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- 1984-1993 (Creation)
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14 boxes
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Biographical history
The Commonwealth Legal Records Project (CLRP), which began its investigations in 1990, was jointly sponsored by the Association of Commonwealth Archivists and Records Managers (ACARM) and the Commonwealth Legal Education Association (CLEA), and was financed by a grant from the Leverhulme Foundation. It comprised a three year programme of research into modern legal records throughout the Commonwealth. The objectives of the study were to: i) analyse questions relating to the nature, extent and potential uses of legal records of all kinds; ii) collect information about the state of legal records in selected Commonwealth jurisdictions; iii) analyse factors relevant to devising informed policies regarding the management, appraisal, preservation and destruction of legal records and suggest guidelines; iv) produce and disseminate the findings of the study in a form that would be useful to interested institutions and individuals in different jurisdictions in the Commonwealth, especially developing countries.
Publications: William Twining and Emma Varnden Quick Legal records in the Commonwealth (Aldershot, Dartmouth, 1994); Legal records in Accra (Ghana).
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Archival history
GB 1697 A.CLRP 1984-1993 Sub-fonds of Records of Legal Education Archives 14 boxes Commonwealth Legal Records Project
The Commonwealth Legal Records Project (CLRP), which began its investigations in 1990, was jointly sponsored by the Association of Commonwealth Archivists and Records Managers (ACARM) and the Commonwealth Legal Education Association (CLEA), and was financed by a grant from the Leverhulme Foundation. It comprised a three year programme of research into modern legal records throughout the Commonwealth. The objectives of the study were to: i) analyse questions relating to the nature, extent and potential uses of legal records of all kinds; ii) collect information about the state of legal records in selected Commonwealth jurisdictions; iii) analyse factors relevant to devising informed policies regarding the management, appraisal, preservation and destruction of legal records and suggest guidelines; iv) produce and disseminate the findings of the study in a form that would be useful to interested institutions and individuals in different jurisdictions in the Commonwealth, especially developing countries.
Publications: William Twining and Emma Varnden Quick Legal records in the Commonwealth (Aldershot, Dartmouth, 1994); Legal records in Accra (Ghana).
The records were transferred to the Records of Legal Education Archives upon the project's completion in 1993 by its co-ordinators, William Twining and Clare Cowling.
The Archive of the Commonwealth Legal Records Project consists of administrative records, 1989-1993; records relating to the publication of Legal records in the Commonwealth, 1991-1993; general research files, 1984-1993; England and Wales research files, 1989-1993; Ghana research files, 1990-1992.
The records were appraised and listed by the Co-ordinator of the Commonwealth Legal Records Project prior to transfer in 1995.
No further accruals are expected.
Arranged in series as in Scope and Content.
Open
Copyright declaration form to be completed.
English
Detailed catalogue available at the IALS and on-line at http://ials.sas.ac.uk/archives/clrp.htm
Sources: British Library on-line public access catalogue 1997. Compiled by Annabel Dodds for the RSLP AIM25 Project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Aug 2000 Africa Archive management Archive records Association of Commonwealth Archivists and Records Managers Commonwealth countries Commonwealth Legal Education Association Commonwealth Legal Records Project England Europe Ghana Law Legal documents Legal systems Political systems Publishing Publishing industry Records management UK Wales West Africa Western Europe Documents Information sources London
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The records were transferred to the Records of Legal Education Archives upon the project's completion in 1993 by its co-ordinators, William Twining and Clare Cowling.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The Archive of the Commonwealth Legal Records Project consists of administrative records, 1989-1993; records relating to the publication of Legal records in the Commonwealth, 1991-1993; general research files, 1984-1993; England and Wales research files, 1989-1993; Ghana research files, 1990-1992.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
The records were appraised and listed by the Co-ordinator of the Commonwealth Legal Records Project prior to transfer in 1995.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged in series as in Scope and Content.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright declaration form to be completed.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Detailed catalogue available at the IALS and on-line at http://ials.sas.ac.uk/archives/clrp.htm
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- English