united-kingdom
Resources to learn the whole of UK Law?
<p>Hello Law Stack Exchange,</p>

<p>I'm currently looking for reliable resources to learn the whole of UK Law, but i have been suprised at the apparant lack of avaliable resources during my internet searches on the law that is supposed to create ethical uncondition during dealings where the law may concern. If Law schools and colleges exist, the resources must be avaliable somewhere?</p>

<p>Thank you in advance.</p>

<p>There is no single series of documents that contains the whole of the law of the UK.</p>

<p>There are three jurisdictions - (1) England and Wales, (2) Scotland and (3) Northern Ireland - each with separate criminal and civil legal systems.</p>

<p>The principal sources of our law are (1) <a href="https://www.lexisnexis.co.uk/products/halsburys-laws-of-england.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">primary and secondary legislation</a>, (2) common or case law, (3) <a href="https://europa.eu/european-union/law_en" rel="nofollow noreferrer">European Union law</a> and (4) <a href="https://www.echr.coe.int/Pages/home.aspx?p=basictexts&amp;c=" rel="nofollow noreferrer">the European Convention on Human Rights</a>.</p>

<p>So far as I'm aware, <a href="https://www.lexisnexis.co.uk/products/halsburys-laws-of-england.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Halsbury's Laws of England</a> is the only complete encyclopedia of law for England and Wales; Scotland has the Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia; I don't know of one for Northern Ireland.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.bailii.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">BAILII</a> provides access to legal material including judgments from major courts - that's free to access (donations gratefully received). </p>

<p>The <a href="https://www.iclr.co.uk/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ICLR</a>, <a href="http://www.lawtel.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Lawtel</a>, <a href="https://www.lexisnexis.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Lexis</a> and <a href="https://legalsolutions.thomsonreuters.co.uk/en/products-services/westlaw-uk.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Westlaw</a> provide access to case reports (among other things). <a href="https://www.justis.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">JustisOne</a> for historical reports (1873 and earlier). Those are subscription services accessible online but may be available via a university or law firm.</p>
