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 This link opens in a new window
Provides descriptions of foreign countries' legal systems and legal histories as well as citations to primary and secondary sources of law.
Global-Regulation This link opens in a new window
Search a growing database of laws from 104 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 This link opens in a new window
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.