Foreign Legal Research: Region and Topic

There are many sites where the laws on various topics or from various regions have been gathtered. For access by region try:

For accss by topic try:

There are also some databases which try to be global in their coverage. Those are listed immediately below.

General

  • Global Legal Information Network (Library of Congress) - this project has full-text access to the laws of many Latin American countries as well as a few others and citation access to laws for many other countries.
  • WorldLII (World Legal Information Institute) provides access to numerous full-text databases of legal primary sources, however, probably it is easier to look at the entry for individual countries through the Foreign Law Portal.
  • World Law Guide: Legislation (Lexadin) - has links to full-text laws for various countries.

By Region

Latin America

Africa

Europe

Eastern Europe and New Independent States

Asia

Middle East

By Topic

Anti-Trust

Full-Text of Laws

Guides and Reports

Links

Banking Law

Full-Text of Laws

Guides and Reports

Links

  • Central Bank Websites (Bank for International Settlements) government websites often include text of laws.

Business Law

Full-Text of Laws

  • Doing Business (World Bank) - Full-text business laws of many jurisdictions.
  • Online Library (International Center for Not-for-Profit Law) Contains many laws relating to not-for-profit law, so often Company Laws can be found there.
  • Transnational Law Database (Center for Transnational Law) like a digest of commercial law concepts with some links to national laws.
  • Country Research and Legislation (European Corporate Goverance Institute)

Constitutional Law

Full-Text

Projects and Guides

Regional

Criminal Law

Full-Text of Laws

Election Laws

Full-Text of Laws

Employment Laws

Full-Text Laws

Environmental Laws

Full-Text of Laws

Guides and Reports

Health

Full-Text of Laws

Guides

  • Popline (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health) - includes information about laws affecting population (family, children, health).

Human Rights

Full-Text of Laws

Humanitarian Law

Full-Text of Laws

Guides

Intellectual Property

Full-Text of Laws

Guides

Book and Papers

Media

Books and Papers

Non-Profit Organizations

Full-Text of Laws

  • Country Codes and Laws (Council on Foundations)
  • Online Library (International Center for Not-for-Profit Law) Contains many laws relating to not-for-profit law, so often Company Laws can be found there.

Other

Tax Law

Full-Text of Laws

Guides and Reports

Links

Trade Law

Full-Text of Laws


Page maintained by Stefanie Weigmann
Last updated: October 2007
June 26, 2008