LibGuides: English Legal Sources Available through BLS Library: Guides: English Legal System, History & Research

Overviews: English Legal System, English Legal Process & Development of the Common Law

English Legal System Sources in Westlaw UK:

Michael Bromby, English Legal System: The Fundamentals (5th ed. 2022)
Penny Darbyshire, Darbyshire on the English Legal System (13th ed. 2020)
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Below are books available through BLS Library. Click titles below to access our library's SARA catalog records for these books:

English Legal System:

Slapper and Kelly's the English Legal System (20th ed. 2024) by David Kelly
Call Number: KD661 .S59 2024 (Int'l.)
Kelly restructured and revised this well-known text "to provide a reliable analysis of the contemporary legal system in the socio-political uncertainty of a post-Brexit, post-COVID UK."

English Legal Process:

The English Legal Process (13th ed. 2011) by Terence Ingman
Call Number: KD7111 .I53 2011 (Int'l.)
Law and Legal Process: Substantive Law and Procedure in English Legal History (2013) by Matthew Dyson & David Ibbetson, eds.
BLS 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.

English Legal History/History of the Common Law:

Baker and Milsom's Sources of English Legal History: Private Law to 1750 (2nd ed. 2019) by John H. Baker
BLS researchers: click ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - (OXFORD) in the SARA catalog record for this ebook. Supports multiple simultaneous users. Off-campus access requires use of a web browser that communicates with the BLS proxy server.
Common Law, Civil Law, and Colonial Law: Essays in Comparative Legal History from the Twelfth to the Twentieth Centuries (2021) by William Eves et al., eds.
This is an "open access" ebook. Click the online resources link: "Common Law, Civil Law, and Colonial Law" in the SARA catalog record.
History of the Common Law: The Development of Anglo-American Legal Institutions (2009) by John H. Langbein, Renée Lettow Lerner & Bruce P. Smith
Call Number: K588 .L36 2009 (Int'l.)
Introduction to English Legal History (5th ed. 2019) by John H. Baker
BLS researchers: click ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - (OXFORD) in the SARA catalog record for this ebook. Supports multiple simultaneous users. Off-campus access requires use of a web browser that communicates with the BLS proxy server.
Judges and Judging in the History of the Common Law and Civil Law (2012) by Paul Brand & Joshua Getzler
Essay collection. BLS researchers: click ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - (EBSCO) in the SARA catalog record for this ebook. Unlimited copies available to view. Off-campus access requires use of a web browser that communicates with the BLS proxy server.
Studies in the History of the Common Law (1985) by S.F.C. Milsom
Call Number: KD671.A75 M55 1985 (Int'l.)

Legal Research Guides

Web Guides:

Jackie Hanes (Academic Support Librarian for Economics and Law, University of Warwick) provides Law, Official Publications, and Politics, Philosophy and Law guides at this University of Warwick page.
Templeman Library, University of Kent, Lawlinks Legal Resources Guide
- Includes sections: Cases, Legislation, Finding legal articles, and Free legal resources (by subject).
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).

Guides Accessible Through BLS Library:

Click titles below to access our library's SARA catalog records for these books:

How To Use a Law Library (4th ed. 2001) by Philip A. Thomas & Catherine Cope
Call Number: KD392 .D364 2001 (Int'l.)
See "Appendix III: How Do I Find? A Summary of Sources for English Law."
The Insider's Guide to Legal Skills (2nd ed. 2023) by Emily Allbon & Sanmeet Kaur Dua
BLS researchers: click ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - (EBC) in the SARA catalog record for this ebook. First-time BLS users: click: "Create Account." BLS Library provides 1 e-copy of this guide. Off-campus access requires use of a web browser that communicates with the BLS proxy server.
Includes these chapters: Ch. 4: Your guide to the English legal system: order, order!; Ch. 5: Sources of law: the tools of your trade: and Ch. 6: Legal research: digging deeper.

English Legal Sources Available through BLS Library: Guides: English Legal System, History & Research

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Legal Research Guides