Books for Law and Human Rights are located on the ground floor of the Main Library. Our guide to the Dewey Decimal Classification scheme will help you to identify the shelf numbers for your specific subject area.
In general, Law and International Law/Human Rights books will primarily be found between 340 and 349 on the ground floor. Please be aware that some human rights books may be located in the 320 (Social Science) area on the 1st floor. In each case the Library catalogue will identify the book's location.
There is a growing collection of e-books available in Law and Human Rights and we try and purchase law e-books where possible. Any law e-book will be available from the Library catalogue.
In addition we have collections of e-books:
Oxford Scholarship Online - Law Module contains over 900 law titles in all legal areas.
The Making of Modern Law contains 1000s of law e-book though most are of historical interest.
For Law and Human Rights, we have a number of quality online and printed dictionaries and encylopedias:
Encylopedia of the United Nations, Oxford Companion to Law, Recueil Des Cours, Yearbooks, legal treaties, and legal dictionaries in our Law Reference area, located on the ground floor of the Main Library.
Books in the Library have different loan periods:
More information on borrowing books can be found at:
James Hardiman Library Borrowing
Some useful links on borrowing books from the Library
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