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Law Internet Resources

Foreign Law from Countries and Regions outside Australia

  • Findlaw Foreign and International Resources


  • Foreign and International Law (Washburn University School of Law Library)


  • Foreign Law Translations (University of Texas School of Law, Institute of Transnational Law)
    Translations of court decisions and some statutes from France, Germany, Austria, Israel and Italy
  • Foreign Primary Law on the Web (University of Houston Law Center)
    Lists electronic sources of legislation for most countries of the world


  • GlobaLex (NY University School of Law)
    Guides to researching foreign and international law


  • Guide to Law Online (Library of Congress, Law Library)
    A very comprehensive guide to free Internet sources of law for most countries


  • Hieros Gamos
    A US site providing information from other countries such as subject guides, law firms and government bodies


  • Legislationline
    Maintained by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, this site provides the text of some national legislation


  • World Legal Information Institute (WorldLL; sponsored by Australasian Legal Information Institute)
    Sources are listed by country and also by the following categories: Courts; Education; International; Law Journals; Law Libraries; Law Reform; Lawyers; Legislation; Parliaments; Project DIAL; Publishers and Bookshops; Regions


  • Yahoo Law Sites Arranged by Country
    Part of its larger United States Law Guide, this listing is not very comprehensive and some links do not work. However you may pick up some sites not listed on other indexes

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