Constitution Executive COURTS AND JUDICIARY Legislative Legal Guides GENERALIZED SOURCE MATERIAL (includes LC Portals: United Kingdom)

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW RESOURCE

• International Constitutional Law: United Kingdom Index (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers background notes 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)
• Constitution Finder (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law)

EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT BRANCH

• British Monarchy
• Prime Minister
• Cabinet of Ministers
• HM Treasury
• Official Documents (HMSO)
• Statutory Instruments (HMSO)
• UK Online

COURTS AND JUDICIARY

• 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
  • House of Commons Library Research Papers
  • House of Commons Publications on the Internet
• Acts of Parliament (HMSO)
• NATLEX: United Kingdom (International Labour Organisation) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
• E-Transaction Law Resources: United Kingdom (Baker & McKenzie)

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LEGAL GUIDES AND REGIONAL SPECIFIC LAWS

• GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law )
• Multinational Collections Database: United Kingdom (Law ) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• 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) June 1, 2001
• The Electronic Parliament: Resources for Tracking U.K. Legislation (Stephen Young, via LLRX) November 15, 2001
• 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)
• A Guide to the UK Legal System (Sarah Carter, via GlobaLex) November 2005
• InfoLaw - Information for Lawyers Limited's Gateway to the UK Legal Internet
• COURTS AND JUDICIARY Assistance: United Kingdom (U.S. Dept. of State)
• JURIST: United Kingdom (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
• Law of the Pacific Islands: A Guide to Web Based Resources (Ruth Bird, via LLRX) April 15, 2002; includes Pitcairn Islands
• Law Schools and Law Libraries (Law Courseware Consortium via University of Warwick)
• Natural Resources Legislation: United Kingdom (University of Denver College of Law)
• Religious Liberty: The Legal Framework in Selected OSCE Countries (U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe) May 2000; prepared by the Law 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
• World Law Index: United Kingdom (Australasian Legal Information Institute)
• World Legal Materials from Europe: United Kingdom (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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GENERALIZED SOURCE MATERIAL

• Portals to the World: United Kingdom ()
• Background Notes: 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 Economic Policy and Trade Practices, 1993-2001 (U.S. Dept. of State) see reports listed under Europe / Independent States
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: United Kingdom (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Economic Briefing: Britain (The Economist)
• Governments on the WWW: United Kingdom (Gunnar Anzinger)
• Human Rights in United Kingdom (Amnesty International)
• International Religious Freedom Annual 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) - see also: British Indian Ocean Territory; Pitcairn Islands; South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
• WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: United Kingdom (Google); United Kingdom (Yahoo); WWW-VL West European Studies - United Kingdom (University of Pittsburgh)