Blackstone's Statutes Series

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Why recommend Blackstone's Statutes to your students?
Blackstone's Statutes offer...

  • The most reliable selection of legislation, chosen by an impressive team of editors with decades of legal experience
  • Regular online updates throughout the year
  • Exceptional production values, clear colour text design

Blackstone's Statutes remain the first choice for students and lecturers.


All the titles in the series are available to tutors free on inspection. Please click on the links below for further information on each title including what's new to the edition, or to order your inspection copy.


Core Titles for 2009-2010 - publishing August 2009
Foster: EU Treaties and Legislation
Thomas: Statutes on Property Law
Glazebrook: Statutes on Criminal Law
Rose: Statutes on Contract, Tort and Restitution
Rose: Statutes on Commercial and Consumer Law
Kidner: Statutes on Employment Law
Oldham: Statutes on Family Law
Wallington & Lee: Statutes on Public Law & Human Rights
French: Statutes on Company Law


Also publishing August 2009
Middleton: UK and EC Competition Documents, 6e
Morris and Jones: Statutes on Medical Law, 6e
Evans: International Law Documents, 9e


Other Titles - available now
Mitchell: Statutes on Criminal Justice and Sentencing, 4e
Huxley: Statutes on Evidence, 10e
Christie and Gare: Statutes on Intellectual Property, 9e
Ghandhi: International Human Rights Documents, 6e
Hedley and Aplin: Statutes on IT and e-Commerce, 4e
Caddell and Johnson: Statutes on Media Law, 2e
McGillivray: Environmental Legislation, 6e




Designed specifically for students Blackstone's Statutes lead the market in providing a carefully selected, regularly updated and well sourced collection of legislation for the core subjects and major options offered on a law syllabus.


Reliability - each book is designed as a result of extensive research into the content of law courses, titles are reviewed based on detailed market feedback.


Authority - all editors are subject specialists with a wealth of experience of the legal exam process and of updating statute books.


Currency - publishing the titles in August means legislative material as late as July can be included. Titles are supported by a website which includes subsequent updated material. www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/orc/law/statutes


Exam Use - unannotated legislation and no author commentary ensures all titles comply with typical regulations governing what reference materials can be taken into an exam.


Ease of Use - comprehensive tables of contents in both alphabetical and chronological format aid searching. An increased page size aids readability.


Many of the titles in the series are now supported by a regularly updated Online Resource Centre. Visit the series Online Resource Centre for guidance on how to use a statute book, and for regular updates.