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  • HeinOnline

    Access more than 1,000 United States and international law periodicals, over 1,300 legal texts and commentaries and the US Supreme Court Library.

  • Lawtel

    Access UK legislation, case law, general law reports, abstracts of articles and news and press items. Specialist areas covered include employment law, local government, and personal injury.

  • Lexis+

    Access a wide range of authoritative legal sources, encompassing statute and case law, ecclesiastical law, amended legislation, law reports, legal judgments and legal definitions.

  • Practical Law

    Peer-reviewed resources such as practice notes, current awareness and standard documents in areas of the law such as competition, planning and environment.

  • Rightsnet

    Rightsnet provides access, after registration, to the latest welfare rights news and case law.

  • United Nations Treaty Collection

    A database of treaties and international agreements between December 1946 and July 2013 (United Nations Treaty Series) and League of Nations Treaties Series between 1920 and 1946.

  • vLex

    Full-text online legal library of UK case law dating back to 1163, and legislation from 1235.

  • Westlaw

    Access case law reports, UK and European Union (EU) legislation, journal articles and abstracts, legal news, books and legal definitions.

Publicly available legal resources

  • Find Case Law

    A service from the National Archives that provides public access to court judgments and tribunal decisions made in England and Wales from 2001 onwards.

Related pages

  • A guide to casework

    A House of Commons Library guide to casework to help MPs and their staff navigate constituency casework and find useful resources.