UofL Libraries: Law in the United Kingdom: Historic

General Historic Resources

The Law Library has English translations of Old French and Latin treatises and documents in series produced by the Selden Society and London Record Society.

Making of Modern Law
Historic British legal treatises, trials & other primary sources.

A history of English law by Holdsworth, Goodhard, Hanbury, Burke, Goodhart
Call Number: KD532.H728x
Publication Date: 1937-1972
Originally published in 1903 this comprehensive work covers the judicial system, Anglo-Saxon law, mediæval common law, rivals of common law, reform, and the Judicature acts.
The Oxford history of the laws of England by R. H. Helmholz, John H. Baker
Call Number: KD606.O94 2003
ISBN: 0198258976
Publication Date: 2003-2012
Volumes cover Canon Law and the law from 1483-1558.

Cases

Hein Online
Collections include: English Reports, Selden Society Publications & the History of Early English.

The Digest : annotated British, Commonwealth, and European cases
Shelf range: SB-9
No longer collected.
Digests key cases from throughout history by subject or party name.
The English reports
Publication Date: 1900-1930
Shelf range: SB-1 & SB-2
Reprints of older British nominate law reports.

Legislation

Over time primary legislation has changed names from Statutes at Large, through Public General Statutes, to Public General Acts.

Prior to 1963 Acts were issued by regnal year, that is the year of the sovereign's reign in which they were passed.

Hansard
Free database of Parliamentary debates
legislation.gov.uk
Official, full text of Public General Acts, Local Acts, and Statutory Instruments.

LLMC
Legal history with English state reports, statutes & other historic documents.