British and Irish Legal Information Institute
From the webpage:
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I ran across this wonderful legal resource while researching a legal issue in another post.
Obviously a great resource for legal research and scholars but also I suspect a great source of leisure reading, well, if you like that sort of thing.
The site also offered this handy list of world law resources:
- Asia (AsianLII)
- Australasia (AustLII)
- Canada (CanLII)
- Common Law (CommonLII)
- Cyprus (CyLaw)
- Droit Francophone
- Germany (Juristisches Internetprojekt Saarbrücken)
- Global Legal Information Network
- Hong Kong (HKLII)
- Ireland (IrLII)
- Italy (ITTIG)
- JuriBurkina
- JuriNiger
- Kenya (KenyaLaw)
- University of Montreal (LexUM)
- New Zealand (NZLII)
- Pacific Islands (PacLII)
- Philippines (LawPhil)
- Southern Africa (SAFLII)
- UK Territories & Dependencies
- USA (Cornell)
- World Legal Information Institute
When I said “leisure reading,” I was only partially joking. What we accept now as “the law,” wasn’t always so.
The history of how rights and obligations have evolved over centuries of human interaction are recorded in legislation and case law.
It is a history with all the mis-steps, failures, betrayals and intrigue that are commonplace in any human enterprise.
Enjoy!