We challenge unfair laws, policies and practices by conducting landmark trials on the most pressing human rights issues of our time. Access to judgments prior to 1996 can be arranged through the Parliamentary Archives. The archives hold appeals and other documents of the House of Lords in its judicial capacity dating back to 1621. Parliamentary Archives The law journal`s library contains more than 500 American, British, Australian and international law journals. For most journals, appointment scheduling starts very early (in many cases, from the first issue). However, the latest editions (during the last calendar year) are sometimes unavailable due to licensing restrictions. HeinOnline provides these journals annually on an ongoing basis. There are a number of important legal databases covering UK law. Below is a list of the most important databases or in the Legal Databases tab for more information and links to online tutorials. 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. 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. Below are books on legal research.
Books and resources on the English and Welsh legal systems are available in the Legal System tab. Read this blog for our selection of famous legal cases in the UK that have left an impression on the public for a variety of reasons. Liberty has been providing legal advice and supporting groundbreaking cases since 1934. The House of Lords was the highest court of appeal in the United Kingdom until 30 July 2009. Since 1 October 2009, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has had jurisdiction over all civil cases in the United Kingdom and all criminal cases in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Most of the Bodleian Law Library`s British paper collection is located on the ground floor of the library. Legal reports are available at Cw UK 100 and reviews at Cw UK 300. British legal monographs are catalogued with different class marks, making it easy to navigate, this section starts at K to KZ before the main series of legal reports and journals. The legislation on paper can be found on floor 1.
As a law student, you will find that some cases stay with you throughout your studies and even beyond because of their great legal importance to UK law. Or it could be that they are just weird! Read on for our selection of famous legal cases in the UK that have left an impression on the public for the reasons mentioned above. The abbreviations “FC” and “PA” stand for “funded client” and “assisted person”, respectively. They appoint a party who is eligible for legal aid – the first for cases from England, Wales and Northern Ireland and the second for cases from Scotland. Archived judgments of the House of Lords are the only jurisdiction that Parliament has. For any other court decision, you must use a legal information service such as the British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII), to which you have free access. British and Irish Institute for Legal Information (BAILII) The following table Current cases can be sorted in ascending or descending order by clicking on the following titles: Despite its enormous legal importance in modern tort law, the reason so many people still remember this case is rather due to the idea of a woman finding a snail in her ginger beer float. than any new legal principle that has been created.
Unless otherwise indicated, the cases were heard by a panel of 5 judges. The House of Lords disagreed and thus the idea of “Gillick jurisdiction” was born. The court ruled that if a child under the age of 16 has the maturity and intelligence to understand the nature and impact of treatment, he or she should have the legal capacity to consent on his or her own. Cases are dealt with here only a few weeks before the appeal hearing before the Court of Justice. Lists of cases in which leave to appeal is sought from the Court can be found in the monthly lists published on our Leave to Appeal page once such an appeal has been decided. In 2004, Morris and Steel brought an action against the UK government before the European Court of Human Rights, alleging that its lack of legal aid had violated its rights under Article 5 of the ECHR. Subsequently, the court ruled unanimously that they had been denied a fair trial. Keep your review break right by immersing yourself in these exciting legal dramas! 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. We acted as lawyers for Ed Bridges, who questioned the use of live facial recognition by South Wales Police in public. In the world`s first legal challenge to the use of this technology by police, Ed argued that force violated privacy rights, data protection laws and equality laws. Liberty acted as a lawyer for a woman who had received a Community Protection Order (CPN) prohibiting her from begging “without good cause” and even participating in a show. In that case, McDonald`s Corporation filed a lawsuit against two environmental activists, David Morris and Helen Steel. The case itself lasted two and a half years, but the debacle lasted more than 10 years in total. The Federal Register 1936-1995, and Index to the Register. In 2018, Liberty and Southall Black Sisters (SBS) launched the first police super-complaint – a new system that allowed notified bodies to address issues related to harmful and systemic police practices on behalf of the public. Cases involving Scots law are highlighted in orange. Cases involving Northern Ireland law are highlighted in green.
The library of the Supreme Court of the United States contains all the opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States as published in the United States. Reports To save or print articles from HeinOnline, select PRINT OPTIONS and then DOWNLOAD AS PDF. You can then print and/or save articles with Adobe Acrobat Reader. Lord Keith observed in that case that the idea that “by marriage a woman gives irrevocable consent to sexual intercourse with her husband in all circumstances” was “and of course still is” “totally unacceptable”. In this case, Gillick was a mother with daughters under the age of 16.