This section of the guide focuses on sources for primary law for various countries. The Law Library collects the law for many jurisdictions, so please ask if you need to research specific countries. For more assistance researching foreign law, see the Researching Foreign and Comparative Law guide.
Guide are good starting places for "foreign" law research. They may point you to sources and help you better understand the legal system.
By specific country:
By region:
To locate more research guides for a particular jurisdiction or region, use a web search engine and do the following: [name of jurisdiction] legal research guide.
Also, use this internet portal to look for other websites:
There are many ways to locate national constitutions in both English and in the vernacular.
The library has many books containing the text of constitutions as well as commentary on constitutional law issues. Try a keyword search, such as constitutional and Canada. Search using the subject: constitutional law -- [name of country].
For country specific sources, consult the guides noted above. The library subscribes to many databases for national laws of other countries, see the database list: Beck Online (Germany), Chinalawinfo, DeJure (Italy), SCC Online (India), v-Lex (many countries, like Spain and Mexico), NatLaw World (Latin and South America). Most of these databases are in the vernacular.
These tools can assist you in locating national legislation.
You can use a court's web site for access to cases, but these sites can be more effective.
See also the International Human Rights research guide for more resources on country conditions.
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