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AccessUN info

Coverage 1966 to present (updated daily)
Index to United Nations documents and publications, including treaties, official records, masthead documents, draft resolutions, meeting records, and more. Some full-text documents also available.

see also: Index to United Nations Documents and Publications

ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law info

Coverage 1997 to present
Designed to be used as a self-guided tour of relevant, quality, up-to-date online resources covering important areas of international law.

Canadian Law & Legal Research info

Coverage to present
Guide to resources at the University of Wisconsin Law Library and online.

Chile Legal Research Guide info

Coverage to present
Guide to resources at the University of Wisconsin Law Library and online.

Constitutions of the World Online (Countries, Dependencies & Territories) info

Coverage 1215 to present (updated 8 updates annually)
Current and historical English translations of constitutions from countries, dependencies and territories around the world. Includes expert commentary from leading scholars.

Dispute Settlement Commentaries (WorldTradeLaw.net) info

Coverage 1996 to present
A comprehensive legal research tool for World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement. Features include summary/analysis of all reports/arbitrations; up-to-date keyword index; and a database of dispute settlement tables/statistics.

"All use of this resource is controlled by WorldTradeLaw.net LLC's Disclaimer & Terms of Use. "

Electronic Information System for International Law info

Coverage (updated daily)
Gateway to quality primary materials, authoritative web sites and helpful research guides to international law.

Emerging Markets (ISI), Russia info

Coverage Coverage varies to present (updated daily)
Russian business intelligence resource in Russian and English. Includes company news & financials, industry profiles, and macroeconomic reports. Also contains legal news and laws, including Kodeks Law Database (Russian) and Garant Law Database (English).

English Reports (Hein Online) info

Coverage 1220 to 1865
Exact page-images of the original bound reprint edition of the English Reports (containing more than 100,000 cases), together with the Indexes and Book of Charts.

EUR-Lex EU Law Database info

Coverage Coverage varies (updated daily)
Official portal to European Union law includes treaties, legislation, preparatory acts (abstracts only), parliamentary questions, national provisions implementing directives, and cases. Most documents are in English.

European Center for Minority Issues (Hein Online) info

Coverage 1997 to present
Reports and working papers from the European Center for Minority Issues. Also includes other publications on minority issues.

European Union Law Guide info

Coverage to present
Guide to resources at the University of Wisconsin Law Library and online.

FLARE (Foreign Law Research Group) Index to Treaties info

Coverage 1856 to present
Searchable database of basic information on more than 1500 significant multilateral treaties, conventions and agreements. Information includes: the official, popular and alternative titles of the particular treaty; dates and place of conclusion; where the text of the treaty can be found in print publications; links to the text of treaties on the internet; and more.

Foreign Commercial Law info

Coverage to present
This is a guide to UW-Madison Law Library and electronic resources in foreign commercial law. The emphasis is on primary and secondary materials for research in materials from Europe, South Asia and South East Asia.

Foreign Law Guide: Current Sources of Codes and Basic Legislation in Jurisdictions Around the World info

Coverage (updated weekly)
Concise descriptions of each country's legal system, the main sources of law, the nature of the legal literature, followed by a list of major laws and whether there is an English translation.

GATT/WTO Guide info

Coverage to present
Guide to resources at the University of Wisconsin Law Library and online.

Germany Legal Research Guide info

Coverage to present
Guide to resources at the University of Wisconsin Law Library and online.

Guide to Law Online (GLIN) info

Coverage to present
Annotated directory to sources of information on government and law available online. Nations of the World section provides links sources of foreign law on the Internet.

House of Commons Parliamentary Papers (Great Britain) info

Coverage 1715 to 1900
Papers issued by the Great Britain House of Commons including bills; reports; accounts and papers; command papers; and supplementary material back to 1688.

Human Rights Law info

Coverage to present
Guide to resources at the University of Wisconsin Law Library and online.

i.lex: Legal Research System for International Law in U.S. Courts info

Coverage late 1990s to present (updated daily)
An online database of selected U.S. court cases and related materials that address the interpretation and application of international law at the federal and state level. Most of the cases are available in full text. Summaries are provided in some cases. From The American Society of International Law.

Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals info

Coverage 1985 to present
Index to world-wide legal literature on all forms of foreign law. Covers foreign law, comparative law, and legal systems. Includes journal articles, reports, essays, yearbooks, and book reviews in a variety of languages.

see also: Law Journal Library (Hein Online)

India Legal Research Guide info

Coverage to present
Guide to resources at the University of Wisconsin Law Library and online.

Indlaw info

Coverage 1873 to present (updated daily)
Searchable database of laws from India, including judgments from the

see also: India Legal Research Guide

International Criminal Court Guide info

Coverage to present
Guide to resources at the University of Wisconsin Law Library and online.

International Law Guide: Foreign, Comparative & Private info

Coverage to present
Guide to resources at the University of Wisconsin Law Library and online.

International Law Guide: Public info

Coverage to present
Guide to resources at the University of Wisconsin Law Library and online.

International Organizations (Northwestern University) info

Coverage to present
Portal to hundreds of international organizations and regional intergovernmental organizations, as well as U.S. government agencies relevant to international law.

International Trade Reporter (BNA Online) info

Coverage 1996 to present (updated weekly)
Articles, cases, and other supporting legal documents relating to United States trade and international business law.

Customized email delivery is also available to UW Law School Faculty and Academic Staff through BNA Online Email Highlights.

"All use of this resource is controlled by the UW Law School's BNA Academic Customer License Agreement."

Lawcite info

An international legal case citator. Given citations to cases and journal articles, one can locate citing reference with links in full text. The world-wide coverage enables a researcher to see where the case or journal article is being used in the world's courts. LawCite is sponserd by AustLII.

LawInfoChina info

Coverage 1949 to present (updated daily)
A nearly comprehensive collection of laws and regulations from China. Coverage for cases is selective. Nearly all of the content is available in both English and Chinese; a few items are in Chinese only.

Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law info

Coverage to present (updated quarterly)
Definitive encyclopedia covering the entirety of public international law.

Mexico Legal Research Guide info

Coverage to present
Guide to resources at the University of Wisconsin Law Library and online.

Oxford Reference Online - Law info

Coverage to present
Legal titles within Oxford Reference Online include The Oxford Companion to American Law, The Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia, A Dictionary of Law, A Dictionary of Law Enforcement, The New Oxford Companion to Law, The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States, and The Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions

Oxford Reports on International Courts of General Jurisdiction info

Coverage 2000 to present
Contentious and advisory cases from the International Court of Justice and Permanent Court of International Justice.

Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts info

Coverage 2000 to present
International case law from approximately 70 jurisdictions. Includes international courts and tribunals, domestic courts and ad hoc tribunals.

Peru Legal Research Guide info

Coverage to present
Guide to resources at the University of Wisconsin Law Library and online.

Philip Jessup Moot Court Library (Hein Online) info

Coverage 1960 to present
Journals on international law, as well as, the Philip Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition Compendium.

Statutes of the Republic of South Korea info

Coverage 1945 to present
Full-text of around 800 statutes from the Republic of Korea in English, along with amendment history and articles.
See reference librarian for assistance accessing this database.

Translex info

Coverage to present
A research platform for international law. Contains domestic statutes, international conventions, model laws, restatements and materials relevant for research in transnational law and internation business law.

Treaties & Agreements Library (Hein Online) info

Coverage 1776 to present
Comprehensive collection of United States treaties, whether currently in-force, expired, or not-yet-officially published. Includes the United States Treaties and Other International Agreements (UST) and the Treaties and International Acts Series (TIAS).

see also: Hein's U.S. Treaty Index on CD-ROM

USA Trade Online info

Coverage (updated daily)
Official source of current and cumulative U.S. export and import statistics. Uses the Harmonized System (HS) and the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes.

World Legal Information Institute info

Coverage to present
Case law, legislation, treaties, law reform reports, law journals, and other materials from foreign countries, the United States, and the 50 states.


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