United Kingdom: Debates, Legislation and Legal Resources

Debates, Committee Proceedings, Bills, Laws & Statutory Instruments:

Debates, Committee Proceedings, Bills, Laws & Statutory Instruments From the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
Legislation From the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales Published by the HMSO, Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
London Gazette The official newspaper of the Crown, the Gazette contains state, parliamentary, ecclesiastical, transport, planning and insolvency notices. Only the TWO LATEST ISSUES and the SUPPLEMENTS are freely available.

Court & Tribunal Decisions:

BAILII (British and Irish Legal Information Institute) Databases Case law from England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland and the United Kingdom, searchable by phrase or by alphabetical title.
Court Service Judgments Judgments from the High Court, the Crown and the county courts.
House of Lords Judgments Judgments delivered since November 14th, 1996.
Law Reports Contains selective full texts from the Law Reports, Weekly Law Report and the Daily Law Notes.

Treaties and Conventions:

Treaties From the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

The Multilaterals Project From Tufts University Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, the Multilaterals Project is an ongoing project designed to make available the texts of international multilateral conventions and other instruments.
United Nations Treaty Database Using Basic Search or Advanced, search through a sample of UN treaties. N.B. This collection is Incomplete.

Legal Information:

General Council of the Bar Explains the role of the barristers in England and Wales.
Jurist UK Organized by UK law professors to help students find legal information about the United Kingdom. This site also includes the tables of contents from the latest UK law journals and a search engine.
Law Commission The Law Commission is an independent body set up by Parliament to review English and Welsh law and make recommendations for reform when needed. This site provides access to many publications on a variety of UK law topics.
Law Links: Legal Information on the Internet From the University of Kent at Canterbury, this site provides links to UK resources and current topics of law.
Law Society: Legal Links Select "Links" in the Law Society's home page. Most of the links are to sites which can be searched free of charge.

July 2001