Subject Guides: Centre for Applied Human Rights: Resources

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Journals

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Journal abbreviations

References to journal articles will often just contain the abbreviated title. For example, the Criminal Law Review would be C.L.R.

To search YorSearch you will need to enter the full-title. If you are unsure what this is, you can use the following resources to look up the full journal title from an abbreviation:

Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations
This website provides a comprehensive directory of the standard abbreviations for English-language legal publications, plus major foreign-language titles. Search by abbreviation to find the full title, or by title to find the correct abbreviation to use in your own references.
Donald Raistrick. Index to Legal Citations and Abbreviations (3rd edn, Sweet and Maxwell 2008)
This book is a good guide to legal abbreviations and is in hard copy in the JB Morrell Library. Good if you are in the Library and want to look up an abbreviation quickly without accessing the Internet.

Case law

African Human Rights Case Law Analyser
Freely accessible multilingual collection of African human rights decisions developed by the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) and Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems (HURIDOCS). Provides access to the full-text of all decisions from the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in English.
Institute for Foreign Law Translations
This site provides English translations of decisions from French, German, Austrian and Israeli in the fields of constitutional, administrative, contract and tort law. Some English translations of French and German statutes are also provided.
International Legal Materials
Reproduces documents reflecting the broad scope and evolution of international law. Each issue contains the full text of important treaties and agreements, judicial and arbitral decisions, national legislation, international organization resolutions, and other primary documents. In addition, all documents are headed by analytical introductory notes written by legal experts and scholars. *Most recent 2 years not available.*
Law-Cite
Freely accessible international legal case and journal citator developed by the AustLII. Law-Cite can be used to locate judgements and to see how these have been subsequently dealt with and commented upon. There are currently 4,353,089 indexed cases, law reform documents and journal articles included in the system.

Lexis+ UK (formerly Lexis Library including LexisPSL) This link opens in a new window
Personalisation options are available via the link above.

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A large full text database of UK legal resources including all cases from the All England Law Reports, UK legislation (the consolidated text of all UK legislation and some point-in-time versions of Acts) and legislation from the Scottish Parliament, the Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents, Halsbury's Laws of England, selected commentaries, a number of specialist resources in the area of employment law, and a selection of UK law journals.

Practical Guidance (formerly LexisPSL) gives access to up-to-date practice-area specific guidance, checklists, precedents, forms, drafting notes, legal analysis and news.

Accessibility information
Westlaw UK including Practical Law This link opens in a new window
You will need to register the first time you use Westlaw UK. Practical Law subscription provided by York Law School for educational use only.
An extensive full text database which includes UK case law and legislation (the consolidated text of all UK legislation and some point-in-time versions of Acts), EU case law and legislation, the Legal Journals Index covering English language legal journals published in the UK and Europe, and a broad selection of journals and commentary in full text.

Practical Law is an online legal know-how service which provides practice area overviews, practice notes, standard documents, step by step transactional guides, precedents, checklists and current awareness services.

Accessibility information

Websites

United Nations Digital Library
Provides access to UN-produced materials in digital format. Includes UN documents, UN voting data, speeches and maps.
United Nations Treaty Database
Provides access to the United Nations Treaty Series and multilateral treaties.
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Sets standards to promote and protect human rights. Looks after monitoring and implementation.
European Court of Human Rights
Provides access to case law of the court.
US Department of State
News and current affairs, details of the Department's structure and function, plus background information and publications relating to the Department's activities.
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
One of the largest collection of more than 60,000 core human rights documents.

Centre for Applied Human Rights

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Human Rights Resources

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