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Series
British Council: Law Committee and Law Advisory Committee: Minutes and Papers
Catalogue reference: BW 124
What's it about?
BW 124
Minutes and papers of the Law Committee, and its successor the Law Advisory Committee, concerning their responsibilities for advising on methods by which the British legal system and profession might become better known abroad.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BW 124
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Council: Law Committee and Law Advisory Committee: Minutes and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1942-1994
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes and papers of the Law Committee, and its successor the Law Advisory Committee, concerning their responsibilities for advising on methods by which the British legal system and profession might become better known abroad.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- British Council, Law Advisory Committee, 1947-1947
- British Council, Law Committee, 1942-1947
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 8 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1990 British Council
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- International
- Legal
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Law Committee was formed in 1942 to advise on the methods by which British legal systems and the profession might become better known abroad; to form contacts between members of the legal profession of this and other countries; and to look after the educational and cultural welfare of foreign lawyers in the United Kingdom. In 1947, its title was changed to the Law Advisory Committee.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3527/
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