Law
Key contact
Present | Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
Law and criminology including the Library of the Faculty of Law – new acquisitions in the previous month
E-Media resources | Law
Overview compiled by the Library of the Faculty of Law with information and quick navigation to all the electronic media licensed for the University of Basel for legal studies.
Subject-specific training courses
The subject librarian is happy to provide further training for students and researchers as needed. The content and training location can be agreed on individually.
All training opportunities
An overview of all training courses at the University Library – introduction at the start of the semester, training courses, guided tours, reference management, etc. – can be found here.
Consultation: finding resources
The subject librarian offers scholarly advice for university members:
- assistance with finding resources on specific topic
- the use of subject-specific databases
- help with search strategies
For more information, please contact the subject librarian directly.
Guided tours of the Law Library
The Faculty of Law library regularly offers on-site introductory courses to the library and to finding resources – every first Monday of the month during term time. Further information can be found here.
E-legislation/-primary sources Switzerland
For further e-legal sources from the Federal and Cantonal governments as well as foreign law collections and United Nations contracts, please use the overview compiled by the Faculty of Law’s library.
Federal law
- Classified compilation of federal law
- Amtliche Sammlung des Bundesrechts (1998-) (in German, French, Italian)
- Amtliche Sammlung des Bundesrechts (1948-1998) (in German, French, Italian)
- Bundesblatt (in German, French, Italian)
- Official Bulletin
- Curia Vista (Database of Parliamentary Proceedings)
- State Treaty database
Basel-Stadt
- Systematische und Chronologische Gesetzessammlung (inkl. Gemeinderecht)
- Kantonsblatt
- Geschäfte und Dokumente des Grossen Rates
- Geschäfte und Berichte des Regierungsrates
- Sitzungsprotokolle des Grossen Rates
Basel-Landschaft
Swiss e-jurisdiction
For further e-jurisdiction of the Federal and Cantonal courts as well as international courts, please make use of the summary compiled by the Faculty of Law’s library.
Federal Courts
- Bundesgerichtsentscheide ab 1954 (in German, French, Italian)
- Bundesgerichtsentscheide (1875-1953) (in German)
- Entscheide Bundesstrafgericht (in German, French, Italian)
- Federal Administrative Court: FAC judgments database
- Decisions of the Federal Patent Court
Basel-Stadt
Basel-Landschaft
Specialist institutions at the University of Basel
Additional specialist institutions
- Faculty of Law, University of Bern
- Faculty of Law, University of Zurich
- Faculty of Law, University of Lucerne
- Law School, University of St. Gallen
- Faculty of Law, University of Geneva
- Faculty of Law, University of Fribourg (in German, French)
- Faculty of Law, University of Lausanne (in French)
- Faculty of Law, University of Neuchâtel (in French)
- Swiss Institute of Comparative Law
- Europa Institut at the University of Zurich
- Center for Information Technology, Society, and Law (ITSL) at the University of Zurich
University Library | Lending Library holdings
- Swiss law literature (partly available in multiple copies)
- standard works of foreign legal literature
- specialist areas of law (Islamic and Jewish law, legal history, legal sociology, tax law, aviation law, food law, intellectual property law, comparative law, telecommunications law, information technology law, mediation, gender law, etc.)
- legal advice (Switzerland)
- interdisciplinary legal literature (Switzerland and abroad)
- criminology
- Swiss legal journals
- international, interdisciplinary legal journals
- legal databases
Faculty of Law Library | Reference Collection holdings
- Swiss law literature (partly available in multiple copies)
- standard works of foreign legal literature
- substantive, foreign law
- special fields of law (public international legislation, international law, license contract law, etc.)
- Swiss legal journals
- international legal journals
- legal databases
Reference management
The University Library offers regular introductory courses and training sessions on various reference management programs for all members of the university.
Plagiarism detection
The University Library supports lecturers, researchers and students with regard to honest scientific works by providing the Turnitin plagiarism detection software.
Course reserves
University lecturers have the opportunity to set up print course reserves for their courses during the semester and to provide their students with individual journal articles as well as book chapters in electronic format as digital course reserves through ADAM.
Dissertations
The University Library is responsible for the archiving of dissertations written at the university. The regulations of the Faculty of Law apply to the submission of dissertations.
Text and data mining (TDM)
Research projects which require access to TDM analytical methods for licensed digital content at the University Library are offered first-level support by the University Library.
Research data management
The University Library regularly offers training courses and workshops on creating data management plans. The library also advises and supports researchers at the university with their requirements for modern data management over the entire life cycle of research data. Detailed information can be found here.
OA publications fund
In a pilot phase (2020-2025) the University of Basel is making a fund available for their researchers for the financing of Open Access publication fees. The eligibility criteria are listed here.
Institutional repository and OA publication platforms
Through edoc, the University Library operates the institutional repository of the University of Basel. It lists all university-generated scientific publications and, whenever legally possible, makes them freely accessible worldwide in full text.
For the publication of OA journals, the periodical portal eterna is available for university members. The publication platform emono offers the possibility of publishing books and series as Open Access. Further information can be obtained here.