Online guide to locating older Canadian legislation compiled by the Bora Laskin Law Library at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. The guide is organised by jurisdiction providing annotated links to online sources of older legislation. Some of the resources listed are free to access others are provided on subscription.
Website of the Māori and Indigenous Governance Centre, a research group within the Faculty of Law at the University of Waikato. The aim of the Centre is to improve governance through research, training and collaboration. A selection of recent publications can be freely downloaded from the site, and other reports are available to purchase. Recent reports have looked at Māori economic performance and ethical issues relating to biobanking and genomic research.
Website of Juriosity, an online directory and self-publishing platform for legal practitioners. It includes a directory of barristers and solicitors, which can be searched, or browsed by legal specialism. The Knowledge section of the site offers articles written by lawyers on legal developments and recent cases; these can be browsed by topic or searched by keyword or author. The site is freely accessible but free registration is required before legal professionals can contribute their own content.
In Custodia Legis is the blog compiled by staff of the Law Library of Congress. Its focus is on the work and resources of the Law Library of Congress, but posts cover a wide range of legal topics, including global law and foreign law news, legal databases and resources, library collections and research guides.
This is a Law Library of Congress research guide providing guidance on using the internet to identify free US cases. The guide was written in 2018 (and updated in 2019) by Barbara Bavis, Bibliographic and Research Instruction Librarian, and Robert Brammer, Senior Legal Information Specialist at the Law Library of Congress. The guide focuses on Google Scholar, CourtListener, FindLaw, Justia, and the Public Library of Law (PLoL) website.
Collection of online legal research guides provided by the Law Society Library and made freely available on its website. The guides look at finding resources such as journal articles, treaties, law reports and legislation; how to research Scottish or Irish law; and how to trace past solicitors and law firms. The guides refer to resources held by the Law Society Library, subscription and free internet resources and details of relevant organisations.
National Archives staff have produced a number of research guides to assist archive users with their research. The guides are organised by subject and this guide focuses on finding historical material relating to the criminal justice system including court records, coroners’ inquests, wills, divorce and war crimes. The individual guides have information on the materials and how they can be searched. They also point to records that are available online.
National Archives staff have produced a number of research guides to assist archive users with their research. The guides are organised by subject and this guide focuses on finding records that may be useful for legal purposes including birth, marriage and death certificates, changes of name and British citizenship. The individual guides have information on the materials and how they can be searched. They also point to records that are available online.
Online guide to finding legal information in South Africa, edited by Shirley Gilmore and published by Pretoria University Law Press. The guide was updated in 2017 and is designed to assist legal researchers in accessing sources of South African law, explaining how to use the available print and electronic sources. The focus is on South African common law with some explanatory coverage of international and comparative law. The guide is available to download free of charge in PDF format or hardcopies may be purchased from the publisher on request.
PULP is an open-access publisher based at the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria. This page provides information on PULP’s publications along with links to free PDF versions. Titles include the most recent editions of the African Disability Rights Yearbook, African Human Rights Yearbook and the PULP Guide: Where to publish articles on the law.
