Projekt Jurabog
Digital access to older Danish legal literature, typically published more than ten years ago. A source of historical and theoretical insight into Danish law.
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900+ titles
Access to older Danish legal literature
What is Projekt Jurabog?
Projekt Jurabog is a digitisation project from the Faculty of Law at the University of Copenhagen that provides free access to older Danish legal books, journals and dissertations. The aim is to preserve and make available classic works that have influenced the development of Danish law.
The online available material covers a broad range of legal topics from civil law and criminal law to administrative law, legal philosophy and legal history.
Contents in Projekt Jurabog
Content in Projekt Jurabog is organised into several material types, including:
- Legal monographs sorted by author and by title
- PhD theses
- Other publications
Biographies
Collections of case summaries
Festschrifts
Proceedings from the Nordic Lawyers’ Meetings (1928, 1935, 1948 onwards)
Canon law anthologies published by Selskab for Kirkeret
Public inquiries
Yearbooks published by the Juridisk Forening in Copenhagen (1907–1957)
Licence terms
When are older legal books relevant?
Access to older legal works is particularly valuable when you:
- Want to examine how the law has developed over time and see how legal principles and concepts have changed
- Work with legal philosophical or historical perspectives
Need primary sources or classic references for legal analysis
- Want to understand current legislation in its historical and theoretical context
Danish legal sources
Libguide to Danish legal sources (in Danish)Find legislative works, statutes and court judgments
If you find it a little difficult to navigate legal sources, you are not alone.
We have created a guide that gives you an overview of the different Danish legal sources and where to find them.
