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Foreign Law

Guide to Researching Foreign Law on the Internet.
Constitutions and Constitutional Courts
Country Information, Reports and Statistics
Foreign Law Metapages
Government Offices and Ministries Metapages
Individual Countries
Regional Sources of Foreign Law
Regional Search Engines and Directories Metapages
Subject Specific Foreign Law Metapages

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International Law

International Law Metapages

ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law. Covers following topics: UN, human rights, lists, treaties, international environmental law, international criminal law, and private international law. An excellent starting point for international research.
Cornell Legal Information Institute Links to International and Foreign sources of law and information on the web.
D'Angelo Law Library: Good international links.
Hieros Gamos: An international practice-oriented site; links include dictionaries and bar review information.
Legal Research on International Law Issues Using the Internet. Includes links to approximately 70 legal research guides, some specifically focusing on using the Internet for legal research.
Washburn University School of Law foreign and international law links.

Foreign Law

Guide to Researching Foreign Law on the Internet.
A Selective List of Guides to Foreign Legal Research. (Columbia University Law Library).

Constitutions and Constitutional Courts

Constitutional Cooperation (Venice Commission of the Council of Europe) constitutional policy documents for Eastern Europe.
Constitutional Courts (Venice Commission of the Council of Europe): Links to Constitutional Courts of Europe.
Constitution Finder: Links to various language versions of over 150 countries' constitutions.
Constitutions for Latin America (Georgetown University).
Constitutions of the World (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht). Full-text constitutions of most countries. Also provides useful "background" articles and links to Constitutional cases for many countries.
Foreign Supreme Court Decisions (Moss City Court, Norway).

Country Information, Reports and Statistics

Amnesty International Country Reports.
CIA World Factbook.
Country Watch.
Country Relations with the EU Reports prepared by the European Commission.
Human Rights Watch Reports.
International Trade Center This database provides country statistics on international trade. (UNCTAD).
United States Library of Congress Country Studies.
United States Department of State Reports

Foreign Law Metapages

CataLaw: Metaindex of Law and Government: CataLaw is a catalog of catalogs of worldwide law on the Internet.
D'Angelo Law Library: Good foreign links.
Internet Legal Resource Guide: World Index A web directory organized by country. See also Legal Resources by Nation listing.
GLIN Global Legal Information Network (Library of Congress): An index to legislation in official gazettes from around the world.
Guide to Law Online(Law Library of Congress) A comprehensive and up to date catalog of laws and legal sources for nations around the world.
ILRG's Legal Resources by Nation: Legal resources listed by country.
Law Gateway (Social Sciences Information Gateway).
Law Library of Congress: Portal to the World: Good starting point for country information.
Legislation Online.org (Country legislation regarding elections, immigration, judiciary, police, prisons and more.) (OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights).
LLRX.com.
New York University School of Law Links to foreign law by jurisdiction and by subject, as well as coverage of other international subject areas.
Swiss Institute of Comparative Law Another source of links to foreign law around the world.
University of Houston Law Center: Foreign Primary Law on the Web Listing of links to foreign law on the web.
World Law (Jurist).
World Law Guide Guide to legislation and caselaw available on the web for various countries. Also includes information about law firms, law schools and other organizations by country.
World Legal Information Institute Australasian Legal Information Institute: World Law Index: One of the top sites on the internet for foreign laws and legal information organized by topic and country.

Government Offices, Ministries and Gazettes

Electronic Embassy: Information on all of the Foreign Embassies of Washington D.C. Includes am events calendar, press release clearinghouse, international business center, help & resource center, virtual library, etc.
Foreign Governments (Northwestern University): List of government websites from various countries.
Government Gazettes Online (University of Michigan).
National Parliaments Websites (Weidenbaum Center).
World Wide Governments on the WWW.

Regional Sources of Foreign Law

Regional Resources list (United States Institute of Peace).

African Countries

MBendi African business and commercial website.
African Human Rights Links (University of Minnesota Human Rights Library).
African and Middle Eastern Internet Links (Library of Congress).
African Union (official website).
All-Africa African business and commercial website.
South African Legal Information Institute .

Francophone Countries

Portal Droit Francophonie "Droit francophone est le portail de diffusion libre du droit de l'Agence intergouvernementale de la francophonie. Vous y trouverez plus de 3500 hyperliens juridiques évalués et commentés, ainsi que des collections de législation et de jurisprudence, le tout relatif aux États membres de l'Organisation internationale de la francophonie".

Latin American Countries

Caribbean Law Links This site is also expanding new databases for Pacific Law, Tasmanian Law and Papua New Guinea Law (NiuMedia Pacific Legal Information Network).
Foreign Trade Information System (OAS).
Latin American and Caribbean Government Documents Project (Cornell University): Indexes the contents of various government websites.
Intellectual Property Laws of OAS Nations (OAS Trade Unit).
Political Database of the Americas (Georgetown University): Includes constitutions, both historical and current, and election laws.
Red de Información Juridica (la Comisión Andina de Juristas): Includes legislation from the Andean countries, a database of decisions of regional human rights bodies, Andean constitutional jurisprudence, as well as links on human rights topics.
World Law Index (Harvard Only): Index to Hispanic Legislation from 1976-1997.

Middle East and Islamic Countries

Center for Islamic and Middle Eastern Law (Social Sciences Information Gateway).
Finding the Law: Islamic Law (Sharia) (LLRX Guide).
ISLAW: Islamcatalog (Oriental Studies Institute University of Leipzig): An index to laws of the countries of the Islamic world. You must select ISLAW from the pull-down menu in the top right corner.
Middle East and Islamic Studies Collection: Laws, Legal Systems, etc. (Cornell University).

CIS and CEE Countries

Balkans Human Rights Links (University of Minnesota Human Rights Library).
Corpus Juris Criminal law texts of the EU candidate countries. (Trier Academy of European Law).
Council of Europe Documents by Country (This site provides detailed reports and proposals for legislative change in European countries. (Venice Commission - Council of Europe).
Legislation Online This is an excellent database that has full-text legislation for both Western and Eastern European countries in the area of citzenship, elections, human rights,migration, gender and more.(OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights).
LexInfoSys (from the University of Bremen): a well-organized and comprehensive collection of laws from a project of the University of Bremen to assist the legal development of transition states.
Media Law in the CIS (Internews Russia).
The WWW Virtual Library: Russian and East European Studies: Index of electronic resources on the Balkans, Baltic States, Caucuses, Central Asia, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, NIS, Russian Federation, and former Soviet Union.

Western Europe

Council of Europe Documents by Country
MILL (Maastricht Internet Law Library): Focuses on European law and on the domestic law of countries which are a Member of the European Union. Includes legislation, case law and more. (University of Maastricht)
Legislation Online This is an excellent database that has full-text legislation for both Western and Eastern European countries in the area of citzenship, elections, human rights,migration, gender and more.(OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights).

Regional Search Engines and Directories Metapages

Asiaco (Directory of Asian sites) (Asiaco Network).
Country based search engines.
Regional and Special Search Engines (Nanyang Technological University Library).
Search Engine Colossus .

Subject Specific Foreign Law Metapages

Arbitration (Revista Iberoamericana de Arbitraje): For Latin American countries.
Arbitration (Kluwer Law International).
Banking Laws and Documents (Center for the Study of Central Banks Collection).
Banking Law Database (World Bank).
Bar Associations from Around the World (The Chan Robles Virtual Law Library).
Biotechnology - Binas Online (UN Industrial Development Organization) Regulatory oversight to cover products of modern biotechnology intended for release to the environment.
Biotechnology (OECD).
Central Banks Center for the Study of Central Banks (New York University School of Law).
Citizenship Laws of The World (U.S. Office of Personnel Management).
Civil Procedure Comparative Civil Procedure laws (New York University School of Law Library).
Collection of Laws for Electronic Access (CLEA) (Intellectual Property Law) (WIPO).
Competition (APEC): Only for APEC member states.
Global Competition Laws International Bar Association's Global Competition Forum.
National Copyright Legislation Searchable database. (UNESCO).
Criminal Justice Systems, World Factbook of (U.S. Department of Justice).
Criminal Law Resources on the Internet (Buffalo Criminal Law Center).
Corporate Governance, World Bibliography . (The Program in Law, Business, and Finance in Korea (LBFK)).
Corpus Juris - Criminal Law Texts of the EU Candidate Countries (Trier Academy of European Law).
Cultural Policies in Europe (from the Council of Europe): Description of legal frameworks in Europe.
Cyber-Crime (McConnell International).
Discrimination Against Women (from Equality Now): in English. Portions of laws that discriminate against women.
Drug Control and Crime Prevention (UN Office on Drugs and Crimes).
E-Commerce Law (Baker & McKenzie).
Election Law Resources (scroll down to access the country list) (Aceproject).
Election Laws in Eastern Europe and CIS Countries (Project on Political Transformation).
Electoral Laws for Latin America (Georgetown University).
Election World.
Emergency Laws Database (Centre for International and Comparative Human Rights Law at Queen's University of Belfast).
Environmental Legislation - ECOLEX (World Conservation Union and UNEP): Bibliographic database.
Equal Employment Opportunities (ILO).
Export Control Systems (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute): Legislation organized by country.
FAO Lex, Fisheries, Environment, Water Laws and more (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations).
Genocide in Domestic Laws and Penal Codes (Prevent Genocide International).
Government Gazettes Online (University of Michigan Law Library).
Human Cloning and Germ-Line Engineering (Global Lawyers and Physicians).
Indigenous Law (Inter-American Development Bank): in Spanish. Laws pertaining to Latin American countries.
Insolvency Law Database (World Bank).
Intellectual Property Laws - CLEA (WIPO).
International Digest of Health Legislation (WHO): can browse by country, subject and keyword.
International Judicial Assistance (U.S. Department of State).
Labor Laws by Country (ILO).
Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications in EC (from the Institute of European Law). Includes legislation governing lawyers.
Money Laundering Legislation (selected countries) (Financial Action Taskforce on Money Laundering).
National Patent Laws Citations only. (EU Patent Office).
Nationality Laws of European Countries Lois sur la nationalité des pays européens. ( Éditions United Settlement).
Natural Resources WebLinks (University of Denver Sturm College of Law)
Non-Profit Laws (International Center For Not-For-Profit Law): Some laws online and others may be ordered.
Occupational Health and Safety (ILO): Bibliographic database with citation information.
OECD Topics (provides policy documents for a number of countries).
Population Law - Annual Review of Population Law: Database with legislation, constitutions, court decisions and official government documents related to population policies, reproductive health, women's rights and other related topics. Allows you to search. Soon to be updat\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\d.
Refugee Law (UNHCR), full-text database of national refugee laws.
Supreme Court Reports from Around the World.
Tobacco (World Health Organization): The Nations Tobacco Information Online System includes laws. Organized by country.
World Environmental Laws (Penelope: Pan European Network of Environmental Legislation).