEx Fellows with five years' PQE can [...]Legal Research
Most Popular Entries related to Legal Research Legal Research (in the United Kingdom) Online Legal Research (in the United Kingdom) Legal Research Websites (in the United Kingdom) How to do Legal Research (in the United Kingdom) Legal Research Methods (in the United Kingdom) Legal [...]Legal Research Methods
Most Popular Entries related to Legal Research Methods Legal Research (in the United Kingdom) Online Legal Research (in the United Kingdom) Legal Research Websites (in the United Kingdom) How to do Legal Research (in the United Kingdom) Legal Research Methods (in the United Kingdom) [...]Legal Research Websites
Most Popular Entries related to Legal Research Websites Legal Research (in the United Kingdom) Online Legal Research (in the United Kingdom) Legal Research Websites (in the United Kingdom) How to do Legal Research (in the United Kingdom) Legal Research Methods (in the United Kingdom) [...]Legal Research Writing
Most Popular Entries related to Legal Research Writing Legal Research (in the United Kingdom) Online Legal Research (in the United Kingdom) Legal Research Websites (in the United Kingdom) How to do Legal Research (in the United Kingdom) Legal Research Methods (in the United Kingdom) [...]List of Commonwealth Case Law Reports
Commonwealth Case Law Case Law Reports series from other Commonwealth jurisdictions. In addition to the indexed series detailed below, is widely used the unreported cases from AustLII. AustLII includes decisions from: Federal Court-1977 onwards Family Court-1982 onwards [...]List of Encyclopedia britannica´s articles related to Law
2007 Macropedia: Business law: The body of rules, whether by convention, agreement, or national or international legislation, governing the dealings between persons in commercial matters. Computer crime Constitutional law Crime and Punishment Criminal law Environmental [...]List of England and Wales Case Law Reports
England and Wales Primary Case Law Series England and Wales Primary Case Law The most authoritative current report series including the ICLR series and the All England Reports as well as historical series. , Coverage, Publisher, Full Text Available at:, , , , , [...]List of Law Journal Articles Publication Frequency
List of Legal Periodicals´ Articles Publication Frequency Title, Publication Frequency, American Business Law Journal, Quarterly, American Law and Economics Review, 2 issues per annum, Bar Review, 6 issues per annum, British Journal of Criminology, 6 issues per [...]List of Scottish Case Law Reports
Scottish Case Law , Coverage, Publisher, Full Text Available at:, Greens Weekly Digest, 2007–present, W. Green, Westlaw, Scots Law Times, 2007–present, W. Green, Westlaw, Scots Law Times (Sheriff Court Reports), 2007–present, W. Green, [...]Online Legal Research
Most Popular Entries related to Online Legal Research Legal Research (in the United Kingdom) Online Legal Research (in the United Kingdom) Legal Research Websites (in the United Kingdom) How to do Legal Research (in the United Kingdom) Legal Research Methods (in the United Kingdom) Legal [...]Oxford Companion to Law
There is also an Oxford Companion to American Law. This legal encyclopaedia is a concise overview of a subject in law - not confined to English law, since there are many entries devoted to European Union law. Original Oxford Companion to Law Review Review of A F Rodger, “Good companion?” [...]Oxford Dictionary of Law
Jonathan Law and Elizabeth A. Martin Latest Edition (8 ed.) It was cited, among others, by: The Culture of Equity in Early Modern England (M Fortier, 2013) Predicting financial distress using corporate efficiency and corporate governance measures (L Zhiyong, 2014) Law: a very [...]Postgraduate Research Provision
This term related to education means the provision of supervision or training or both to students preparing a dissertation or thesis for a doctorate, Master's degree or other postgraduate degree or diploma to be awarded on the basis of research on a legal topic;Precedence of UK Law Reports
Precedence of United Kingdom Law Reports Hierarchy of law reports There are several situations in which a solicitor or a law professional must determine the order of precedence for two or more case reports. The 2012 Practice Direction on the Citation of Authorities ([2012] 1 WLR 780) [...]Regnal Years
Introduction In the history of England and Scotland (and of several European countries) it was common practice to date some documents not according to the running number of the year, but according to the year of the presiding monarch. A system known as regnal years was used. The regnal year [...]Reports
Modern English reports (a) Official reports The official reports for England and Wales are called the Law Reports and are published by the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales. Cite to the Law Reports where possible. The current main series in the Law Reports are [...]Reports of Cases
Richard Iii Private Legal Documents
This issue under the Ruling of King Richard III of England Richard III Private Legal Documents and Medieval Law Richard III Private Legal Documents and Legal History Legal Materials (Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Clay, John W. North Country Wills: being [...]Secondary Sources
British Secondary Legal Resources Textbooks A good starting point for legal research can be UTCat, the library catalog, for references to textbooks on your topic. Do a keyword search to identify titles of textbooks on your topic. If you find a title on point, check the table of contents or [...]Simmons v Castle (2012)
Background Lord Jackson (a senior judge) had produced a report recommending certain reforms should be made to the civil justice system to try to reduce the cost of litigation. Some of the key recommendations of this report were included by the Government in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and [...]Thesaurus of Synonyms of the Law Term
Each word may have several meanings. To Judges, precise language is mandatory, because each word and its meaning may be subject to close scrutiny and legal interpretation. To solicitors, the use of persuasive language is extremely essential when addressing written arguments to the Courts. [...]Unreported Cases and BAILII
From BAILII : There is still a restriction on the number of English cases from Divisions of the High Court which can be added to the BAILII database which arises from the fact that the shorthand-writers who transcribe judgments which have been given verbally (as opposed to judgments handed [...]In Perpetual Beta
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