Foreign & International Legal Information on the Internet

International Law (General)

EISIL - The Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL) maintained by ASIL is perhaps the best website for researchers looking for authoritative international law.
Electronic Resources for Int'l Law (ASIL)
WashLaw (Washburn University)
Global Legal Monitor (Law Library of Congress)
Hastings Adv. Int'l Law Research Webpage
Hastings International Law Subscription Databases
i.lex: The Legal Research System for International Law in U.S. Courts
LII: Global Law
LLRX: International Law
Univ. of Chicago D'Angelo Law Library
Willamette University

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Foreign Law

Comparative and Foreign Law Guides -From LLRX.com, a web journal that publishes articles and research guides written by nationally recognized law librarians and attorneys.

Electronic Resources - List on foreign law databases subscribed to by Hastings

Foreign Primary Law on the Web

Foreign Government Resources on the Web This is a webpage at the University of Michigan Library Documents Center and has links to Foreign Government Web Sites as well as Related Foreign Information such as Embassies, News, Statistics, and International Agencies.

Foreign Law Digests -- From Martindale-Hubbell. All of the Martindale-Hubbell Foreign Law Digests are now available for free at martindale.com. But to get access you must register at the website. To find a Law Digest in a particular jurisdiction, just go to Search Legal Topics and enter "Law Digest" followed by the name of the jurisdiction you are looking to find into the keyword search field. For example, you might enter "Law Digest Japan". You can click on "View the full text of this article" to get to the PDF file, which allows you to, among other things, do a full text search within the digest.

Foreign Law Guide Information on how to find current print and online sources of codes and basic legislation in jurisdictions throughout the world. [For Hastings Students, Staff and Faculty only.]

Foreign Law: Legal Research Resources on the Internet This is from the University of Chicago. It has not been updated since 2002 but has good starting places for Child and Children topics such as Child Refugees and Child Labor. (Also see the Selected Foreign Laws webpage maintained by University of Chicago.)

GlobalCourts.com Supreme Court decisions in 105 countries, or at least a way to find them.

GlobaLex: Foreign Law Guides (NYU) published by the Hauser Global Law School Program at NYU School of Law. Links to research guides for about 45 countries. It's great because these research guides get updated fairly often.

Government Documents Department Foreign Government Resources -- Housed at the University of Florida. Great for finding Ministries and Departments, and National Services.
Government Gazettes Also by the University of Michigan Library Gov Documents Center.

Guide to Law Online From the Law Library of Congress. Click on a country to find links to the Constitution, Executive, Judicial, Legislative, Legal Guides and General Sources.

Hastings Foreign Law Webpage

Institute For Transnational Law from the University of Texas School of Law. French, German, Austrian and Israeli legal materials in the fields of constitutional, administrative, contract and tort law.

iSinoLaw Comprehensive source of current legal information for the People's Republic of China. Includes authoritative English translations of statutes, judicial interpretations, cases, arbitration awards and other legal matters. Also includes secondary sources, weekly updates, and legal news. [For Hastings Students, Staff and Faculty only.] [NOTE: Certain search features don't work with the Firefox web browser.]

Jurist: World Law

LawInfoChina Searchable database of laws, regulations, annotated statutes, cases, legal news and full text articles from major Chinese law journals. Comprehensive English translations of statutes, regulations & articles. Some information may be available only in Chinese, such as additional notes, links and full-text Chinese journal articles. [For Hastings students, faculty, and staff only]

Lawtel Index to current United Kingdom and European Union Articles, and electronic collection of UK and EU practice materials, case law, proposed and adopted legislation, treaties, commission reports and notices. [For Hastings Students, Staff and Faculty only.]

LLRX: Country Guides

Martindale.com Law Digests

Nations of the World (Lib. of Congress)

World Legal Information Institute World Legal Information Institute's collection of 545 databases from 55 countries.

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