Foreign Law Research

Collection of links to civil codes around the world offered by the Louisiana State University Law Library.

Created by the Yale Law Library.

This site attempts to link to all online government gazettes and to describe their characteristics. A description of the contents and coverage are included for each gazette.

Lists foreign databases by jurisdiction. (Note: Some listed resources are open only to NYU students; some are fee-based.)

This website, offered by the U.S. Law Library of Congress for the Global Legal Information Network (GLIN), is an annotated guide to sources of information worldwide on government and law available online without charge.

Click on “droit en ligne.” Select a country for links to legislation and case law. Particularly useful when searching for foreign cases online.

WorldLII provides a single search facility for databases located on other Legal Information Institutes: AustLII, BAILII, CanLII, HKLII, LII (Cornell), PacLII, etc. This site is a good first stop in a search for law online. The "Catalog" page is arranged by country.

Foreign embassies vary widely in their resources and willingness to help, but some can provide laws in the vernacular.

This source allows you to search by country of practice.