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Researching
EU Legislation
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Where would I find the
founding treaties?
Free web sources
Hard copy sources
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Encyclopedia of European Union Law: constitutional texts vol 1 - this
contains annotated and consolidated versions of the Treaties.¹
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Documents Concerning the Accessions to the European Communities - Volume
1 contains the Treaties establishing the European Communities,
the Treaties amending those Treaties and the Single European
Act. Volume 2 contains documents concerning the accession of
various countries.²
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European Union: Selected Instruments Taken from the Treaties - contains
consolidated version of the Treaty on European Union and the EC
treaty.³
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held at
Gray's Inn,
Inner Temple,
Lincoln's
Inn
and Middle Temple Libraries |
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volumes 1 & 2 are held at Inner Temple,
Lincoln's
Inn
and Middle Temple Libraries. Gray's Inn Library holds volume 1 only |
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held at Inner Temple
and Middle Temple Libraries |
Subscription-based databases
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Justis EU -
treaties are found in the EU database under the Celex
heading. The treaties are in their original form |
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Lawtel EU -
select Treaties
from the menu. The database contains original and consolidated
versions |
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Lexis - from
the European Union database select Treaties. The database
contains original texts and unofficial consolidated versions |
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Westlaw UK - in
the EU database treaties are found within the Browse
section. There are consolidated versions available |
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