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Government
| Legislation, Treaties and
Official documents
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Case law and Justice | Research | Commentary | Blogs and blawgs
See also: European law | Republic of Northern Ireland law
Case law and Justice | Research | Commentary | Blogs and blawgs
See also: European law | Republic of Northern Ireland law
Government
Legislation, Treaties and Official documents
- Legislation.gov.uk - covers UK, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
- UK Acts (1215 onwards) and Statutory Instruments (1987 onwards) are available on BAILII
- Statutes of the Realm (1628-1701) in full text from British History Online
Treaties
- UK Treaties Online - a searchable database of over 14,000 treaties involving the UK. Also contains links to the texts of Command Papers published in the Treaty Series from 1892 to 1996 inclusive. Texts of treaties published as Command Papers since 1997 are currently accessible only on the Treaty Command Paper and Explanatory Memoranda page.
Official documents
- Official documents - searchable and browsable database
Case law and Justice
- BAILII contains case law for England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland
- English Reports database via CommonLII contains full text cases from 1220-1873
- House of Lords Judgments archive - 1996 to its last case inJuly 2009, after which HL's judicial role was taken over by the Supreme Court which began haring cases in October 2009
- Old Bailey Proceedings - searchable database of cases 1674-1913
- Privy Council judgments are available via the PC and BAILII (1884 onwards)
- Supreme Court Decided Cases
Justice
- Criminal Cases Review Commission - investigates miscarriages of justice in England, Northern Ireland and Wales; includes a Case library
- Her Majesty’s Courts Service page includes details of UK court structure and recent Practice Directions
- Sentencing guidelines
- UK Parliament’s Justice Committee
Research
Commentary
- Civil Justice Council and the CJC's Alternative Dispute Resolution Answerbank
- Criminal Justice System for England and Wales
- Family Justice Council
- House of Commons publications and research papers
- JUSTICE - a UK legal and human rights organisation
- Law Commission
- Law Societies : England and Wales, Ireland and Northern Ireland, and Scotland
- Ministry of Justice - site includes a page of links for academics and researchers
- The Bar Council
Blogs and blawgs
- Binary law
- IPKat - an intellectual property focus
- Times Online UK and international law news
