Online research and resource guide to the legal system in the United Kingdom written by Sarah Carter who was Law Librarian at the University of Kent at Canterbury in the UK and updated by Hester Swift who is Foreign and International Law Librarian at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. The guide was published in 2005 (and updated in 2024) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The author provides background information about the UK legal system including constitutional reform and the court system. The guide identifies the primary sources of UK law including printed and online sources of legislation and case law. There are sections dealing with parliamentary information, official publications and the devolved governments of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Additional information is provided on legal education, legal publishers, the legal profession, current awareness and news sources. This is an updated version of a guide published in 2002 on LLRX.com (Law Library Resource Xchange) the free online web journal for legal information professionals.
Guide to the UK Legal System
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