Learning, teaching and assessment of law in social work education
Useful legal resources
In addition to the Human Rights web resources listed in section 2.1, the following web links may also be useful examples of resources that students might be expected to use. Some examples are UK-wide resources, others provide sources to English law and policy making. Students can be encouraged, as part of compiling a portfolio of materials and of resources with which to ensure that their knowledge is up to date, to identify web links appropriate to the particular geographical context of their study.
- Intute: Law - gateway to legal information on the Internet
- Acts of Parliament, Regulations and Orders appropriate to each of the four nations of the UK
- Department of Health
- Department of Health - letters and circulars
- Department for Education and Skills
- Home Office
- House of Lords Judgments - status and text of legislation
- European Court of Human Rights
- Children’s Legal Centre
- Institute of Mental Health Law
- National Association for the Care and Rehabilitation of Offenders
- Community Legal Service Direct - information and advice pages
- Equality Commission, an independent public body that works for the elimination of discrimination and to promote equality of opportunity, for example by keeping legislation under review
- The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety - an entry point for the legal rules applicable to social work in Northern Ireland
