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European & Scandinavian/Nordic countries: legal resources: Turkey - Ukraine - UK - Yugoslavia

Subjects: Law, Law: Foreign Law

Turkey - Turkiye

Items with shelf marks beginning Turkey are found on Level 1, one floor beneath the entrance level.

Ukraine

Printed resources

Books with shelf marks starting Ukraine (dealing with the post Soviet legal system) are on Floor 1.

Books with shelf marks beginning USSR then name/abbreviation of particular state are shelved after the main USSR block in the same sequence of nation states.

Books with shelf marks beginning General are shelved on Floor 2, the level at which you enter the library.

UK

UK - England and Wales is the home jurisdiction for students at Oxford.
The print collection is on Level 2, the entrance level.

The collection available - both in print and online - is strong: please consult the guide below.

If your interest is in one of the devolved jurisdictions, Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales, one of the links below may be able to help.

Open Shelf Collection
The current edition of books relating to their law are on open shelf on Level 2, the floor at which you enter the Law Library. The books are shelved first under topic, and have shelf marks beginning KL to KN. In most instances these books will be distinguised by an extra element in their shelf marks: NIR or N8 if the book is about Northern Irish law; SCO or S4 if it is a Scottish law book;  WAL or W1 if dealing with Welsh law.
Also on Level 2 are the print collection of Law Reports and Journals from these jurisdictions.

Yugoslavia & the war of 1991-1995

The LawBod's collection of printed materials from the former state are on open shelves on Floor 3, in the same alphabetical sequence as current states.

In the 1990s, the socialist state (a federation of 6 republics), which had come into existence at the end of WW2, disintegrated in turmoil & war.

For more on the ICTY (International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991) please see the page on the Law Bod guide below