Legal databases
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[FREE] Indicates a web site in the public domain (you will not need a password).
[OSS] You will be prompted to log on with your Oxford Single Sign On details.
[P.WORD] Before going to the database, click on [P.WORD], select Oxford User and log on with your Oxford Single Sign On to find the username and password you will need to access the database.
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For more detailed information please see the passwords page.
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Afkortingenlijst voor juridische tijdschriften [FREE]
A free list of European legal abbreviations maintained by K.U. Leuven.
All South African Law Reports [P.WORD]
All South African Law Reports 1828-
Arbitration (Kluwer) [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Kluwer Arbitration provides access to a range of resources on commercial international arbitration. GUIDE
Sponsored by Norton Rose
Australian Law Online content is being migrated to Westlaw AU [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+] some content has not yet been moved (New South Wales Law Reports for example) and so you may need to look at both. For ALO you need to choose "Legal Online" from the service menu and then click on the blue link "IP Users click here" to get in. Both services have
Australian law reports, journals and encyclopedia (Laws of Australia).
Beck Online [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Database of German legal materials, including the full BGB. Primary and secondary materials are available in full text.
Bepress Legal Repository aka Berkeley Electronic Press[EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Working papers plus Issues in Legal Scholarship, Global Jurist and Theoretical Inquiries in Law.
Sponsored by Baker & McKenzie.
Bluebook online - contact Helen Garner to ask about access
Bopcris 18th century British Official Parliamentary Publications Portal see Eighteenth Century Official Parliamentary Publications portal.
Brill e-journals
Twenty-three titles from the Martinus Nijhoff imprint, mainly International and Human Rights law: find these by title search in OU E-Journals
British Crime Survey - National Digital Archive of Datasets [FREE]
Current and archived datasets in the British Crime Survey series. The survey provides a measure of the true extent of crime, and is used by the Home Office to complement statistics derived from crimes reported to the police.
British & Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII) [FREE]
Free cases from the UK Higher and Appeals courts c. 1996 -.
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Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations [FREE]
Look up tool for legal abbreviations.
Carilaw [P.WORD]
Primary materials from the Caribbean.
Casecheck [FREE]
Free digests of cases from Scotland, England and European Court with links through to judgments where available.
Casetrack [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Transcripts of UK cases from the Higher and Appeals Courts, ECJ and ECHR cases.
ChinaLaw see LawInfoChina
CLEA Collection of Laws for Electronic Access aka WIPO-Lex [FREE]
Multi-jurisdictional database of intellectual property legislation and treaties provided by WIPO.
Collected Courses see Recueil des Cours
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
Theory and research in international affairs. GUIDE
Competition Policy International [EXTERNAL: OU-ejournals]
This service contains the journals CPI Journal and Antitrust Chronicle & acccess to CPI Resource Library.
Common Market Law Reports (on CD ROM) [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Coverage ends in 2003. For full coverage see Westlaw. You may need to disable the pop-up blocker.
Constitutions of the countries of the world [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Constitutions of dependencies & territories [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
CPI Journal, Antitrust Chronicle, & Resource Library [EXTERNAL: OU-ejournals]
Online access to Competition Policy International resources.
Current Legal Information [P.WORD] [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
Case and legislation citator, case digest and legal journals index.
Current Legal Research Topics Database [FREE]
List of subjects currently being researched for higher degrees in the UK.
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Directory of Open Access Journals [FREE]
Provides access to scientific and scholarly electronic journals that are freely available on the web.
Dissertations & Theses: A&I [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Doing Business Law Library [FREE]
A free, online collection of business laws and regulations with links to official government sources wherever possible. The database provides access to economic and regulatory indicators comparable across different jurisdictions with laws on topics such as banking and credit, bankruptcy, companies, labour, securities, taxation and trade.
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Eagle-i [Free] Specialist web portal for freely accessible online law resources, maintained by Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London.
Early English Books Online (EEBO) [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
Early English Laws [FREE] Codes, edicts & treatises produced in England prior to 1215
Eastview Online Database of Russian Newspapers and Parliamentary Publications [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Eighteenth Century British Official Parliamentary Publications Portal 1688-1834 [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Full text parliametnary papers including acts, bills, parliamentary debates, commons/lords sessional papers and House of Lords/Commons Journals
Eighteenth Century Collections Online [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
e-Journals [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Oxford University e-Journals - full text online journals available to Oxford University members only
Elder Law Journal[EXTERNAL:OU e-journals]
Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL) [FREE]
Portal to international law resources including treaties, international agreements and UN documents.
Elections in Western Europe since 1815 [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
English Reports 1220-1865 [FREE]
English Reports 1220-1865 [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
Access via HeinOnline
English Reports 1220-1865 (on CD ROM) [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
EurLEX [FREE]
EU information - full text treaties, secondary legislation, preparatory legislation, cases, parliamentary documents.
Europa [FREE]
EU information portal providing access to documents produced by various EU institutions. Select the 'Institutions' tab for links to EU courts.
European Information Association (member pages) [P.WORD]
The member area of the EIA website provides practical guides and information on how to access EU legislation and data.
European Sources Online [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Primary and secondary materials relating to the EU.
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Factiva [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
News from around the world.
FLAG [FREE]
Foreign Law Guide - holdings of foreign primary source materials in UK libraries.
Family Law Online[EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Publications from publishers Jordans: including Family Law Reports, Child & Family Law Quarterly and Family Law (journal)
Foreign Law Guide [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
IMPORTANT NOTE: Once connected please select "Subscriber Login (IP Authentication)" Introduction to the legal systems of over 189 jurisdictions. [Sponsored by Baker & McKenzie]
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Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) [FREE]
A public database of laws, regulations, judicial decisions and other complementary legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international organisations.
Global Legal Monitor (GLM) [FREE]
A frequently updated summary of legal developments across the world supplied by the Library of Congress. For an archive of issues prior to May 2006 go to the World Law Bulletin (WLB) [FREE]
Guide to Law Online - Law Library of Congress [FREE]
Prepared by the Law Library of Congress Public Services Division. An annotated guide to sources of information on government and law available online. Includes selected useful sites for legal information.
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Hansard [FREE]
Harvard Research in International Law see HeinOnline
HeinOnline [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
Law Journals (UK, US, Australian and International), the English Reports (1220-2865), foreign and international law resources (UNTS, LNTS), Harvard Research in International Law, legal classics, Selden Society Publications and Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals.
Sponsored by Baker & McKenzie. See our Libguide for guides to HeinOnline.
House of Commons Parliamentary Papers [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
Sessional papers from 1715 -
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IA Reporter (Investment Arbitration Reporter) [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Case summaries, news and analysis on cross-border commercial arbitrations.
IBFD Tax Research Platform (International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation) [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
The database includes the World Tax Journal, Tax News Service, IFA Cahiers and many more.
Information on cross-border taxation from the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation.
ICNL International Center for Not-for-Profit Law Library] [FREE]
IIAPP: International Investment Arbitration + Public Policy [FREE]
i-law [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ] There are problems with accessing the database at the moment, contact katharine.jackson@bodleian.ox.ac.uk for information. We hope to get this sorted out very shortly. GUIDE
For Lloyd's Law Reports and Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly (LMCLQ).
Index to Common Law Festschriften [FREE]
Festschrift is the term used for a published collection of legal essays written by several authors to honour a distinguished jurist or to mark a significant legal event. This is the first index of contributions to common law Festschriften.
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Index to articles on international, comparative and non Anglo-American law Available via HeinOnline.
Index to Legal Periodicals [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Index to articles on Anglo-American law published in the US, UK and Europe from 1908-.Choose the Index from the main menu on the left hand side.
Index of Theses [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Index of abstracts to theses from Great Britain and Ireland 1716-.
Infolaw Lawfinder [FREE]
Gateway to UK legal resources.
Integrum [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
Russian press, financial and legal information. IMPORTANT NOTE: Once connected choose English interface and then click "Enter (no registration)". Click "Artefact" to get to the main Integrum databases and legal information. > Instruction manual.
International Criminal Law Database & Commentary [FREE]
International Financial Reporting Standards [P.WORD]
International Law in Domestic Courts see Oxford Reports on International Law
Intute [FREE]
Online catalogue of high quality internet resources. This resource will not longer be updated after July 2011.The replacement portal for law is Eagle-i [FREE] maintained by IALS
Investment Arbitration Reporter [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Case summaries, news and analysis on cross-border commercial arbitrations.
Investment Claims [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Materials and analysis in the field of international investment law and arbitration.
Investment Treaty Arbitration [FREE]
News and commentary on investment treaties and database of publicly available investment treaty awards.
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Jean Monnet Center [FREE]
A collection of working papers from the Jean Monnet Center at NYU School of Law, established to promote teaching in European intergration in particular Law, Economics, Political Science and History.
Jordan's Family Law Online[EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Publications from publishers Jordans: including Family Law Reports, Child & Family Law Quarterly and Family Law (journal)
Jordan's Online: Elder Law Journal[EXTERNAL:OU e-journals]
Juris Classeur[EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ] IMPORTANT NOTE - to connect to the main database choose "LexisNexis Juris Classeur" from the drop down menu (top right of screen) and click on the arrow.
French legal information.[Sponsored by Baker & McKenzie]
Justcite[EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Index to UK and EU case law and legislation with links to Justis, Westlaw, Lexis®Library and BAILII. See our Libguide for guides to JustCite.
Justis [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ] IMPORTANT NOTE: click "Continue" on the Justis homepage. Contents include: UK cases (excluding series published by ICLR, Times LR and Scottish Sessions cases) and legislation, Irish cases & legislation, EU case law and legislation, Bermudan and Jamaican Cases, European Human Rights and the International Law Reports. Justis also contains Justis Parliament. See our Libguide for guides to Justis.
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Kluwer Arbitration [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+] GUIDE
Conventions, legislation, rules, bilateral investment treaties, case law and journal articles in commercial international arbitration.
[Sponsored by Norton Rose]
Kluwer Competition Law [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
Kluwer Law International Journals [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
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LawAfrica Law Reports [P.WORD]
East Africa Protectorate Law Reports, East Africa Law Reports,Southern Sudan Law Reports and Journal,Tanzania Law Reports, Uganda Law Reports, Zanzibar Protectorate Law Reports
LawInfoChina [P.WORD]
Lawtel [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+] [To use the alerting service use a personal LAWTEL USERNAME]
UK judgments, statutes and SIs, articles index, bills and command papers. See our libguide for guides to Lawtel.
Legal History, Oxford International Encyclopedia of [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Legal History: The Year Books [FREE]
Year book reports printed between the years 1378 and 1535 and a large number from 1268 onward.
Legal Online see Westlaw AU under W
Legislation.gov.uk [FREE]
UK primary legislation (some revised and some as orginally enacted depending on date), secondary legislation from 1988 onwards.
Lexis®Library [OSS] [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
One of the major UK legal databases including case law, legislation and commentary such as Halsbury's Laws of England. Also has selected international content. See our Libguide for guides to Lexis Library.
List of acronyms for UK Statutes used in Lexis® Library.
Linex Legal [FREE]
Updates and reviews from over 1000 law firms and government organisations throughout the World.
LiveRe [FREE]
A portal that provides access to free journals available on the Internet. The portal covers scientific journals, magazines, bulletins and newsletters and can be accessed in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Lloyd's Law Reports [EXTERNAL: OXLIP+] GUIDE
Lloyd's Law Reports covering commercial and maritime cases from 1919- available through i-law
Lloyd's Martime and Commercial Quarterly see i-Law
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Making of Modern Law (MOML) - [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Anglo-American legal treatises published 1800-1926
Making of the Modern World (MOMW) - [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Digital facsimile images of 61,000 works of literature on economic and business published between 1450 & 1850. Useful for legal history topics with commercial, financial, social, political or mercantile dimensions.
Manupatra [P.WORD]
Indian legal materials and business policy.
[Sponsored by Baker & McKenzie]
Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
Medieval and Early Modern Sources Online (MEMSO) [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
MyiLibrary [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
An e-content resource library with titles from CUP and Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
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National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts (NCJRS) on Cambridge Scientific Abstracts [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
Part of Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. Includes summaries of US and international publications.
NATLEX [FREE] - International Labour Organization's database of national labour, social security and related human rights legislation
Nineteenth Century House of Commons Parliamentary Papers [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
19th century House of Commons papers including command papers, house papers and bills.
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OEIL - The Legislative Observatory [FREE]
European Parliament database tracking the major stages of the legislation making process between EU institutions.
OGEL: Oil, gas and energy law [P.WORD]
Oil, Gas, Energy Law Intelligence started publishing in January 2003 and is both an online journal and a community site, drawing together both policy makers and lawyers (practioners and academics).
Official Document System of the United Nations [FREE]
UN documentation including treaties, reports and resolutions. Take the tutorial on the UN ODS.
Official Journal of the European Communities on CD ROM [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
C and L series of the Official Journal of the European Communities from 1998 - Nov 2007. For more recent editions please see EurLEX.
OGEMID Archive
Please would any Oxford Law Faculty staff member or DPhil student interested in having access contact helen.garner@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Open Access Journals see DOAJ : Directory of Open Access Journals [FREE]
Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Oxford Reports on International Law [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Decisions from international courts and tribunals plus cases applying international law in domestic courts from 60 jurisdictions).
Oxford Scholarship Online (OSO) [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Oxford University e-Journals [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Full text online journals available to Oxford University members only
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PAIS International on Cambridge Scientific Abstracts [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
Index to literature of public policy, social policy and the social sciences in general.
PreLex [FREE]
European Commission database mapping the major stages of the legislation making process between the EU Commission and other EU institutions.
Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London 1674-1834 [FREE]
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Recueil des Cours [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
Hague Academy Collected Courses on public and private international law.
Refworld [FREE]
Collection of material collected by the UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency) to aid decisions on refugee status. Via "Quick Links" access (inter alia) collections of national legislation and national and international case decisions (including tribunals and administrative bodies),
Russian Newspapers and Parliamentary Publications [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
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Sabinet [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
South African journals
Selden Society Publications [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Access via HeinOnline
Singapore Legal Workbench [P.WORD]
Access to Singapore legislation, official gazettes and case law.
Social Science Citation Index on Web of Science [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
Index of journals in behavioural and social sciences.
Social Science Research Network (SSRN) [FREE]
Archive of legal research papers.
Society for Computers and the Law [FREE to UK academic institutions]Click to log on and then choose the link for UK academic users under the log in box. Access to articles, webinars and news.
South African Law Reports see All South African Law Reports [P.WORD]
State Papers Online Part 1: Tudors 1509-1603 Domestic Papers [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+]
State Trials on Justis [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ] IMPORTANT NOTE: click "Continue" on the Justis homepage.
State Trials is compiled from the two most authoritative series of State Trials records, Howell's and the New Series (Macdonell's) and additional material sourced from the electronic version of the English (Nominate) Reports
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Tax Analysts [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Includes access to Tax Notes Today and Tax Notes International.
THOMAS [FREE]
US legislative information from the Library of Congress.
Trade Law Guide [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Trade Unions in Western Europe since 1945 [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
TDM: Transnational Dispute Management [P.WORD]
Recent developments in investment arbitration and dispute management.
Please would any Oxford Law Faculty staff member or DPhil student interested in having access contact to the OGEMID Archive section of this database please contact helen.garner@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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United Nations Law Collection [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Access via HeinOnline (includes LNTS and UNTS)
United Nations Treaty Collection [FREE]
Treaties and international agreements registered or filed and recorded with and published by the Secretariat since 1946.
UNBISnet - United Nations, Dag Hammarskjold Library [FREE]
Catalogue of UN publications and documentation with links to full text where available.
UN-I-QUE : United Nations Info Quest [FREE]
Catalogue of UN materials including sales publications.
UN-ODS : Official Document System of the United Nations
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vLex [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
Global collection with material from some 90 jurisdictions: strongest being that for Spain. NB. Please remember to log off when you have finished your session on vlex as our subscription limits the number of concurrent users. [Sponsored by Baker & McKenzie]
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Westlaw [OSS] [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ]
UK cases (including The Law Reports), legislation and journal articles, EU, USA and international legal materials. See our Libguide for guides to Westlaw. [Sponsored by Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP]
Westlaw AU [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ] This is the new platform for Australia Law Online.Click on IP Users to access.
WLR Daily [FREE]
Free summaries of UK cases from the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales
WIPO-Lex aka CLEA Collection of Laws for Electronic Access[FREE]
Multi-jurisdictional database of intellectual property legislation and treaties provided by WIPO.
WorldLII [FREE]
Free source of case law and legislation from various jurisdictions, international courts and tribunals. Includes a catalogue of free legal web sites organised by jurisdiction and subject.
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Zetoc [EXTERNAL:OXLIP+ ] [To set up e-mail alerts log in with your OSS]
The British Library's Electronic Table of Contents of around 20,000 current journals and approximately 16,000 conference proceedings. Covers 1993 to date and includes an email alerting service.
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