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Law Society: Library Services

Information about the collections, services and facilities of the Law Society Library, a private library for solicitor members of the Law Society of England and Wales. Includes a link to Library Online, the catalogue and legal information database. There is information about the Law Society Archive as well as the Library. The site also provides the following research guides: How to dispose of your library; How to search BAILII; How to search Law Society library online; How to find ECHR materials; and How to find European Union case law.

Explore the British Library

‘Explore the British Library’ is the British Library’s main catalogue. It covers books, journals, newspapers, conference proceedings, electronic resources, maps and other materials. Registered readers can use the catalogue to order items for consultation in the reading rooms. Anyone can use it to order photocopies from the British Library, for a fee.

COPAC

COPAC combines the catalogues of more than one hundred research libraries in the UK and Ireland, allowing them all to be searched simultaneously. It includes the holdings of the British Library and many university and specialist libraries. Quick or advanced search screens are available and there is also a special search facility for finding maps in library collections. COPAC is run by Jisc, a non-profit organisation based at the University of Manchester which provides digital services for the UK academic community.

Bodleian Law Library

Website of the Bodleian Law Library at the University of Oxford. The Library’s collections cover many different jurisdictions, focusing on the law of the UK, the Commonwealth, the US, European countries and the EU; it also has substantial collections of materials on public and private international law, legal history, jurisprudence, Roman law and criminology. The website provides information about the collections, electronic resources and services, as well as a set of research guides and access to the online catalogue.

Table of Regnal Years of English Sovereigns

The number of the regnal year is part of the citation for an old English statute; this table gives the exact dates of every regnal year from 1066 up to 1962. It is accompanied by an introduction explaining the various dating systems which have been used in England. The table and introduction have been reproduced from Sweet and Maxwell’s ‘Guide to Law Reports and Statutes’, 4th edition, 1962, and made available online by Harvard Law School Library.

English Reports Table

Alphabetical table of nominate reports giving the corresponding volume numbers in the English Reports, together with each report’s abbreviation and the time period and court that it covers. The table is provided by Lancaster University Library.

General Optical Council

The General Optical Council (GOC) is the regulator for the optical professions in the UK, registering optometrists, dispensing opticians, student opticians and optical businesses. Within the ‘General Public’ section, ‘Legislation’ contains a consolidated version with amendments of the Opticians Act 1989, GOC rules and regulations and amendments to Medicines Act legislation, all downloadable in PDF format.

Judicial Conduct Investigations Office

The official website for the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO). The JCIO took over the responsibilities of the Office for Judicial Complaints (OJC) in 2013. The website provides information on the role of the JCIO, how to make a complaint about the personal conduct of judicial office holders, relevant rules and regulations, and JCIO/OJC annual reports from 2006. Disciplinary statements are available on the website.

Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman

This section of the UK Ministry of Justice website describes the work of the independent Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman. It includes information about making a complaints regarding the appointments process or the handling of matters involving the conduct of judges. Includes information leaflets and a complaints form. There is also a link to the Ombudsman’s latest annual report (under ‘Corporate Reports’), which includes statistics and case studies.

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