Introductory Sources
- Foreign Law GuideAn excellent place to begin researching law in a foreign jurisdiction. Each country there is a brief introduction to the legal system, a list of codifications, gazettes and other sources of law and a grouping of sources of law by subject. If there is an English translation available for a set of laws, this resource will lead you to it.
- Multinational Sources Compared (HeinOnline)Directs researchers to secondary sources that compare the laws governing a specific subjects across multiple jurisdictions. Browse alphabetically by subject or search by keyword. For each resource, a description of the content is provided, along with a list of jurisdictions covered
- Germain's Transnational Law Research: A Guide for Attorneys byCall Number: Law Library Reference K 85 G87 1991An introductory guide to foreign legal materials, with emphasis on European countries. Contains advice on research methodology as well as lists of resources, including electronic. Also an excellent place to start for questions that deal with more than one legal system, such as transnational litigation and conflict of laws. Kept up-to-date with supplements.
- Introduction to Foreign Legal Systems byCall Number: K 583 I57 1994Provides an introduction to legal systems not based on the common law (including chapters on Chinese, Japanese and African Legal Systems) and practical advice on researching foreign law.
- Lawlinks: Private International LawFrom the University of Kent at Canterbury. Links to research guides in private international law, treaty collections, and other document collections.
- Law and Judicial Systems of Nations. 4th revised ed. byCall Number: Law Library Reference K 583 W64 2002Summarizes the legal systems of 193 nations.
- A Primer on the Civil Law SystemCall Number: Available ElectronicallyFrom the Federal Judicial Center.
General Foreign Law Research Guides
- ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law: Private International LawFrom the American Society of International Law.
- Comparative and Foreign Law GuidesFrom LLRX.Com. Includes research guides for more than twenty jurisdictions.
- Concise Legal Research byCall Number: Ref KU 47 W38 2009Treatise on research methods in several jurisdictions, including Australia, Canada, England, India, New Zealand, the EU, and international law.
- Germain's Transnational Law Research: A Guide for Attorneys byCall Number: Law Library Reference K 85 G87 1991An introductory guide to foreign legal materials, with emphasis on European countries. Contains advice on research methodology as well as lists of resources, including electronic. Also an excellent place to start for questions that deal with more than one legal system, such as transnational litigation and conflict of laws. Kept up-to-date with supplements.
- GlobalexWeb publications containing international, foreign, and comparative law research guides and other tools.
- Guide to International Legal Research. 5th ed. byCall Number: Law Library Reference KZ 1234 G85Chapter five covers research techniques for specific geographic and geopolitical regions.
- Sladits' Bibliography on Foreign and Comparative Law byCall Number: Law Library Reference K 38 B53Thirteen volume work covering the period from 1790-1983 (Memorial libary has through 1965 only). Additional supplementation is planned.
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