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Overviews: English Legal System, English Legal Process & Development of the Common Law
Sources in Westlaw Edge UK:
Michael Bromby, English Legal System: The Fundamentals (5th ed. 2022)
Penny Darbyshire, Darbyshire on the English Legal System (13th ed. 2020)
Tip: Also review sources available in Westlaw Edge UK content page: Legal System
Click titles below to access BLS Library's catalog records for these additional sources:
Slapper and Kelly's the English Legal System (19th ed. 2020) by Call Number: KD661 .S59 2020 (Int'l.)ISBN: 0367139472
ebook: Law and Legal Process: Substantive Law and Procedure in English Legal History (2013) by ISBN: 9781107040588BLS researchers: click ACCESS ONLINE VERSION (EBSCO) in the SARA catalog record for this ebook. Off-campus access requires use of a web browser that communicates with the BLS proxy server.
The English Legal Process (13th ed. 2011) by Call Number: KD7111 .I53 2011 (Int'l.)ISBN: 9780199581948
ebook: Common Law, Civil Law, and Colonial Law: Essays in Comparative Legal History from the Twelfth to the Twentieth Centuries (2021) by ISBN: 9781108955195This is an "open access" ebook. Click the online resources link in the SARA catalog record.
History of the Common Law: The Development of Anglo-American Legal Institutions (2009) by Call Number: K588 .L36 2009 (Int'l.)ISBN: 9780735562905
Legal Research Guides
Web guides:
Sarah Carter & updated by Hester Swift, Update: Researching the Legal System of the United Kingdom (Jan./Feb. 2020)
Inner Temple Library, Inner Temple Library Guides
Includes information to order: Adrian Blunt & Sally McLaren, comps., Transcripts of Judicial Proceedings in England & Wales: A Guide to Sources (2017 ed., reissued June 2018)
Templeman Library, University of Kent, Lawlinks Legal Resources Guide
Print guides:
Click titles below to access BLS Library's catalog records for these sources:.
Fundamentals of Legal Research (10th ed. 2015) by Call Number: KF240 .J32 2015 (Reserve & 1 Ref)ISBN: 1609300564includes a chapter on legal research in the UK.
How To Use a Law Library (4th ed. 2001) by Call Number: KD392 .D364 2001 ((Int'l.)ISBN: 0421744103See "Appendix III: How Do I Find? A Summary of Sources for English Law."
