Research Guides: Foreign Law Research: Getting Started

Getting Started

Guide to Foreign and International Legal Citations
Call Number: Reference Office K89 .G85 2009
Available in the Reference Office
The Bluebook
See Table 2: Foreign Jurisdictions

Available on Reserve or in the Reference Office
International and Foreign Legal Research by Marci Hoffman; Mary Rumsey
Call Number: K85 .H64 2012

Globalex
Foreign law research guides organized by country - written by experts. Also provides links to comparative law research guides organized by topic.

Foreign Law Guide: Current Sources of Codes and Basic Legislation in Jurisdictions of the World
Provides descriptions of foreign countries' legal systems and legal histories as well as citations to primary and secondary sources of law.
Global-Regulation
Search a growing database of laws from 70 foreign countries. Laws are machine translated into English. Includes links to official full-text source where available. Additional content includes a Regulatory Tools section with regulatory impact statements, definitions extracted from legislation worldwide, regulatory case studies, and curated case studies.
Oxford Constitutional Law
Contains English translations of constitutions for every jurisdiction worldwide including national, sub-national, and state constitutions as well as special sovereignties and recognized autonomous regions.