Other Jurisdictions
- Australia
- Belguim
- Canada
- France
- Germany
- Guernsey
- Hong Kong
- Ireland
- Italy
- Isle of Man
- Jersey
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- Spain
- USA
- International law
- Others
General indexes and guides
eagle-i
Law resources by country, compiled by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS).
FLAG
Search the Foreign Law Guide (FLAG) to discover which UK libraries hold printed cases and legislation for jurisdictions worldwide and international organisations.
Flare Index to Treaties
Devised and compiled by Dr Peter Clinch, the Flare Index to Treaties is a searchable database of basic information on over 1,500 of the most significant multilateral treaties from 1856 to the present, with details of where the full text of each treaty may be obtained in paper and, if available, electronic form on the Internet.
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Research Guides
Prepared by IALS staff, these research and reference guides provide an introduction to legal research and guidance on legal sources by jurisdiction.
LawCite
LawCite is an international legal case citator produced by the Free Access to Law Movement. Focussing on common law countries LawCite can be used to locate judgments and to see what cases were cited by a case and what cases have subsequently referred to a case. LawCite will provide a link to a freely available version of a decision if one is available. If there is not a free version, LawCite will indicate a commercial service that may have a copy, for example, Westlaw UK or Lexis®Library.
Please note that as LawCite draws its information from a more limited pool of resources than the commercial databases the information obtained using LawCite may not be as comprehensive as those you would find on Westlaw UK or Lexis®Library.
Australia
AustLII
The Australasian Legal Information Institute provides free access to Australian legal materials. There are over a million searchable documents including both primary and secondary legal materials plus a number of subject specific databases and a comprehensive index to Australian law.
ComLaw
ComLaw (Commonwealth Law) is the legal information retrieval system run by the Australian Attorney-General's Department. The database provides access to consolidated up-to-date primary legislation and historical versions of primary legislation.
Belgium
IALS Research Guide - Belgium
Research Guide, prepared by staff at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS), providing an introduction to legal research and guidance on legal sources in Belgium.
Canada
Canadian Legal Information Institute
Access to free Canadian primary legal material.
France
IALS Research Guide - France
Research Guide, prepared by staff at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS), providing an introduction to legal research and guidance on legal sources in France.
Legifrance
Government site linking to the constitution, laws, cases, official journals and other law sites.
Adminet
Links to official French sites including legislation.
Le droit français
This is an experimental site offering access to legislation, the Official Journal, and links to sites on Jurisprudence and European Law. Most of the pages past the home page are in French.
Juriguide
Links to web sites on legal services, the legal profession, education and law for citizens.
Juriscom
Dedicated to new technologies.
Governments on the WWW - France
Links to general resources and national institutions. Some sites are only available in French.
Sudoc
The union catalog of the Système universitaire de documentation (Sudoc) lets you search bibliographic information on all types of documents held by French academic libraries, as well as other higher educational establishments, and on serials to be found in 2400 documentation institutions.
Germany
IALS Research Guide - Geramany
Research Guide, prepared by staff at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS), providing an introduction to legal research and guidance on legal sources in Germany.
Humboldt Forum Recht
An Internet publication published by law students and junior barristers.
German Law Archive
The German Law Archive publishes cases, statutes, literature and bibliographies on German law in English. A searchable database aims to include everything written on German law in English. There are also links to other web sites on German law.
Guernsey
States of Guernsey
The official Guernsey Government Website. Includes links to legislation.
Guernsey Financial Services Commission
The web site of the regulatory body for the finance sector in Guernsey. Includes links to relevant legislation.
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Legal Information Institute
Access to free Hong Kong legal information.
Ireland
IALS Research Guide - Ireland
Research Guide, prepared by staff at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS), providing an introduction to legal research and guidance on legal sources in Ireland.
Irish Legal Information Initiative
Run by University College Cork (UCC) the IRLII provides free access to Irish legal materials including Statutes, Statutory Instruments and cases.
Irish Courts Service
The official web site of the Irish Courts Service, with judgments from the Supreme Court from the year 2001; the Court of Criminal Appeal from the year 2004; and the High Court from the year 2004.
Irish Statute Book
Published by the Office of the Attorney General, the Irish Statute Book has legislation from 1922-2003, both Acts and Statutory Instruments. The Database of the Chronological Tables of the Statutes in Ireland allows users to check the current status and amendments to a piece of legislation. This includes statutes from 1922 as well as pre Act of Union statutes (1801) and English legislation.
Houses of the Oireachtais
The web site of the Houses of the Oireachtais (Parliament) includes Irish Bills and Acts from 1997-2005 and the Official Report of the Parliamentary Debates of the Houses of the Oireachtas.
Isle of Man
Isle of Man Government
The site contains the texts of Acts of Tynwald passed after 1 January 2001.
Italy
IALS Research Guide - Italy
Research Guide, prepared by staff at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS), providing an introduction to legal research and guidance on legal sources in Italy.
Consulta online
This site contains regularly updated information regarding judgments of the Constitutional Court and is developing into a comprehensive collection of Constitutional Court decisions.
Diritto & Diritto
This site deals with general legal developments, legislative, jurisprudential and doctrinal, with commentary by leading Italian authorities on the law. Extensively annotated editions of the Codes are also available.
Governments on the WWW - Italy
Links to national institutions, regional institutions etc. Some sites are only available in Italian.
Jersey
Jersey Legal Information Board
The official source of legal information in Jersey including all Laws in Force, Jersey Law Reports from 1985 to 2000, Unreported Judgments from 1997 and Practice Directions of the Royal Court. You will also find the Royal Court Rules consolidated to September 2002 and the Jersey Law Review.
States of Jersey
The website of the States Assembly the legislature of Jersey. Current draft legislation of Jersey, called projets, is included in the Propositions section of the website.
Luxembourg
IALS Research Guide - Luxembourg
Research Guide, prepared by staff at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS), providing an introduction to legal research and guidance on legal sources in Luxembourg.
Netherlands
IALS Research Guide - Netherlands
Research Guide, prepared by staff at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS), providing an introduction to legal research and guidance on legal sources in the Netherlands.
Spain
IALS Research Guide - Spain
Research Guide, prepared by staff at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS), providing an introduction to legal research and guidance on legal sources in Spain.
Jurisweb
Links to legislation, cases, institutions, lawyers and other legal sites in Spanish.
Vlex
Contains legislation, articles, decisions and links in Spanish on Spanish and Latin American law.
Governments on the WWW - Spain
Links to general resources, national institutions, regional institutions etc. Some sites are only available in Spanish.
USA
IALS Research Guide - USA
Research Guide, prepared by staff at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS), providing an introduction to legal research and guidance on legal sources in the US.
Cornell legal research encyclopedia
An online resource and bibliographic research guide developed by professional law librarians at Cornell Law School. The encyclopedia provides a compilation of US and international legal resources and bibliographic references.
American Law Sources On-line
The purpose of American Law Sources On-line (ALSO!) is to provide a comprehensive compilation of links to free on-line sources of American law. This includes Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and District Court decisions, with a searchable index of Supreme Court decisions from 1990. Selected historic decisions from the Supreme Court are also provided for some cases from 1947.
Legal Information Institute
Based at Cornell Law School. Information includes all opinions of the US Supreme Court since May 1990, as well as an archive of the 300 most important historical decisions of the court.
WashLawWeb
Site maintained by Washburn University School of Law Library, providing links to different legal topics and court circuits.
Worldlii - USA page
Links to general legal US sites as well as specific areas of law such as intellectual property, competition law, maritime law etc.
BUBL link
A national information service for the higher education community, with descriptions of selected US sites.
D'Angelo law library Internet links
From the University of Chicago, links to sites on a variety of subjects, including the Supreme Court, Federal Courts, Legislative History and State Law.
International Law
EISIL
The Electronic Information System for International Law links to primary and other materials across the breadth of international law, providing a "More Information" button for a brief description and entry into force date for each document.
InSITE
Current awareness service of Cornell Law Library. InSITE highlights selected law-related World Wide Web sites. The law librarians at Cornell evaluate potentially useful Web sites, select the most valuable ones, and provide commentary and subject access to them.
United Nations Treaty Collection
The United Nations Treaty Collection is the official database of the United Nations and includes:
- The full text of over 150,000 bilateral and multilateral treaties
- The status of over 500 major multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations
- The League of Nations Treaty Series (1920-1944)
Use the United Nations Treaty Collection username and password to access the Treaty Collection.
Multi-laterals project
This ongoing project is designed to make available the texts of international multilateral treaties, organised by subject.
World Legal Information Institute
Access to freely available resources on worldwide law.
International Court of Justice
This page provides links to all contentious cases and advisory opinions referred to the Court since 1946.
United Nations
Information about the UN and its activities.
United Nations - International Law
Including UNCITRAL, Law of the Sea, International Court of Justice and International Criminal Court.
International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
The United Nations agency responsible for improving maritime safety.
World Trade Organisation (WTO)
Information, news and documents from the World Trade Organisation.
International Committee of the Red Cross
News of activities and full text publications. Humanitarian database of around 100 international treaties, together with commentaries on the four Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols, lists of signatories and ratifications. Documents can be viewed by treaty, country or state.
Project on International Courts and Tribunals
Research and bibliographies on the increasing role of international courts and tribunals.
IALS Research Guide - Public International Law
Research Guide, in PDF or Word format, prepared by staff at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS), providing an introduction to legal research and guidance on legal sources in Public International Law.
Others
Commonwealth Legal Information Institute
Access to freely available legal resources from all Commonwealth countries.
Guide to law online
A Library of Congress guide to useful and reliable sources of information worldwide on government and law.
Global Legal Information Network (GLIN)
GLIN maintains and provides a database of laws, regulations, and other legal sources. The documents are contributed by the governments of the member nations. There are full texts of the documents in the official language of the country of origin with summaries or abstracts in English.
GlobaLex
Published by the Hauser Global Law School Program at New York University School of Law, GlobaLex includes guides and articles dedicated to international and foreign law research.
World Legal Information Institute
Worldlii is a free, independent and non-profit global legal research facility. There are databases of case-law, legislation, treaties, law reform reports, law journals, and other materials. Also included are links to over 15,000 law-related web sites in every country in the world.
DIAL
Development of the Internet for Asian Law is a starting point to legal information on the Internet.
Parliaments on the web
Provides links to web sites operated by, or on behalf of, parliaments across the world. Arranged alphabetically by country.