3. Where to start?
Three invaluable reference sources
1. An overview of the law – caselaw & legislation
Halsbury’s Laws of England:
Companies v. 7, v. 14 5th ed
Corporations v. 9
Financial Services v.18 4th ed, v.48 5th ed
2. A digest of the key cases
The Digest – uses same subject headings as Halsbury’s
Laws
3. Collection of key legislation by topic
Halsbury’s Statutes - uses same subject headings as
Halsbury’s Laws
4. Key e-resources
Lexis@library
Westlaw
Justis
Doing Business
Eisil
International Financial Reporting Standards
Lawtel
Linexlegal
Oxford Scholarship Online
SOLO – for the library catalogue
7. A list of key UK resources on Lexis
Butterworths Company Law Cases
Finance Acts 2010
Finance Acts Archive
Finance Bills 2010
Finance Bills Archive
FSA Handbook: Authorisation
FSA Handbook: Client Assets
FSA Handbook: Compensation
FSA Handbook: Complaints against the FSA
FSA Handbook: Listing Rules
FSA Handbooks Archive: Collective Investment Sc...
Journal of International Banking & Financial Law
Tolley's Company Law Service
27. Book resources
Browse the shelves from KN 261 to KN 310
Some key titles:
Ferran: Principles of corporate finance law KN250.FER 2008
Kraakman: The anatomy of corporate law – Law Reserve
Palmers Company Law KN 261 PAL
Buckley on the Companies Act KN261 BUC
Butterworths Corporations Law KN261 BUT
Gore-Browne on Companies KN 261 GOR
B/W Encyclopaedia of Banking Law KN303 BAN
B/W Financial Regulation KN 304.95 BUT
Encyclopaedia of Financial Services Law KN 308 ENC
Hannigan and Prentice: the Companies act KN261.HAN 2007
Gower and Davies’ Principles of Modern Company – Law Reserve
Hughes: Legal principles in banking and structured finance KN300.HUG
Goode on legal problems of credit and security KN306.9.GOO 2008
Fuller: Corporate borrowing : law and practice KN305.2.FUL 2009
Hale: Private equity KN263.3.HAL 2007
28. Selected Journals
Australian business law review + e
Business law international + e
European company and financial law review + e
International and comparative corporate law journal + e
International journal of banking, accounting and finance
International journal of disclosure and governance + e
Journal of corporate law studies + e
Journal of international banking law and regulation +e
Law and financial markets review + e
Law business review
Stanford journal of law, business & finance [electronic resource]
29. Selected Subject Reports
Business law reports.
Commercial law reports.
Butterworths Company law cases
Lloyds law reports
Commercial law cases.
Reports of commercial cases.
The Times law reports (and commercial cases)
All ER Commercial cases
British Company Cases
30. The Law Library’s law
Reports & Journals
database enables you
to locate the database
where a law report
series or a journal can
be found
http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.
uk/law/collections/lawrepo
rts_and_journals
31. Blogs
Corporate Finance Law Blog http://www.corpfinblog.com/
Corporate Law & Governance
http://corporatelawandgovernance.blogspot.com/
Corporations Law Blog
http://www.lexisnexis.com.au/blogs/corporations-
law/default.aspx
Banking law Prof Blog http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/banking/
Insolvency Law Forum
http://www.insolvencylawforum.co.uk/
Securities Law Prof Blog
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/securities/2010/10/sec-cftc-
announce-roundtable-on-clearing-of-credit-default-swaps.html
M&A Law Prof blog
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/mergers/private_equity/
Private Equity Fund Law blog
http://www.privateequityfundblog.com/
32. Selected Research Guides
US:
http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/guides/corporatelaw.cfm
http://guides.library.yale.edu/corporations
Canada
http://library.osgoode.yorku.ca/documents/corporatelaw.1.
pdf
Australia:
Centre for Corporate Law & Securities Regulation
http://cclsr.law.unimelb.edu.au/
History of Australian Corporate law
http://cclsr.law.unimelb.edu.au/go/history-of-australian-
corporate-law-/index.cfm
Libguide:
http://libguides.murdoch.edu.au/content.php?pid=32702&s
id=549065