law journals

IRLII Periodical Index

The Irish Legal Information Initiative (IRLII) Periodical Index is produced under the auspices of the Law Faculty at the University College, Cork and made freely available on the IRLII website. The index contains a compilation of 23 legal journals dating back to 1997 many focusing on Irish legal issues. The index includes titles such as the Irish Law Times, Dublin University Law Journal, Northern Ireland legal Quarterly and the Irish Jurist. The index can be browsed by individual journal or searched by keyword.

Chinalawinfo

Chinalawinfo is a subscription database providing Chinese legal information and materials translated into English. The service has been developed by the Legal Information Center at the Peking University Law School. Parts of the website can be accessed freely including Basic Laws which are laws adopted by the National People's Congress and its Standing Committee prior to January 1, 2006. An outline of the Chinese legal system, white papers and legal news stories are also made freely available.

Law Library Journal

Website of the Law Library Journal the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) official journal which is made freely available on their website. The Law Library Journal is published quarterly with issues back to Winter 2000 available in full-text and presented in PDF format. The journal contains articles on law, legal materials and librarianship along with reports from conferences, committees and special interest sections and book reviews.

Revue juridique Thémis

Website of the scholarly journal La Revue juridique Thémis, published by the Faculty of Law at the University of Montreal, Canada. The journal comes out three times a year and includes articles, commentary, book reviews and news items. The website provides free access to issues published from 1994 onwards. Most of the articles are in French, but a few are in English or have English-language abstracts.

Canada Watch : practical and authoritative analysis of key national and international issues

Canada Watch is serial produced by the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies and the Osgoode Hall Centre for Public Law and Public Policy. Designed for both academic and non-academic audiences, it covers Canadian studies, public law and public policy issues and some international matters. It is available online from 1999 (vol. 7, issue 3) onwards.

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

Online version of the Osgoode Hall Law Journal, which is produced by Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Canada. First published in 1958, the journal is available on this website from 1994 onwards. It publishes scholarly articles on a range of legal topics relating to Canadian, international and comparative law. The website offers browsing by author, title or volume number and there is a basic search facility.

Military law resources

This Library of Congress web page provides a selection of legal materials held by the United States Army Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School Library. It includes primary source materials and publications in the field of military law. There is a series of Army Lawyer pamphlets available back to 1971, and complete issues of the Military Law Review journal.

Virtuelle Fachbibliothek Recht

The Virtuelle Fachbibliothek Recht (Virtual Law Library) is a portal to high-quality legal resources on the internet, with an emphasis on German legal information. It forms part of the Special Law Collection at the Berlin State Library - Prussian Cultural Heritage in Germany. The portal is arranged into eight sections. The Subject Information Gateway provides access to resources relevant to academic legal research and can be searched by keyword or browsed by subject.

Guernsey Legal Resources

The Guernsey Legal Resources website is a joint initiative of the Royal Court of Guernsey and the Law Officers of the Crown. The site a range of materials, including laws of Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and the Bailiwick of Guernsey (the latter consists of the three jurisdictions of Guernsey, Alderney and Sark) and ordinances for Guernsey and Sark. The Guernsey Law Reports 2003 to 2012 are available, with indexes by case (reported and cited), subject and legislation cited.

Journal of Legal Analysis

The Journal of Legal Analysis (JLA) is published by Oxford University Press on behlaf of Harvard Law School.  This peer reviewed journal aims to publish the "best legal scholarship from all disciplinary perspectives and in all styles, whether verbal, formal, or empirical". The site has information about the JLA including details of the Editorial Board. Articles are made freely available in full text and can be downloaded in HTML and PDF. Recent topics covered include judicial salaries, equality in criminal law and class action settlements.

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