General or historical overviews
Below are some examples, which are also available online to holders of an Oxford SSO
Suggested subject searches to use in SOLO to find more commentary:
Public law - Great Britain or Public Law - England
Civil rights - Great Britain or Civil rights - England
Public law - philosophy
Public law - history
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The Cambridge Companion to Public Law by Call Number: KM1.ELL 2015ISBN: 1107029759Publication Date: 2015Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online by clicking on title link -
Foundations of Public Law by Call Number: Jurisp 510 L887eISBN: 0199669465Publication Date: 2010 (pbk 2012)Holders of an Oxford SSO can also read this online via link -
Questioning the Foundations of Public Law by Call Number: e-book Remote access requires Oxford SSO.ISBN: 9781509911677Publication Date: 2018"The purpose of this volume is to engage critically with [Loughlin's Foundations of Public Law above] - conceptually, comparatively and historically - from the viewpoints of public law, private law, political, social and legal theory, as well as jurisdictional perspectives including the UK, US, India, and Continental Europe ...
Public law: quick start
Some commentary available online:
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Public law for everyoneFree resource. Public Law for Everyone is written by Mark Elliott, Professor of Public Law at the University of Cambridge. "Views advanced on this blog are expressed in a purely personal capacity."
There are Law Bod Libguides for each of the top-level topics of public law, and general ones for introduction to English legal databases & electronic tools generally.
In England, public law encompases constitutional law, administrative law, criminal law, and tax law.
The current collection of monographs for these areas of law in England & Wales is on Floor 2. Some of the Reading List titles will be in the Reserve Collection, please just ask the staff at the desk if you would like to read one of these.
The majority of titles are on open access shelves, in the section of bookcases with shelf marks (call numbers) beginning KM.
The top level of classification within KM is as follows:
| KM 1 - KM 29 | General works (covering all or more than one aspect of public law) |
| KM 31 - KM 141 | Constitutional & administrative law |
| KM 171 - KM 199 | Citizenship |
| KM 201 - KM 229 | Civil & human rights |
| KM 231 - KM 259 | Government |
| KM 300 - KM 307 | Administrative law |
| KM 331 - KM 354 | Public finance |
| KM 355 – KM 359 | Taxation |
| KM 361 - KM 391 | Local government |
| KM 400 – KM 416 | Military law (includes martial law) |
| KM 500 – KM 565 | Criminal law |
| KM 570 - KM 690 | Criminal procedure |
This section has works looking at public law in other common law jurisdictions. Books on the law of England & Wales/UK come first. When the third line of the shelf mark becomes capital letter + a number (as below), this is the indication that the focus of the book has moved to another jurisdiction - as:
A8 (Australia), C1 (Canada), I5 (Ireland), I7 (Isle of Man), G8 (Guernsey), J2 (Jersey), N4 (New Zealand), N8 Northern Ireland, S3 (Scotland), U4 (United States of America)
Public law the journal?
Public law - the journal with that title - is at Cw UK 300 P180 on Level 2, Holders of an Oxford SSO should note that Westlaw UK has full text articles from & including the 1986 volume of Public Law.
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