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United Kingdom
| Location |
Between N Atlantic Ocean, North Sea |
| Latitude and longitude |
54 00 N, 2 00 W |
| Sovereignty |
Independent |
| United Nations member? |
Yes |
| Political status notes |
Officially, "United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland" |
| Population |
59,500,900 |
| Census notes |
est. June 30, 1999 |
| Land area in square kilometers |
244, 880 |
| Capital |
London |
Legal documents online
|
|
British and Irish Legal Information Institute |
| Judgments
of the Privy Council |
| Legislation
of the United Kingdom, from Her Majesty's Stationery Office |
| United
Kingdom Statutory Instruments, from Her Majesty's Stationery Office
(organized by year) |
| London
Gazette, Edinburgh
Gazette, and Belfast
Gazette, the official newspapers of record in the United Kingdom |
Sources and other useful websites
|
| Country
profile: United Kingdom, from the BBC News |
| Fishery
Country Profile—The United Kingdom, from the Food and
Agriculture Organization |
| Independent
States in the World, Office of the Geographer and Global Issues,
Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State,
Washington, D.C. |
| Library Research Guide:
United Kingdom, from the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies at
the University of London |
| National
Statistics, the Official UK Website |
| Privy
Council Office |
| Directgov,
public service information from the Government of the United Kingdom |
| United
Kingdom, Background Notes, from the U.S. Department of State
(2003) |
| U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The
World Factbook |
Selected articles on law and political status
|
| LLRX.Com, A
Guide to the UK Legal System – Updated, by Sarah Carter |
| LLRX.Com, Devolution
in the United Kingdom: A Revolution in Online Legal Research, by
Stephen Young |
| LLRX.Com, Researching Primary Legislation of the United Kingdom,
by Stephen Young |
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