Universal Bibliography/Law/Legislation

This page is part of a pan-jurisdictional bibliography of law. This part of the Universal Bibliography is a bibliography of legislation.

Collections of statutes; tables and idexes
 * Halsbury's Statutes


 * Revised edition of the statutes
 * The Statutes: Revised Edition
 * The Statutes: Second Revised Edition
 * The Statutes Revised: Third Edition
 * Statutes in Force
 * The Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland 1424-1707: Revised Edition. 1908. . Second Revised Edition. 1966.
 * The Northern Ireland Statutes Revised


 * Legislation.gov.uk/SLD


 * Current Law Statutes Annotated
 * Annotated Legislation Service


 * Chronological Table of the Statutes
 * Index to the Statutes


 * Chronological Table of Local Acts
 * Index to Local Acts. 1900.
 * Chronological Table of Private and Personal Acts


 * The "Alphabetical Table of Statutes" (from 1707 onwards) in certain volumes of Current Law Statutes


 * The Statutes of the Realm
 * Statutes at Large
 * Keble
 * Hawkins
 * Cay (1751)
 * Ruffhead (1763), Runnington (1786) , Raithby, Rickards
 * Pickering


 * The Public General Acts and Measures
 * The Law Reports - Public General Statutes


 * Halsbury's Statutory Instruments
 * Statutory Rules and Orders Revised. 1889.
 * Statutory Rules and Orders Revised. Second Edition. 1903.
 * The Statutory Rules and Orders and Statutory Instruments Revised. Third Edition. Revised to 1948.
 * Table of Government Orders
 * Index to Government Orders


 * Blackstone's Guides. (Blackstone's Guide to the . . . Act YYYY).
 * Blackstone's Statutes (formerly Blackstone's Statute Books)
 * Routledge Student Statutes
 * Butterworth's Handbooks
 * Butterworth's Twentieth Century Statutes (continuation of Butterworth's Statutes) - 30 LQR 248
 * Chitty's Statutes of Practical Utility - 30 LQR 118
 * Chitty's Annual Statutes. (Chitty's Annual Statutes and Statutory Rules and Orders). (Chitty's Annual Statutes of Practical Utility). (The Annual Statutes of Practical Utility). Reviews:
 * Statutes of Practical Utility passed in YYYY
 * Chitty's Statutes of Practical Utility . . . [Supplement] containing Statutes of Practical Utility passed in YYYY . Reviews and commentary:
 * Paterson's Practical Statutes.
 * The Annotated Acts. Sweet & Maxwell. Reviews:
 * Williams. Everyday Statutes Annotated. Commentary:
 * Haynes. The Students Statutes. . 3rd Ed: 1884
 * Weekly Reporter Statutes: Reviews:   .  . See John Warrington Rogers.
 * Keen, Local Legislation, 1913 - 30 LQR 514


 * The Scots Statutes Revised. William Green. The Public General Statutes Affecting Scotland. v7, v9. The Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland 1424-1707:
 * The Scots Statutes. William Green
 * The Public General Statutes affecting Scotland. (A Collection of the Public General Statutes affecting Scotland). William Blackwood and Sons.
 * The Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland 1424-1707..
 * "The Scots Laws and Acts of Parliament . . ." [from dedication page]. 1681. (wikisource)


 * Darby. Handy Book of post-Union Statutes. 1872. Review:


 * The Irish Statute Book (irishstatutebook.ie)
 * The Irish Legislation Database


 * Irish Current Law Statutes Annotated (1984 onwards)
 * Butterworths Irish Annotated Statutes


 * Acts of the Oireachtas as Promulgated editions:IGC_LLhP9k0C
 * The Public General Acts Passed by the Oireachtas of Saorstát Eireann editions:9uGAwaL3oy4C editions:oeK_mEAPtEMC editions:EBYhYxPYHVAC

South Africa
 * Juta's Statutes of South Africa
 * Statutes of the Republic of South Africa: Classified and Annotated from 1910. Butterworths. Durban. 1967 onwards. Looseleaf.
 * The Union Statutes: Classified and Annotated Reprint: 1910–1947. Butterworth. Durban. 1948 to 1952.
 * Cumulative Supplement
 * Statutes of the Republic of South Africa, YYYY. Government Printer.
 * Statutes of the Union of South Africa, YYYY. Government Printer.
 * Juta's Provincial Ordinances
 * Cape of Good Hope: Acts of Parliament.
 * Jackson (ed). Statutes of the Cape of Good Hope, 1652-1905.
 * Tennant and Jackson (eds). Statutes of the Cape of Good Hope, 1652-1895.
 * Foster, Tennant and Jackson (eds). Statutes of the Cape of Good Hope, 1652-1886. Review:
 * Statutes of the Cape of Good Hope passed by the Xth Parliament during the Sessions YYYY-YYYY
 * A Selection of the Statutes of the Cape of Good Hope as Set by the University of Cape of Good Hope for the Law Examinations
 * Statute Law of the Cape of Good Hope
 * Tennant (compiler). Alphabetical Index to the Statute Law of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. 1877.
 * Ordinances of the Province of the Cape of Good Hope
 * Acts of the Parliament of the Colony of Natal
 * Statutes of Natal
 * Natal Ordinances, Laws, and Proclamations
 * Ordinances, Proclamations, &c, &c, &c, relating to the Colony of Natal
 * Ordinances of the Province of Natal
 * William Broome. The Laws of Natal.
 * Statutes of the Orange River Colony
 * The Statute Law of the Orange River Colony
 * Ordinances of the Province of the Orange Free State
 * Statutes of the Transvaal
 * Statute Law of the Transvaal
 * Ordinances of the Transvaal
 * Ordinances of the Transvaal Colony
 * Statutory Proclamations of the Transvaal

France
 * Légifrance

Many law books contain a table of statutes referred to in the volume.

Practical editions, practical statutes, statutes of practical utility


 * Brunner. "Practical Editions". The Sources of the Law of England. Translated by Hastie. 1888. p 34

United Kingdom

See the entries for Chitty and Paterson above. The Law Times published a series of practical editions of important statutes: "Notices of New Law Books" (1846) 8 The Law Times 29.

Ontario
 * Bicknell and Kappele. Practical Statutes [being a Collection of Statutes of Practical Utility in Force in Ontario with Notes on the Construction and Operation thereof]. Goodwin & Co. Toronto. 1900..

New Zealand
 * Wilson, Walter Munro. The Practical Statutes of New Zealand. Wayte and Batger. Auckland. 1867..
 * Barton's Practical Statutes. Barton, George Burnett. The Practical Statutes of New Zealand. Dunedin. 1876 to 1877. catalogue. Commentary: . For Barton, see Allibone.

Victoria
 * The Public General Statutes of Victoria of Practical Utility. editions:cHZXosLSwgwC.

New South Wales
 * Oliver, Alexander. A Collection of the Statutes of Practical Utility, Colonial and Imperial, in Force in New South Wales. Thomas Richards. Sydney. 1879. v1, v2.
 * Cary, Henry (ed). A Collection of Statutes affecting New South Wales; containing all the Statutes of Practical Utility to the Present Time. Sands and Kenny. Sydney and Melbourne. 1861. v1, v2.
 * Tarleton, W W. A Collection of the Private Acts of Practical Utility in force in New South Wales; embracing the Local Private Legislation. Sydney. 1886. Catalogues:

Abstracts
 * A Compendious Abstract of the Public General Acts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. (Law Journal Reports). . editions:fBGGcgLwSwcC editions:-3mv3mL5IBEC editions:9iA3vgspwG8C
 * Williams, Thomas Walter. An Accurate Abstract of the Public General Statutes passed in ... (with notes and comments): editions:zW3zdZkcMNYC editions:uD0US8VHjXAC   (also called "Statutes of the Year": ). A Compendious Abstract of the Public General Acts Passed in . ..

Legislation of the year or session, new legislation: abstracts, epitomes, notes etc in periodicals and year books


 * "Legislation of the Year". Solicitors' Journal. . "A Reading of the New Statutes".
 * "New Laws of the Session". The Law Times: . Law Times Editions of Important Statutes:.
 * "New Statutes" in  "The Legislator". The Law Times..
 * "The Statutes YYYY-YY". The Law Times..
 * "Abstract of Public General Statutes". The Law Magazine
 * Notes on New Statutes. The Legal Observer. . New Statutes..
 * Recent Statutes, X and Y Victoria. The Law Chronicle.
 * "The Past Session". The Justice of the Peace. . "The Statutes of the Session" . "The Statutes of the past Session"
 * Thwaites, Charles. "Epitome of Statutes". The Law Students' Journal..
 * The Statutes X and Y Victoriae. The Journal of Jurisprudence..
 * "The Legislation of YYYY". Irish Law Times. . "The Statutes of X and Y Victoria".
 * The Statutes of YYYY. The Constitutional Year Book..
 * "Abstracts of Important Public Acts". Companion to the Almanac; or, Year-Book of General Information. (The British Almanac of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge). Charles Knight..
 * "Review of the Legislation of the British Empire in YYYY". Journal of the Society of Comparative Legislation. "Notes of the State of Legislation in America in YYYY" . "French Legislation in YYYY". "German Legislation in YYYY. 1900. "Review of Legislation YYYY"..
 * "New Acts of Parliament". Public Health.

Yearbooks
 * Yearbook of Legislation. New York State Library.

Chronological tables
 * Crabb, George. A Digest and Index with Chronological Tables of All the Statutes. A Maxwell. 1841.

Upper Canada
 * Wicksteed. Table of the Provincial Statutes in Force or which have been in Force in Upper Canada in their Chronological Order. 1856.

New South Wales
 * Oliver, Alexander. A Chronological Table of, and General Index to, the Colonial Statutes in Force in New South Wales. Thomas Richards. Sydney. 1881.

New Zealand
 * "Chronological Table of the Ordinances of the General Legislative Council of New Zealand"

India
 * Chronological Tables of the Indian Statutes
 * Chronological Tables and Index of the Indian Statutes
 * Field, Charles Dickinson. Chronological Table of, and Index to, the Indian Statute-Book.1870

Pennsylvania
 * Chronological Table of Statutes: Annotated 1874 to 1921

New York
 * Birdseye, Clarence Frank. A Table, Chronologically Arranged, of the Statutes of the State of New York. 1887. . Supplement. 1894.

Indexes
 * "Indexes to the Statutes" . Wheatley. What is an Index?. 2nd Ed: 1879.

Google Books and Internet Archive


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 * Archive.org
 * 1870, 1872, 1874, 1877, PGS 1881, PGA 1881, 1882, 1884, 1892, 1896, 1902, 1904, 1906

Statutes Revised
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 * 3rd Ed
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The Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland: Revised Edition
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Paterson's Practical Statutes 1902, 1903
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Chitty's Statutes
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 * Annual
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A Collection of the Public General Statutes
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The Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland
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Scots Statutes
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Scots Statutes Revised
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Public Bills


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Local and Personal Acts, The Local Acts, The Private Acts
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Other works
 * Bennion. Statute Law.
 * Bennion. Statutory Interpretation.
 * Miers and Page. Legislation.
 * Craies on Statute Law. 1911. (formerly Hardcastle on Statutory Law). 1892. Now Craies on Legislation.
 * Maxwell on Statutes. (On the Interpretation of Statutes). (The Interpretation of Statutes). 1st Ed: 1875. 2nd Ed: 1883. 3rd Ed: 1896. 4th Ed: 1905. 5th Ed: 1912. 6th Ed: 1920. 7th Ed: 1929. 8th Ed: 1937. 9th Ed: 1946. 10th Ed: 1953. 11th Ed: 1962. 12th Ed: 1969.
 * Cross on Statutory Interpretation
 * The Law Commission. The Interpretation of Statutes. Law Com 21. 1969.
 * Ilbert. Legislative Methods and Forms. Oxford. 1901.
 * Evans. Statutory Interpretation.
 * Lowe and Potter. Understanding Legislation: A Practical Guide to Statutory Interpretation.
 * Dale. Legislative Drafting: A New Approach.

Europe
 * Karpen and Xanthaki (eds). Legislation in Europe. Hart Publishing. 1st vol: 2017: . 2nd vol: 2020:

Ireland
 * Hunt, Brian. The Irish Statute Book: A Guide to Irish Legislation. First Law Limited. 2007. (consultant ed: Francis Bennion)
 * Vance. The Irish Statutes. 1862 . The Green Book; or, Reading Made Easy of the Irish Statutes. 1862.  (digest of case law on interpretation of particular Acts)
 * Hand, Geoffrey Joseph. "Statutes". English Law in Ireland 1290-1324. Cambridge University Press. 1967. Chapter 8. Page 159 et seq.

Countries

New Zealand

See Legislation of New Zealand