Law: Welcome

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Welcome to the Law subject guide.  Use the tabs above to help you find law resources in the Library, including: books & eooks, journal articles, law reports, legislation, legal databases, EU law, current awareness, referencing & plagiarism, careers, help & advice and much more...

Looking for answers to questions about foreign law?  Not sure where to start?  If you have questions like the following:

• Where can I find current law reports for Germany and Italy?
• Where can I find the law codes of Argentina or Brazil?
• Can I find older consolidations of the law of Nigeria as well as the current law?
• Which library holds a comprehensive collection of United Nations material?

Then try the new updated FLAG - Foreign Law Guide.  FLAG is a guide to collections of foreign and international law held in UK libraries.

Library Services' special collections have materials that are of particular interest for law:

• Cohn Collection
• FCO Historical Collection
• ISTD Collection

Our 'Getting Started' materials are available 24/7 from on or off campus under the KLaSS area of KEATS. 

Library Services provides access to a wide range of eresources for its students and staff: most are available off campus, simply log in using your King's username and password.

Ejournals - Library Services subscribes to over 25,000 electronic journals which are available to staff and students of King's College - see our ejournals for law page for more details.

Databases - King's subscribes to a broad range of electronic resources which can help you find articles and information for your research.  The type of database you should use will depend on your subject area - see the databases page for links to key legal databases.

Ebooks - Library Services provides you with access to over 340,000 ebooks covering a wide range of subject, most accessible off campus - see the ebooks page for our ebooks for law.

Library Catalogues

Use the Library catalogue to find print and electronic library materials held by King's - see our guide below for help with searching.

Library Search is a single search interface enabling you to simultaneously search the library's collections and more; it is especially useful when you are new to a topic or need to widen your search - see our video introducing Library Search.

Help with accessing our eresources - see our step-by-step instructions for accessing some of our key eresources off campus.