Law

SOAS Library provides access to many databases which support legal research. The list below includes resources which are restricted access to SOAS students and staff only. Restricted access databases may be available to Library visitors from some terminals in the Library. 

Find all of our databases in our A-Z databases list.

Key databases

• HeinOnline for US and International journals and primary legal materials for various countries
• LexisLibrary  for full text case law, legislation and journal articles from the UK, EU, US and other selected jurisdictions
• Westlaw International
  for full text journal articles worldwide and case law and legislation from the US and other selected jurisdictions
• Westlaw UK
  for full text case law, legislation from the UK and EU, and the Legal Journals

Other databases

• For Chinese law see pkulaw 
• For International law see Oxford Reports on International Law, Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law and Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law
• For South Asian law see SCC Online and Pakistanlawsite
• For African law see SCC Online 
• For selected Middle Eastern law see Lexis Middle East
• For legal materials on various subjects Kluwer Arbitration

For further databases, including trials of new services, visit our A-Z Databases page.

For other electronic resources, visit our E-resources LibGuide.