Law

Welcome to the subject guide for law! Here you will find databases, journals, links and other information that you may find useful when searching for material in a specific subject area.

Articles and databases

Interdisciplinary databases

• Academic Search Premier (LTU) External link.
  A multidisciplinary research database
• Scopus (LTU) External link, opens in new window.
  Contains scientific journal articles in all subjects.
• Web of Science (LTU) External link, opens in new window.
  Database that provides access to multiple databases and covers leading journals and more in natural sciences, technology, social sciences, arts and the humanities.

Legal databases

• JUNO External link.
  E-resources in law, including approximately 1,150 laws in their current wording with comments, along with access to the journal Juridisk Publikation. Available in Swedish.

Law journals

• DOAJ, Directory of Open Access Journals External link.
  Open-Access journals and articles within your subject area.
• Journals External link, opens in new window.
  Search among the University Library's journals within your subject area.

Links

Links to Swedish and EU Law

• Digitised parliamentary print 1521–1970 External link, opens in new window.
  Swedish digitised parliamentary print, available in Swedish.
  
• Documents and laws External link, opens in new window.
  Parliamentary and public documents. Search for registered cases and older parliamentary prints, available in Swedish.
• EUR-Lex External link, opens in new window.
  A gateway to EU legislation and publications.
• European Union Intellectual Property Office, EUIPO External link, opens in new window.
  Legislation and case law from the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), which administers the EU trademark and the registered Community design.
• Guiding decisions External link.
  The database of guiding decisions contains case reports and information on leading judgments from superior courts. Available in Swedish.
  
• InfoCuria External link.
  Case law from the Court of Justice of the European Union, available in Swedish.
  
• Legal documents External link, opens in new window.
  Government legal documents, committee directives, reports, laws and regulations, available in Swedish.
• Parliament's open data External link.
  Create your own applications and services, and generate statistics based on the Riksdag databases, available in Swedish.
• Statens offentliga utredningar, SOU External link.
  Official investigations of the Swedish government, available in Swedish.
• The legal manual External link, opens in new window.
  Information on the application of laws and regulations for internet use and digital materials, available in Swedish.
  
• The Swedish Code of Statutes, SFS External link, opens in new window.
  The Swedish Code of Statutes, SFS, is the official and authentic version of laws, ordinances, and regulations from government agencies, available in Swedish.

Links to International and Foreign Legal Resources

• Avalon project – Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy External link.
  Archives of historical documents and international conventions.
  
• Council of European Treaty Office External link.
  Council of Europe treaties and associated documents.
  
• DagDok External link, opens in new window.
  A guide to UN documents, reports, and background information from the Dag Hammarskjöld Library and Law Library.
  
• FAOLEX – Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN, FAO External link.
  Legislation, regulations and policies on food, agriculture and the management of natural resources at the national level.
• HUDOC External link, opens in new window.
  The European Court's database of case law regarding the European Convention on Human Rights, ECHR.
  
• Human Rights External link, opens in new window.
  Information on human rights from the Swedish government, available in Swedish.
  
• International Humanitarian Law Databases – International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC External link.
  Access the ICRC’s International Humanitarian Law Databases to find the Geneva Conventions and other conventions related to humanitarian law.
• International Investments Agreements Navigator External link, opens in new window.
  A database for searching bilateral investment treaties.
• NATLEX External link.
  Explore labor law and social security legislation from various countries.
• UN Legal Publications External link.
  Enables global searches for various UN legal publications, including yearbooks and repertories of practice.