Research

  • External Links to Local and Regional Online Legal Resources:
    • Ministry of Justice
    Houses of Parliament
    Supreme Court of Jamaica
    Court of Appeal
    Caribbean Court of Justice
  • Other Online Resources
    • World Legal Information Institute
    British and Irish Legal Information Institute
    Commonwealth Legal Information Institute
    Canadian Legal Information Institute
    Australasian Legal Information Institute
  • HOW TO DECIPHER CITATIONS
    • Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations
    This database allows you to search for the meaning of abbreviations for English language legal publications, from the British Isles, the Commonwealth and the United States, including those covering international and comparative law.

    HOW TO FIND A BOOK ON THE SHELF

  • BOOKS
    • The highly recommended textbooks, treatises and practitioners’ texts for course readings are kept behind the Circulation Desk area.
    Other textbooks, treatises and practitioners’ texts are found at shelves 3B and 13B-17B.

    LAW REPORTS

  • Jamaica Law Reports
    • Located behind the Circulation Desk area.
  • West Indian Reports
    • Located behind the Circulation Desk area.
  • All England Law Reports
    • Located at shelves 6A-6B
  • English Reports
    • Located at shelves 4A-4B
  • Law Reports (3rd Series Set)
    • Located at shelves 4B-5B
  • Law Journal Reports
    • Located at shelves 6B
  • Times Law Reports
    • Located at shelf 7A
  • Cox’s Criminal Appeal Law Cases
    • Located at shelf 7B
  • Estates Gazettes Law Reports
    • Located at shelf 7B
  • Family Law Reports
    • Located at shelf 7B
  • Lloyd’s Law Reports
    • Located at shelf 8A
  • Dominion Law Reports
    • Located at shelf 10A
  • West Indian Reports
    • Located at shelf 11A
  • New Zealand Law Reports
    • Located at shelf 13A
  • Law Reports of the Commonwealth
    • Located at shelf 13A
  • LEGISLATION
    • These are located at shelves 11A-12B.
  • JOURNALS
    • Journals are located at shelves 1A-3A.