Uk Legal Precedent Search
This guide is intended for students and researchers studying British law and legal systems at Oxford University, although students and researchers from all fields may find it useful. Below are books on legal research. Books and resources on the English and Welsh legal systems are available in the Legal System tab. Many textbooks on specific areas of legal practice contain precedents. There is no database containing all UK legal material, but the 2 main databases are Westlaw Edge UK and LexisLibrary members OR can access both via their Oxford single sign-on details. For more information on this and a list of other useful electronic resources (including free resources), see the Database section in the left column or tab above for specific types of material. The First-tier Tribunal (Tax) was established on 1 April 2009, replacing four former separate courts – the Commissioners General of Income Tax, the VAT and Duties Tribunal, the Special Commissioners of Income Tax and the Section 704/706 Tribunal. The decisions database here on the Tribunals Judiciary website contains the decisions of the First-tier Tribunal (Tax) and also the defunct courts from 2002 (searchable from April 2003), with some earlier decisions selected. Library of Legal Classics. Complete text of more than 100 legal texts, including Blackstone`s Commentaries (1803), Cardozo`s Growth of the Law (1924), and the first edition of Story`s Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (1833). The provincial laws of Canada include the provincial laws of ten of the Canadian provinces.
Contains public and private laws passed by Canadian provincial governments. Up-to-date, revised and historical content is now available for Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Ontario. Historical and revised content is only available for Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Quebec and Saskatchewan. Some publications have general collections of forms and precedents. This guide deals primarily with the law applicable in the jurisdiction of England and Wales. Elements of United Kingdom law also apply to Scotland and Northern Ireland. Depending on your research focus, you may find the following guides helpful. This is a four-volume work that contains a number of precedents with commentaries for commercial agreements, including: Subscription Service. The JustisOne service provides access to an extensive full-text database of 1163 and higher case law, including judgments of the Court of Appeal, the High Court, the House of Lords/Supreme Court and the Privy Council, as well as citation information with links to reports and judgments on other websites. Other Justis products available on JustisOne include Times Law Reports, International Law Reports, Irish and Scottish Law Reporting and reports from various Commonwealth jurisdictions.
Other vLex Justis services provide access to legal material from various other jurisdictions around the world. Other titles in the library that have general collections of precedents include: Decisions since 1999 of the Superior Court (Land Chamber) and its predecessor, the Land Court, in a searchable database. It is important to know before which court a decision has been rendered and to know that a decision of the Supreme Court (or the House of Lords) is worth more than a decision of the Supreme Court. It is also necessary to assess the likelihood that a particular court will not follow one of its own decisions, since the rules for applying the doctrine of case-law on this point may vary from one jurisdiction to another. The Judicature Acts 1873-1875 created a judicial hierarchy which was completed when the House of Lords became the court of final appeal under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876. The modern doctrine of binding force of judicial precedents became important only when there were good legal relationships and a consolidated judicial hierarchy. The directories, precursors of modern legal relations, are the most important source for the development of legal doctrine in English courts from the late 13th century to 1535. Many have been printed, others are preserved only in manuscript form.
