Foreign & International Law: Foreign Law

The Law Library of Congress produces reports on foreign, comparative, and international law in response to requests from Members of Congress, Congressional staff and committees, the federal courts, executive branch agencies, and others. There are over 1,000 legal reports available online. Browse reports by topic, region, year of publication, or simply browse all the reports.

• Foreign Law Research Guides
• Guide to Law Online: Nations of the World
• Law Library of Congress Legal Reports

Central Intelligence Agency

• World Factbook
  • Information on countries around the world

Bluebook (21st ed.) format for citations to foreign materials

• Rule 20
• Table 2 which is online

For international materials see Rule 21 and Table 3

For help deciphering unfamiliar citations

• Frequently-Cited Treaties & Other International Instruments (University of Minnesota)
• Guide to Foreign and International Legal Citations
• Index to Legal Citations and Abbreviations
• Prince's Dictionary of Legal Citations
• World Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations

• Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law Research
  • From Yale Law School, Lillian Goldman Law Library, this country-by-country guide will help get you started on your foreign law research by connecting you to the best research guides and databases for each country.
• Foreign & International Law Research Guides (Georgetown Law Library)
• GlobaLex
  • Foreign Law Research guides These country guides are especially helpful starting points when researching the domestic law of a country. GlobaLex is published by the Hauser Global Law School Program at NYU School of Law. The guides and articles are written by scholars well known in their respective fields and are recommended as a legal resource by universities, library schools, and legal training courses.
• JuriGlobe
  • Provides a simple resource for an overview of the applicable legal systems and the official languages which apply in various countries. From the University of Ottawa.
• N-Lex
  • Official site of the European Union providing a single entry point to individual EU countries' national law databases.
• Resources for Jurisdictions
  • From Oxford University's Bodleian Library, this guide provides country specific and regional legal research information, including English translations when available.
• World Legal Information Institute

Subscription Databases

• U.S. Treaties & Agreements Library
  • Guide to United States treaties and agreements, whether in force, expired, or not-yet-officially published.
• Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (IFLP)
• International & Non-U.S. Law Journals
• World Constitutions Illustrated