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)
  A multidisciplinary research database
• Scopus (LTU)
  A reference database that provides abstracts and citations for scholarly articles. It covers subjects in science, engineering, medicine, social sciences, arts and humanities.
  
• Web of Science (LTU)
  Multidisciplinary reference and citation database containing scientific articles and conference proceedings. Allows you to search and perform analyses based on cited publications.
  

Legal databases

• JUNO
  Swedish legal service including laws, regulations, rulings from higher courts, legal commentaries, and more.
  

Law journals

• DOAJ, Directory of Open Access Journals
  Open access, peer-reviewed scientific journals in various subject areas.
• Journals
  Search among the University Library's journals within your subject area.

Links

Links to Swedish and EU Law

• Digitised parliamentary print 1521–1970
  Swedish digitised parliamentary print, available in Swedish.
  
• Documents and laws
  Parliamentary and public documents. Search for registered cases and older parliamentary prints, available in Swedish.
• EUR-Lex
  A gateway to EU legislation and publications.
• European Union Intellectual Property Office, EUIPO
  Legislation and case law from the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), which administers the EU trademark and the registered Community design.
• Guiding decisions
  The database of guiding decisions contains case reports and information on leading judgments from superior courts. Available in Swedish.
  
• InfoCuria
  Case law from the Court of Justice of the European Union, available in Swedish.
  
• Legal documents
  Government legal documents, committee directives, reports, laws and regulations, available in Swedish.
• Parliament's open data
  Create your own applications and services, and generate statistics based on the Riksdag databases, available in Swedish.
• Statens offentliga utredningar, SOU
  Official investigations of the Swedish government, available in Swedish.
• The legal manual
  Information on the application of laws and regulations for internet use and digital materials, available in Swedish.
  
• The Swedish Code of Statutes, SFS
  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
  Archives of historical documents and international conventions.
  
• Council of European Treaty Office
  Council of Europe treaties and associated documents.
  
• DagDok
  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
  Legislation, regulations and policies on food, agriculture and the management of natural resources at the national level.
• HUDOC
  The European Court's database of case law regarding the European Convention on Human Rights, ECHR.
  
• Human Rights
  Information on human rights from the Swedish government, available in Swedish.
  
• International Humanitarian Law Databases – International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC
  Access the ICRC’s International Humanitarian Law Databases to find the Geneva Conventions and other conventions related to humanitarian law.
• International Investments Agreements Navigator
  A database for searching bilateral investment treaties.
• NATLEX
  Explore labor law and social security legislation from various countries.
• UN Legal Publications
  Enables global searches for various UN legal publications, including yearbooks and repertories of practice.