LibGuides: Law: Scotland

Scottish print materials

Our Scottish print materials are located on the first floor of the library starting in bookstack 20 and all have a classmark starting with JE.

We hold The Laws of Scotland: Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia, introductory texts such as Understanding Scot's Law by Ashton, Legal Research Skills for Scots Lawyers by Fullerton and more specific texts such as Black's Woolman on Contract and Griffiths' Family Law.

Our Scottish journals collection includes the Scots Law Times, Scottish Criminal Law, Juridical Review and the Edinburgh Law Review.

Legal Source

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Full text access to over 880 scholarly peer reviewed journals from Common Law jurisdictions. Coverage dates back to 1912. (Previously known as "Index to Legal Periodicals" but now includes substantially more content).

Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals

The Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals is a multilingual index of foreign, comparative and international law journals. Access is via HeinOnline (University sign-in required).

Recommended resources

vLexJustis (formerly JustisOne) This link opens in a new window
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Lexis+ This link opens in a new window ICLR, All England Law Reports, Halsbury's Laws of England, Legislation Service, Newspapers.
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Westlaw UK This link opens in a new window
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In order to access the Scottish part of the package, open Westlaw UK and click Scots Law under the More Resources section.
Public Information Online This link opens in a new window
Includes Scottish Acts from 1999 onwards.
Other material from 2007.
Separate Scottish Parliament and Scottish Government tabs.