LIBRARY
INTRODUCTION
The Library of the Institute established in 1956, is one of the leading law libraries in Asia and attracts scholars from all over the World for legal research. The University Grants Commission has recognized the library as a place for legal research leading to doctorate degree in law and political science. Every year thousands of law researchers from different parts of the world visit the library for research. The Judiciary, Central and State Government officers, various Embassies and High Commissions in Delhi have also been using the referral services of the Library.
LIBRARY COMMITTEE
For policy
formulation, Library is having a Library Committee consisting of 10 members,
which include Hon’ble Judges, Attorney General of India, Solicitor General of
India, Senior Advocates, Professors, Director, ILI.
LEGAL INFORMATION RESOURCE CENTRE (LIRC)
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Y.K. Sabharwal, Former Chief Justice of India, inaugurated the Legal Information Resource Centre on 4th January 2007. The LIRC having 12 computers and 2 heavy duty printers with Wi-Fi technology has been establihsed. Computers are equipped with important databases and websites.
The centre is also retrieving legal information available free of cost from Indian and foreign websites of the Apex Courts, International Courts, Legal Information Institutions, Law Commissions, Human Right Commission. The Legal Information Resource Centre is equipped with CD's and Websites which includes SCC on line, AIR InfoTech, Law Premium, West Law, Planning Commission Reports, Law Commission Reports etc. Information from Indian and foreign courts that are available free of cost such as websites of Supreme Court of India, High Courts, U.S. Supreme Court, Australian High Court, Canadian Supreme Court and other apex courts of various countries are retrieved. The Resource Centre also retrieves legal information from websites of Legal Institutions around the world. The retrieved information is made available to the readers through printouts and e-mails. Information about case law or legislation which are available on CD/Web is madeavailable to the readers.
RESOURCES
The Indian Law Institute Library collection development policy emphasizes the acquisition of the complete primary resources of India. The legal resources of the United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand are also extensively acquired. Over the years, the library has developed collection on jurisprudence, judicial process, constitutional law, intellectual property, public international law, environmental law, human rights, criminal law, international business transactions, laws of the European Community, and laws of the ASEAN nations. The Library also have good collection of Parliamentary Debates (India and Great Britain), Commissions and Committee Reports, Indian Central and State Legislation, and Gazette of India notifications. Library maintain a collection of rare documents which includes, Indian law reports, Indian cases, Law reports, Federal court reports, Moore’s Indian appeals, Times Law reports, Indian high courts reports–Allahabad, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras. The library subscribes to about 150 legal journals, national and international, and receives nearly 200 periodicals as gifts or in exchange. Of these, the scholarly/academic periodicals are bound annually and preserved for reference. The library currently houses a unique title collection of 70,000 books and periodicals. In addition, we have 25 CD-ROM titles. Major CD-ROMs include:
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SCC-Online – full text on CD-ROM 1950 to till date comprising (a) case notes (b) full text of judgments of Supreme Court of India and (c) print facilities of Supreme Court cases for printing true printouts. |
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Ref World 2003 – Collection of reliable and up-to-datepublic domain documents from UNHCR, containing 76,000 in depth full text and searchable reports and 200 detailed maps. |
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India’s five year plans – First fiver year plan 1951-56 to tenth five year plan 2002-2007 containing around 10,000 pages |
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Law Premium – Contains Supreme Court of India cases. |
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Digitized version of Annual Survey of Indian Law (1965-2006) - The digital version of all the volumes are in PDF and searchable form. The digital version in single DVD, is user friendly. The search engine of DVD contains metadata search (Author, Title and Combination); full text search and search within documents. |
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Digitized version of the Journal of the Indian Law Institute (1958-2007) - Consisting of 48 volumes of 33,000 pages covering articles book reviews with comments. It is fully available on PDF format with search and print facilities in digitised version is available in DVD. |
SERVICES
Apart from basic library services, the Library of Indian Law Institute offers:
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Indexing of Indian Legal Periodicals |
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Indexing of Indian
Legislation. |
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Newspapers Clippings Service. |
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Internet Service |
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Documentation and Bibliographical Services. |
LIBRARY HOURS
The library offers its services practically throughout the year. It remains open from 9.00 AM to 8.30 PM on week days and from 10.00 AM to 5.30 PM on Saturdays and from 10.00 AM to 5.30 PM on Sundays. It remains closed on National and Gazetted holidays.
LIBRARY RULES
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Members of the Institute are permitted to use the library for the purpose of research only for a limited period. |
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Only
final year bona-fide students of LL.B., LL.M., Ph.D. scholars from
other universities are also allowed to use the library on producing
recommendation letter from the Head of the Department/Principal of
the college, by paying the library entry fee of Rs. 25/- per
day.
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Researchers,
who are not Members of the Institute, may use the Library for reference
purposes only after obtaining permission from the Librarian.
Temporary permission is given upto one month at a charge
of Rs. 300/-p.m.
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Library Contact number : +91-11-2338 9849
HOSTED LINKS
Australasian
Legal Information Institute
International Court of Justice
Legal Abbreviations