Law Databases Guide

Accessed via the Online Resources for Law tab at

http://subjectguides!or"acu"/law
Loo"ing for #ase Law $$
Onl! a fraction of the thousands of cases heard ever! !ear in %ngland and
&ales are reported and onl! cases that develop the law' its application or
interpretation' are reported (his includes all cases fro) the *upre)e #ourt
and a handful fro) the #ourt of Appeal' +igh #ourt and *pecialist #ourts ,ou
can occasionall! -nd unreported cases
All cases found in (he Law Reports are case law and are available in
Le.isLibrar! and &estlaw however often the easiest wa! to -nd cases is b!
using /ust#ite /ust#ite searches Le.isLibrar! and &estlaw si)ultaneousl! as
well as other sources to 0uic"l! retrieve )an! results
1eeding Legislation $$
Le.isLibrar! and &estlaw are the )ain places to -nd legislation 2oth have
icons to show the status of the law' %g Law in force' repealed' not !et or
partiall! in force' etc Legislationgovu" is the o3cial ho)e of all 45
legislation providing original te.ts and revised versions although not all of it is
totall! up6to6date 7t provides a ti)eline of changes to provisions lin"ing to the
past with partial coverage bac" to 89:8 and co)plete fro) 8;99
(he best wa! to access 7nternational Law $$
*ee the <oreign and #o)parative Law section on the *ubject Guide
Loo"ing for a case with onl! the citation $$
#ardi= 7nde. to Legal Abbreviations allows !ou to t!pe in the abbreviation of a
journal or law report to -nd out the full title ,ou can also t!pe in the title of a
publication if !ou need to -nd out the abbreviation
&anting to reference using O*#OLA $$
*ee the referencing tab on the *ubject Guide ,ou will -nd lin"s to the O*#OLA
website and access to a useful A> 0uic" guide An online tutorial b! the #ardi=
4niversit! is also provided as well as our own Acade)ic 7ntegrit! sites
(r!ing to access online certi-cation tests $$
Le.isLibrar!' &estlaw and /ust#ite all provide online certi-cation tests which
are often re0uired as part of the Legal ?ethod )odule assess)ent (he! are
also seen as desirable for e)plo!abilit! prospects