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English & Welsh criminal law & justice
Holders of an Oxford SingleSign On
For English legislation and law reports, you should always turn to a subscription database: LexisLibrary & Westlaw UK are good starting points.
Both also will be able to supply a lot of articles from law journals. Both also have commentary/books on many aspects of crime and criminal procedure.
Westlaw UK has, for example, the current editions of Clarkson & Keating Criminal Law: Text and Materials and Archbold
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Criminal Justice: A Very Short Introduction by Call Number: Crim 500 R645bISBN: 0198716494Publication Date: 2016Holders of an Oxford Single Sign On can also read this online by clicking on the title link -
Criminal Law Reform Now by Call Number: KM500.CHI 2019ISBN: 9781509916771Publication Date: 2019Holders of an Oxford SSO can also read this online via the title link
For these topics, you may find useful material on all 4 Floors of the Bodleian Law Library
On Level 2 - the floor at which you enter the Law Bod
Current monographs for England & Wales, and Scotland (as well as Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and USA) These have shelf marks beginning:
KM500 - KM565 Criminal Law
KM600 - KM700 Criminology
Also on Level 2. Books with shelf marks beginning General and Cw Gen (comparative studies looking at 2 or more jurisdictions) and UK law journals
Level 3 - one floor up from the entrance level
Books with shelf marks beginning Crim - Criminology, Euro Comm - European Union Law, Internat 580 - international criminal law, and works looking at the law of national juisdictions in Europe
Level 1 - one floor down from the entrance level
Books looking at the law of the remaining jurisdictions of the world (such as China, India, South Africa etc) and comparative law journals (issues 2000 onwards)
Ground Floor - Has the Bodleian Official Papers collection
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Simester and Sullivan's Criminal Law by Call Number: Law Reserve Collection KM500.SIM 2019ISBN: 1509926682Publication Date: 7th edn 2019 -
The SSL or the Bodleian Social Science Library is the next door neighbour of the Law Bod, in the Manor Road building - at most a 10 minute walk away.
The SSL holds the teaching collection of works on Criminology: supporting the MSc in Criminology courses. It also includes collections of closely related subjects such as sociology, social work, economics, politics, refugee studies.
The RSL or Radcliffe Science Library is a 15 minute walk from the Law Library. The RSL holds the print collection for psychology.
Bodleian Law Library
