All of these resources are freely available on the Internet.

Guides

General

International Law: Foreign, Comparative and Private A guide to UW-Madison Law Library and electronic resources for research in foreign, comparative and private international law/conflict of laws.

International Law: Public A guide to UW-Madison Law Library and electronic resources for research in public international law.

Comparative/Foreign law and International Law Guides From LLRX.com. The foreign and comparitive law resource center includes research guides for more than twenty jurisdictions. The international law resources center includes many guides relevant to the field of public and private international law. To access, see the appropriate links on the sidebar of the home page.

World Fact Book  Prepared by the CIA, this site provides country profiles with maps and background information on geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.

World Legal Systems From the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law. This site categorizes the legal systems of the countries of the world into systems of civiil law, common law, customary law, Islamic law, and "mixed" systems.

Library of Congress Country Studies   The Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress prepares county studies which provide a basic societal overview.  Particular emphasis is placed on cultural values, dominant beliefs, and political attitudes and involvement.

ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law  The American Society of International Law produces this topical guide to researching international law using the Internet and other electronic resources.

EISIL – the Electronic Information System for International Law Developed by by the American Society of International Law (ASIL), EISIL is a gateway to quality primary materials, authoritative web sites and helpful research guides to international law.

International Constitutional Law (ICL) Hosted by the University of Bern, provides English translations of and other textual material related to constitutional documents

Selective List of Guides to Foreign Legal Research From Columbia law school, Arthur W. Diamond Law Library.

 

Regional

Chinese Legal Research Center   Washington University School of Law provides this collection of links to legal resources on mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.

Guide to European Legal Databases, Update 5 From LLRX.com. A guide to legal information from government and secondary sources throughout Europe.

Handbook for Latin American Studies   Annotated bibliography of Latin American materials in the humanities and social sciences, edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress.

Introduction to the European Union A guide to locating EU documents and publications at the University of Wisconsin and on the Web.

Sources of Foreign Laws

Asian Legal Information Institute
Legal information from all 27 countries and territories in Asia.

Canada Gazette Official newspaper of the Government of Canada consisting of three parts: Part I contains all formal public notices, official appointments, miscellaneous notices and proposed regulations from the government and private sectors; Part II contains statutory instruments; Part III contains the most recent Public Acts of Parliament and their enactment proclamations.

Guide to Law Online (GLIN)   Prepared by the US Law Library of Congress, GLIN is an annotated guide to sources of information worldwide on government and law. It includes links only to the most useful and reliable sites for legal information available for each of the world's nations.

SOSIG Law Gateway The Social Science Information Gateway provides access to English law, foreign, international and comparative law materials on the Internet. The service aims to identify and evaluate legal resource sites offering primary and secondary materials and other items of legal interest.

World Legal Information Institute
Caselaw, legislation, treaties, law reform reports, law journals, and other materials from foreign countries.

Foreign and International Law Sources  Selective guide prepared by Cornell Law School to full text of laws, court decisions, research guides, legal commentary, directories, etc.   Arranged by region and topic.

United Nations

United Nations  The official site of the United Nations contains news and information about the UN and its bodies, as well as many UN documents. Browse by topic or document type, including General Assembly and Security Council resolutions and decisions.

United Nations Official Documents System (ODS) Full text official United Nations documentation, beginning in 1993. ODS also provides access to the resolutions of the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council from 1946 onwards.

International Court of Justice (United Nations)  Full text opinions available from Cornell Law Library.  Browse by case name.  Also includes Annual Reports, unpublished pleadings, and information about the court.

United Nations Documentation Research Guide This guide to United Nations documentation provides an overview of the various types of documents and publications issued by the UN (e.g., reports, resolutions, meeting records, sales publications, press releases) and gives guidance on how to use them.

UNBISnet Collection of United Nations Documents from 1979 onward. Older documents, however, are being added to the catalogue on a regular basis as a result of retrospective conversion.

UN Documentation Centre Resolutions, decisions, the UN Journal, and other documents. Coverage varies, but most date back to the 1990's.

Directories

Embassy.org Links to web site for foreign embassies of Washington D.C.

Project Visa  Links to embassy websites and visa information for foreign jurisdictions worldwide.

International Organizations  This site by Northwestern University links to hundreds of international organizations and regional intergovernmental organizations.