Lexis 360 Intelligence

Lexis 360 Intelligence

Access 

First-time users have to create their own username and password, for both on-site and remote access, as follows

• Go to the IALS Law Databases page  and select Lexis 360
• Select ‘Access onsite at IALS’ if you are at the library, or select ‘Remote access’ and log in with your IALS credentials (ID = family name, password = IALS library card barcode number)
• on the Lexis 360 home page, click ‘Se connecter’
• Click ‘Créer votre compte’ and fill in the required information

Remote access is available to all academic members of IALS Library. There are two steps to logging in:

• on the University of London authentication page, enter your family name + IALS library card barcode number
• on the Lexis 360 page, click on ‘Se connecter’ and enter your personal ID and password (see ‘First-time users’, above).

Content 

• Legislation:  more than 70 French codes, some annotated; individual French laws and regulations, other official documents; EU legislation and other EU documents (in French).
• Cases: decisions of the Conseil constitutionnel, Conseil d'Etat, Cour de cassation, Cours d'appel and other French courts and tribunals, many with commentary and analysis; EU and ECHR cases.
• Journals: more than 40 French law journals (not all current).
• Encyclopedias: more than 50 JurisClasseurs and other legal encyclopedias.
• Study guides and revision material for students (Fiches pédagogiques), including overviews of legal topics.
• Practical briefings (Synthèses): outlines of the law, arranged by topic.
   

Searching and browsing

When using the default search facility, you can use Boolean connectors, such as ET and OU, or enter search terms without connectors. 

Advanced search offers additional search criteria, such as date range or by title (change ‘dans tout le document’ to ‘dans le titre du document’). If Jurisprudence is selected, you can search by court, case number and so on. 

Search results can be sorted by relevance (pertinence) or date and filtered by date, area of law, and/or type of material. Case search results can also be filtered by jurisdiction.  

Browse the available collections using the tabs marked Contenus and Jurisprudence.
 

Reading and downloading 

The available format of content on Lexis 360 varies depending on the type of content. The majority of the content can be read online in HTML format and downloaded in PDF or Word format. Some journal articles have summaries available in HTML format, but the full article can only be viewed in PDF format. 

Options for viewing or downloading different formats can be found on the right of the screen using the ‘Télécharger’ icon. There are also options here for printing and saving documents. 

Help

Click on Aide, at the top of the screen, for FAQs and other guidance.