United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Constitution | Executive | Judicial | Legislative | Legal Guides | General Sources
Constitution
- International Constitutional Law: United Kingdom Index (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers Background Note and links to government sites.
- OTHER COPIES:
- Magna Carta (1215) (British Library)
- Magna Carta (1215) (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration)
- English Bill of Rights (1689) (Yale Avalon Project)
- Constitution Finder (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law)
Executive
- British Monarchy
- Prime Minister
- Cabinet of Ministers
- HM Treasury
- Official Documents (HMSO)
- Statutory Instruments
Judicial
- Court Service
- Department for Constitutional Affairs - includes forms, guides, statutory instruments, consultation papers, and other documents
Legislative
- PARLIAMENT: Parliament; consisting of the House of Commons and House of Lords
- Acts of Parliament
- Command Papers Listing (United Kingdom. National Archives, Office of Public Sector Information)
- Official Documents
- NATLEX: United Kingdom (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
Legal Guides
- Global Legal Information Catalog: United Kingdom (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
- Legal Research Guide: United Kingdom (Law Library of Congress)
- Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
- United Kingdom: General Election, 2010
- BAILII: British and Irish Legal Information Institute
- "By Command of Her Majesty": An Introduction to the Command Papers of the United Kingdom (Stephen Young, Tarleton Law Library) - in PDF (336K); from 92 L. LIBR. J. 91 (2000)
- Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations (University of Wales, Cardiff)
- Devolution in the United Kingdom: A Revolution in Online Legal Research (Stephen Young via LLRX)
- The Electronic Parliament: Resources for Tracking U.K. Legislation (Stephen Young via LLRX)
- FindLaw: United Kingdom
- ForIntLaw: United Kingdom (Washburn University Law Library)
- Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases - England and Ireland (New York University Law Library)
- InfoLaw - Information for Lawyers Limited's Gateway to the UK Legal Internet
- Judicial Assistance: United Kingdom (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Law of the Pacific Islands: A Guide to Web Based Resources (Ruth Bird, via LLRX) includes Pitcairn Islands s
- Law Schools and Law Libraries (Law Courseware Consortium via University of Warwick)
- Religious Liberty: The Legal Framework in Selected OSCE Countries (U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe) May 2000; prepared by the Law Library of Congress at the request of the Commision; includes the United Kingdom and ten other countries; includes part 1 (pp. 1-203) only; part 2 (pp. 204-349 Appendices) not available online
- UPDATE: A Guide to the UK Legal System (Sarah Carter and Hester Swift via GlobaLex)
- World Legal Information Institute: United Kingdom (WorldLII)
- World Legal Materials from Europe: United Kingdom (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
General Sources
- British and Irish Collections at the Library of Congress
- Background Note: United Kingdom (U.S. Dept. of State)
- British Embassy, Washington
- Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: United Kingdom (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Consular Information Sheet: United Kingdom (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Information: United Kingdom (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: United Kingdom (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Economic Briefing: Britain (The Economist)
- Human Rights in United Kingdom (Amnesty International)
- International Religious Freedom Reports: United Kingdom (U.S. Dept. of State)
- NATIONAL LIBRARY: British Library
- National Libraries of Europe: British Library (European Library)
- NEWS: BBC / BBC World; Economist; Financial Times; Guardian; Independent; The Times
- U.S. Embassy, London (U.S. Dept. of State)
- World Factbook: United Kingdom (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- World Health Organization: United Kingdom
- Yahoo: United Kingdom
For more information on United Kingdom see:
- Global Legal Monitor: United Kingdom
- Children's Rights: United Kingdom
- Habeas Corpus Rights: United Kingdom
- Legal Research Guide: United Kingdom
- Medical Malpractice Liability: United Kingdom (England and Wales)
- Pre-Charge Detention for Terrorist Suspects: United Kingdom
- United Kingdom: General Election, 2010
Last Updated: 01/29/2012
