Uk laws?

Energize · 24 Apr 2006 at 04:58

Is there a copy of the uk laws anywhere on the internet? I tried googling for them but I couldnt find anything.

pyro · 24 Apr 2006 at 05:13

http://www.google.com/search?q=hmcs...ient=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official ?

Energize · 24 Apr 2006 at 05:23

Thats just about court services. I dont understand why something so important is so hard to find, it should be easily avalible online to anyone in the uk.

Curio · 24 Apr 2006 at 05:28

Is there something specific you're looking for? With something as vague as "the law" you'll probably need to narrow it down slightly I would imagine.

Andy100 · 24 Apr 2006 at 05:37

You'd be better off searching for a specific act of parliament if you know what you're after.

There are a ridiculously large number of laws both civil and criminal that cater for pretty much every situation imaginable.

Alex_L · 24 Apr 2006 at 05:38

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/

that has british legislation from the 1980s onwards from the looks of it.

Nazbit · 24 Apr 2006 at 10:22

It depends what law you are looking for, generally if you know what act it comes under, you can find the act on the parliament website by googling.

Sleepy · 24 Apr 2006 at 11:00

BUSH said:
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/

that has british legislation from the 1980s onwards from the looks of it.

This is the primary site it has all acts & SI from '86. For bills going through parliament try: http://www.parliament.uk/

If you need older acts some are online but you'll need to search for them specifically.

Raymond Lin · 24 Apr 2006 at 11:07

geez.........you won't find a book with them all on, it's just too much information. What are you after?

There are 2 kinds of law, common law and statutues, so it's not written on the same book and since it began in the a few hundred years ago its not reprinted every year. Go to any university and look for the law library, that'll give you an idea of the books you need.

p.s. any internet service that has all the info are subscription only. ie, westlaw, lexisnexis, lawtel ...etc

Pyrosoft · 24 Apr 2006 at 19:37

There will no doubt be tens of thousands so a but more precise would be good

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts.htm

here might be a good place to start though

PinkPig · 24 Apr 2006 at 19:50

Energize said:
Thats just about court services. I dont understand why something so important is so hard to find, it should be easily avalible online to anyone in the uk.

I don't think you quite get what "the law" is - it's not in a big book, "UK Law, 306th Edition 2006", it's all over the place.