Category: Legal Resources
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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?” […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]