Law
Collection overview
The Law collection is intended to supplement the Library's research collections in other Humanities and Social Sciences subjects. It is therefore interdisciplinary in nature, covering such topics as jurisprudence, legal theory, the history of Law, constitutional, social and economic issues.
The collection also includes:
- a set of standard works in principal areas of the law, in effect forming a basic reference collection
- a selection of key academic journal titles in paper or electronic format
- some of the major UK Law report series, such as the English Reports (for cases up to 1865), the Law Reports (from 1865), the Weekly Law Reports, and the All England Law Reports. These are available in printed form up until 2004. The full text of many law reports is also available in electronic form through various databases
Collection location
- Most books are located on the 7th floor
- Law books available on open access will display the location LAW, with the classmark prefix 3, eg LAW 7th Floor (3) SOT PIN Dav
- The paper copies of UK law reports are currently at the Offsite Store
- Recent issues of some periodicals are on display bays in the Periodicals Library, 4th floor. For more information on finding journals, see our journals resources page
- Older periodicals are held in the closed access stacks. These will display the location Stack Service. Please request stack items via the online catalogue
Related collections
British Government Publications - containing Law Commission Reports and Working Papers, Acts of Parliament, and a comprehensive set of parliamentary papers
Classmarks for Law
Administrative law: SG
Company law: SJG C6
Constitutional law: SF
Contract law: SJH
Criminal law: SO
English law: SE
Equity and trusts: SI
European Union: SBC
Evidence: SEP
Family law: SNK
History of English law: SE3
Industrial law: SJG I5
Intellectual property: SJG P2
International law: SB
Jurisprudence: SA
Property law: SM
Tort law: SHT
For a more detailed explanation of classmarks see the Library's leaflet 'A guide to the classification scheme'.
Other libraries
Please note the following with regard to law library provision in the University of London:
- Major collections of law resources for undergraduates are available in the libraries of the colleges of the University which offer law degrees and diplomas
- The major research collection for Law in the University for researchers and postgraduates can be found at the library of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
- Law students enrolled on courses offered by the University of London External Programme can access a full range of electronic resources provided through the Online Library at www.external.shl.lon.ac.uk/law.asp
For more information about Law holdings in other academic libraries in the London area, please consult the M25 Consortium of Higher Education Libraries website: www.m25lib.ac.uk. For elsewhere in the UK, consult the Consortium of University and Research Libraries catalogue: www.copac.ac.uk.
