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Economics: Government and legal publications

Recommended reading: books, journals and articles

To find books, journals or journal articles on topics about governments and matters relating to law use the Library Catalogue.

UK

UK Parliament
Provides guidance about UK Parliamentary processes and official publications.

UK Parliamentary Papers
Full-text papers from 1688-2005 including Hansard content - fundamental to understanding current legislation, policy-making and the British political environment - you can find further content (1803-current) at Hansard Online.

Legislation.gov.uk
The official home of UK legislation, revised and as enacted 1267-present. This website is managed by The National Archives on behalf of HM Government.

Lexis+ UK
Legal information: UK and EU case law, UK and EU legislation and UK law journals.
IMPORTANT: Please note Lexis+ UK is licenced for education and research purposes only and cannot be used for University business.
Westlaw UK
Legislation, case law and quantum law in the UK and EU: legal documents and journal articles. For broader international coverage, click the 'Westlaw International' database link in the right hand column.

Europe

Europa
The official website of the EU providing basic information about how the EU works, the latest EU news and links to EU information and services.
European Sources Online
Information about the EU's institutions, activities, issues countries and regions and other European organisations.
EUR-Lex
The main resource for EU law research, providing access to case-law by the Court of Justice for the EU, and other public EU documents.

Lexis+ UK
Legal information: UK and EU case law, UK and EU legislation and UK law journals.
IMPORTANT: Please note Lexis+ UK is licenced for education and research purposes only and cannot be used for University business.
Westlaw UK
Legislation, case law and quantum law in the UK and EU: legal documents and journal articles. For broader international coverage, click the 'Westlaw International' database link in the right hand column.