Foreign Law: I, J

Iceland
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Iran
Iraq
Italy
Jamaica
Japan

Iceland

Constitution

• Constitution (University of Richmond).

Laws and Legislation

• Parliament /Alþingi (official website): Laws in Icelandic--searchable.  
• Selected Laws and Reports  (Ministry of Justice): In English.

Laws by Subject

• Labor Law: NATLEX (International Labour Organisation).
• Selected Laws and Reports (Ministry of Justice): Includes Marriage, Registered Partnership, Nationality, and Adoption Laws among others.  In English.

Jurisprudence 

• Supreme Court /Hæstiréttur  Íslands (official website): Judgments, District Court decisions that have been the subject of review, Current Docket, lists of cases which have been accepted, and judicial statistics (All in Icelandic).

Government

• Office of the Prime Minister/Forsætisráðuneytið (official website).
• Government/Stjórnarráð Íslands (official website): Links to ministries.
• Icelandic Foreign Service (official website): Links to Embassies, Foreign Missions, etc .
• Statistics Iceland /Hagstofa Íslands (official website): Annual reports and monthly updates.

India

Constitution

• Constitution (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht).
• Constitution (Parliament).
• National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution (official website): Includes information about the Commission and consultation papers.

Laws and Legislation

• India Code (Ministry of Law and Justice): Allows searching by Short Title/Act Year /Act No./Full Text and includes a Chronological table for Status of an Act. See also section on Parliamentary Bills and Legislative Bills. 
• IndLaw.com Indlaw is part of the Indianlawonline project which was launched in April 1997 as a collaborative exercise between professionals and academicians based in U.K. and in India to build an electronic legal library. This database requires subscription but searching is free.
• Manupatra.com Manupatra is a comprehensive database of Indian law. See below for subscription databases.
• Indian Bare Acts (alphabetical listing, full text on a variety of subjects) (Helplinelaw).
• Indlii.org ( India Legal Information Institute)Collection of legal information about India including legislation and judgments.

Laws by Subject

• Banking and Insurance (Helplinelaw).
• Business, Corporate and Intellectual Property (Helplinelaw).
• Company Law (IndLaw.com).
• Consumer Law (Helplinelaw).
• Criminal Law (Helplinelaw).
• Environment (Centre for Environmental Law Education, Research and Advocacy).
• Environment (Ministry of Environment and Forests).
• Environmental (Helplinelaw).
• Family and Inheritance (Helplinelaw).
• Labor Law (Helplinelaw).
• Procedural and Administrative Laws (Helplinelaw).
• Property (Helplinelaw).
• Securities Legal Framework Includes Acts, Rules, Regulations, Guidelines and Circulars. (Securities and Exchange Board).
• Tax Laws (Helplinelaw).

Jurisprudence

• List of Courts, Tribunals and Case Law (WorldLII).
• JUDIS. This is a series of free, searchable internet databases of decisions including the Supreme Court of India (1950-), the High Court of Delhi, Andhara Pardesh, Orissa, Jammu & Kashmir. Searchable by Petitioner or Respondent's Name, Judge Name, Case Number, Text/Phrase, Act, or Head Notes. Note that the more recent cases from the Supreme Court do not have headnotes.
• Lexis also now has Supreme Court of India, combined, reported and unreported cases from 1999 onward. (INDCAS, LRPTIN, LRINDU).
• Supreme Court of India website. Also includes links to other India court websites. Also includes other court-related databases including Cause list, Daily Orders, INDIACODE and COURTNIC (Supreme Court case status information). Also includes links to lower court websites.

Government

• Council of States - Rajya Sabha (official website).
• House of the People - Lok Sabha (official website): Includes information about recent parliamentary actions, but no full-text of pending legislation.
• Directory of Official Web Sites (National Information Centre).
• Law Commission of India (official website): Full-text of recent reports.
• Ministry of External Affairs (official website).
• Ministry of Law and Justice (official website).
• President (official website): Includes information, speeches and press releases.
• Prime Minister (official website): Includes news and speeches.

Subscription Databases:

• Title: Indlaw
  Web Address: http://www.indlaw.com
  Who Can Access: Requires subscription for text, but free searching is available (HLS does not currently subscribe) See:
       http://www.indlaw.com
  Provider: Indlaw
  Description: Indlaw's legal databases include: Case Law, Legislation, Rules, Notifications, Circulars, Trade Notices, Practice Directions, Forms, Reports and Proceedings, FAQs, Indlaw Articles, News and Press Notes.
  
• Title: Manupatra
  Web Address: http://www.manupatra.com
  Who Can Access: Harvard ID holders
  Where to Access: Any Law Library terminal
  How to Access: Access via password from ILS Reference Desk.
  Provider: Manupatra Information Solutions Pvt.Ltd.
  Description: Comprehensive database of Indian law. Includes cases and bare acts (federal and selected states), tribunal and commission orders, bills in parliament and ordinances, notifications and circulars, and more, including some secondary sources. See: 
       http://www.manupatra.com

Other

• Guide to Indian Laws. Provides comprehensive information on Indian legal system and links to legal resources. Maintained by V. Ramakrishnan (LLRX)
• India The Asian Development Bank provides a number of fact sheets, country reports, project summaries including legal initiatives and more. (Asian Development Bank).

Indonesia

Consitution

• Constitution of 1945 (Asian Studies Network Information Center): In English.
• Constitution and Amendments (University of Richmond): In English.

Legislation

• Acts (Undang-Undang) Constitution Products Republic of Indonesia. (Sekretariat Kabinet): Includes complete recent laws, delegated legislation and presidential decrees in Indonesia. Some time lag in posting.
• Laws and Regulations laws, regulations and decrees in a variety of areas. (Investment Coordinating Board (Badan Koordinasi Penanaman Modal, BKPM)) (in English.)
• Rule and Regulation Full text of acts, regulations, decrees and rules related to capital markets. (IndoExchange.com)
  

Laws by Subject 

• Industry and Trade (latest regulations) (Ministry of Industry and Trade) (in English).
• Intellectual Property (Directorate General for Intellectual Property): In Indonesian.
• Intellectual Property (Investment Coordinating Board (Badan Koordinasi Penanaman Modal, BKPM)) (in English).
• Investment (Investment Coordinating Board (Badan Koordinasi Penanaman Modal, BKPM)) (in English).
• Investment (InvestorIndonesia): In Indonesian and English.
• Land Policy, Forestry, Autonomy (Indonesia Land Policy Reform).
• Tax and Tax Administration (Investment Coordinating Board (Badan Koordinasi Penanaman Modal, BKPM)) (in English).

Jurisprudence

• Mahkamah Agung Official website of the Supreme Court of Indonesia (in Indonesian).

Government

• Department of Foreign Affairs (official website) (in English).
• Goverment Departments and Ministries (Ministry of Foreign Affairs).
• House of Representatives / Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (official website): Information about draft legislation and news.
• Indonesian Internet Sites (Australian National Library): Includes links to government websites.
• Ministry of Industry and Trade (official website) (in English and Indonesian).
• Republic of Indonesia (official website): Includes directories, news, and other information in English.
• People's Consultative Assembly/ Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat (official website).

Other

• National Library of Indonesia (official website).
• The Indonesian Legal System: an Overview (LLRX).
• Appendix D: U.S. and Country Contacts (Department of Commerce Country Commercial Guide): At page 98.
• Indonesia The Asian Development Bank provides a number of fact sheets, country reports, project summaries including legal initiatives and more. (Asian Development Bank).

Iran

Constitution

• Constitution (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht).
• Constitution (Salamiran.org).

Laws and Legislation

• Parstimes.com This is an online directory of all matters pertaining to Iranian law, including legislative, judicial, constitutional and executive information. (The interface is in English with a little content in English, and most content in Farsi).

Laws by Subject

• Business (Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Mines): Some regulations in English, and descriptions of laws. 
• Commercial (Ministry of Commerce): In English.
• Mining (Ministry of Mines and Metals): In English.
• Women (Center for Women's Participation): In Persian.

Government

• President (official website): News and information in English.

• Official Gazette(rooznamehrasmi) In Persian/Farsi( Archive back to 2003)

 

 

 

Iraq

Constitution

• Constitution (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht): In English.
• Bill of Rights (Coalition Provisional Authority).

Legislation

• Intellectual Property Law (on Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property - AGIP).
• Law of Administration for the State of Iraq For the Transitional Period. (Kurdistan Regional Government).
• Official Documents, Regulations, Orders and Public Notices (Coalition Provisional Authority).

Codes

• Iraq Criminal Procedure Code (on U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps - JAGCNet).
• Iraq Penal Code 1969 (on U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps - JAGCNet).

Jurisprudence

• Statute of the Iraqi Special Tribunal (Coalition Provisional Authority).

Government

• Kurdistan Regional Government (official website).
• Ministry of Health (Coalition Provisional Authority).
• Ministry of Trade (Coalition Provisional Authority).
• Program Management Office (Coalition Provisional Authority).

Other

• Kurdistan articles, reports and documents (Kurdistan Regional Government).
• Iraq Private Banks (includes contact information) (Coalition Provisional Authority).
• The Iraq Foundation (Human Rights and democracy building).
• Organization for Women's Freedom in Iraq.
• Radio Free Europe Iraq Page.
• War in Iraq links to U.S. government documents and articles (U.S. Department of State).

 Ireland

Research Guides

• Harvard Law School Library Guide to Researching Irish Law

Israel

Constitution

• Basic Laws (Knesset): In English.
• Basic Laws (Ministry of Foreign Affairs): In English.
• Basic Laws (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht): In English.
• Proclamation of Independence (Knesset): In English.

Law and Legislation

• Selected Laws (Ministry of Foreign Affairs): In English.
• Selected Agreements (Ministry of Foreign Affairs): Full-text of selected bilateral agreements as well as human rights conventions to which Israel is a signatory.

Laws by Subject

• Environment (Ministry of Foreign Affairs): In English.
• Insurance Law  (Levitan, Sharon & Co. ) Includes articles in English on Israeli Insurance law, summaries of important rulings, and English translations of updated Israeli laws.
• Internet (Internet Technology Policy Office ): In Hebrew.

Jurisprudence

• Judgments of the Supreme Court (Judicial Authority): Database of judgments in Hebrew back to 1996 that can be searched by judge, party or subject.  Very limited number of judgments available in English.
• Judgments of the Labour Court (Judicial Authority): Database of judgments in Hebrew back to 1996 that can be searched by judge and party.

Government

• Government Gateway (State of Israel).
• Prime Minister (official website).
• Parliament / Knesset (official website): Includes documents of interest in English, and laws relating to the Knesset in Hebrew, as well as debates.
• Supreme Court (Judicial Authority): Includes database of judgements, laws of the judiciary and information on the court.

Other

• Legal Issues and Rulings (Ministry of Foreign Affairs): Opinions, decisions and statements by various government offices on legal issues in English.
• A Guide to the Israeli Legal System (LLRX).
• Lawdata (Lawdata.co.il): Includes some legislation and legal news in Hebrew.
• Legal Links (Haim Ravia Law Offices): Legal links in Israel via an English portal.

Subscription Databases

• Takdinet (CDI Systems).
• Dinim (Halachot): Updates CD-ROM, information in Hebrew.

Italy

Constitution

• Constitution (Camera dei Deputati): In Italian.
• Constitution (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht): In English.
• Commissione Parlementare per le Riforme Costituzionali (Camera dei Disputati).

Laws and Legislation

Regional Legislation

• Leggi Regionali (Camera Dei Deputati).
• Abruzzo (official website): Legislation back to 1992 in Italian.
• Basilicata (official website): By subject or as the official gazette in Italian.
• Calabria (official website): By subject or as the official gazette in Italian.
• Emilia-Romagna (official website): All legal sites in local government, including a database of local legislation in Italian.
• Friuli-Venezia (official website): legislation in Italian.
• Lazio (official website): Legislation in Italian.
• Liguria (official website): Legislation in Italian.
• Lombardia (official website): Legislation in Italian.
• Marche (official website): Official bulletin in Italian, by issue or searchable from 1995.
• Molise (official website): Searchable database back to 1971 in Italian.
• Piemonte (official website): Chronological or thematic back to 1971 in Italian.
• Puglia (official website): Regional legislation, the official bulletin and the statute of the region in Italian.
• Sardegna (official website): Organized chronologically in Italian back to 1985.
• Sicilia (official website): Database of legislation in Italian.  Also available is the official bulletin.
• Toscana (official website): Database of legislation in Italian.  Also available is the official bulletin.
• Trentino-Alto Adige (official website): Legislation back to 1990 in Italian.
• Umbria (official website): Laws and decrees in Italian.
• Valle d'Aosta (official website): Laws and official bulletin.
• Veneto (official website): Database of legislation, bills and legislative projects in Italian.

Laws by Subject

• Central Bank (Central Bank): In Italian, with selected regulations in English.
• Communication (Ministry of Communication).
• Company (Ministry of Commerce): In Italian.
• Competition  (Competition Authority): Includes Italian legislation and information about European Union legislation, internal regulation & code of conduct, principle decisions, annual report in Italian and in English, and press releases.
• Culture (Ministry of Cultural Goods and Activity): Legislation, regulations and decrees in Italian.
• Disability (Istituto per la Documentazione Giuridica): Includes national and some regional legislation in Italian.
• Environment (Ambiente.it): Laws, regulations and decrees in Italian.
• Family (Società Italiana per lo studio del Diritto e della Famiglia ): Laws relevant to family in Italian.
• Health (Associazione Medici Dirigenti): In Italian.
• Labor (Rivista Telematica di Diritto del Lavoro) and Telecommunications (Associazione Italiana per lo Sviluppo delle Telecomunicazione): In Italian. Minerva (Minerva.org): Includes a jurisprudential section with tax and labor caselaw as well as cases from the Corte di Cassazione Civile.  Also includes a normative section searchable full-text or by number in Italian. Can be used as a bibliographic tool without registration.
• Ispolitel - Guritel (Istituto Poligraphico e Zecca dello Stato): Provides the official gazette in full-text by subscription.
• Italedi Online.

Jamaica

Constitution

• Constitution (Georgetown University): In English and Spanish.

Laws and Legislation

• Selected Laws (Supreme Court).
• Selected Laws (Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Technology).

Law by Subject

• Ganga (Research Institute for the Study of Man).
• Intellectual Property (OAS).
• Securities (Securities Commission of Jamaica).

Jurisprudence

• Judgments of the Supreme Court (official website): Very limited currently with the promise of more to come.
• Smithfield Digest (Smithfield Publishers): Index and annotations of cases organized by subject and alphabetically.  From 1998 and not recently updated.
• Privy Council (BAILII): from 1999 decisions from Commonwealth jurisdictions including Jamaica.

Government

• Government of Jamaica (official website): Selected documents and press releases.
• Government Links (Jamaica Information Service).

Japan

Constitution

• Constitution and Government of Japan (Prime Minister): Includes constitution, other government laws and information about Japanese government in English.
• Constitution and Diet Law (House of Councillors): In English. and Japanese.
• Constitution (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht): In English.
• Constitution (National Diet Library) in English. Also in Japanese
• Research Commission on the Constitution (House of Representatives): In English.
• Research Commission on the Constitution (House of Councillors): In Japanese.
• Birth of the Constitution of Japan (National Diet Library) in English and in Japanese. This useful resource provides primary documents and commentary from the period of 1943-1947 leading up to the enactment of Japan's Constitution and Diet Law.

Laws and Legislation

• English Translations of Japanese Law (author unknown) (compilation of links to online sources of Japanese law in English).
• Legal Database (Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications):  Searchable database of the constitution, laws, regulations, cabinet orders and other government documents with legal effect.  Current within a month. In Japanese.
• Legislation (Cabinet Legislation Bureau): From the 145th session of the Diet to the current session.  Includes proposed and passed legislation organized by bill and act number in Japanese.  
• Legislative Procedure visual representation. (in english) (House of Councillors).
• Kanpou / Official Gazette Searchable database of the official gazette from June 3, 1996 until the present.(National Printing Bureau) in Japanese. (Free) (Access to May 3, 1947 forward available via paid subscription). 
  • Prime Minister's office has created an archive of the previous year issues, in Japanese.
• Basic Statutes (Aichi University): Searchable database organized by subject and alphabetically in Japanese.
  PLEASE NOTE THIS SITE WAS TEMPORARILY DOWN July 27, 2004.
• Statutes (Houko.com): Searchable database includes statutes from 1881 to 1996 in Japanese available without charge.  The more recent statutes are only available by subscription.  Also organized by subject, alphabetically and by date.

Codes

• Code of Civil Procedure (Yoshido & Partners): in English.

Laws by Subject

• Antitrust (Fair Trade Commission): In Japanese.
• Competition (APEC): In English.
• Consumer Products (External Trade Organization): In English.
• Dispute Resolution (Apec Investment Law Database of Nagoya University): In English.
• Environment (Ministry of the Environment): In Japanese.
• Financial (Japan Law): In English.
• Telecommunications (Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications): Full-text available in Japanese.

Regional Law

• Regulations from Prefectures (University of Kagoshima).

Jurisprudence

• Court System of Japan visual representation in English. (Supreme Court of Japan).
• Case Database (Aichi University): Includes the decisions of various courts organized by subject in Japanese.
  PLEASE NOTE THIS SITE WAS TEMPORARILY DOWN July 27, 2004.
• Decisions of the Fair Trade Commission (Fair Trade Commission): Decisions by case number and date in Japanese.
• English Translations (Temple Law) and English Case Abstracts (Senrei) organized by subject.
• Labor Law Cases (Zenkiren): Searchable database in Japanese.
• Supreme Court (official website).
• Supreme Court Decisions (Supreme Court): Browsable and searchable Supreme Court cases from April-July 2004 in Japanese and,  Judgments of the Supreme Court in English and Japanese.  Also includes searchable databases of intellectual property and administrative cases from the High Courts and District Courts in Japanese.

Government

• Cabinet Legislation Bureau (official website) Also in Japanese.
• Diet Minutes (National Diet Library): Full-text database of the Diet session proceedings since the 126th session (January, 1993) in Japanese.
• Government Links (House of Councillors).
• Links to Ministries and Other Organizations (Prime Minister).
• Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (official website) also in Japanese.
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (official website) also in Japanese.
• Ministry of Justice includes some laws (official website) also in Japanese.
• Prime Minister (official website): Information in English and in Japanese and Central Government Reform and Judicial Reform Council in English.
• Sangi-In (Upper House) /House of Councillors (official website) also in Japanese.
• Shuugi-In (Lower House) /House of Representatives (official website) also in Japanese.
• e-Gov Searchable english language interface with limitors for Japanese government on the web. (Ministry of Public Management,Home Affairs,Posts and Telecommunications )

Other

• Administrative Documents (Government Publications Office): In Japanese.
• ICCLP Review (International Center for Comparative Law and Politics): Full-text volumes since 1998.
• Japan: A Country Study (Library of Congress).
• Japanese Articles in International Law (Hiroshima University): In Japanese.
• Japanese Judicial System (Prime Minister).
• Japanese Law via the Internet (LLRX)
• Japanese Legal Research (University of Washington School of Law).
• Outline of Civil Trial and Criminal Justice in Japan (Supreme Court of Japan)
• Regulatory Reform in Japan (Japan Information Access Project).

Subscription Databases

• Lex/DB Internet (TKC)
• Title: Nichigai
  Web Address: http://web.nichigai.co.jp
  Who Can Access: Harvard ID holders
  Where to Access: ILS public terminals
  How to Access: Access via password from ILS Reference Desk
  Provider: Nichigai Associates Inc.
  Description: This database, presented in Japanese and updated weekly, indexes over 8,500 journals, faculty papers and annual reports of academic institutions published in Japan. The subject areas include medicine, science, humanities, popular culture, business and social sciences.