 International Law:
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The law library maintains a significant collection of printed material in foreign law. In recent years, foreign legal materials have become increasingly available on LexisNexis, Westlaw and on the Internet. This guide is intended to serve as a gateway to both print and electronic resources. Throughout the guide, annotations are provided where deemed necessary. Unless otherwise indicated, locations refer to University of Wisconsin-Madison Law Library holdings. You will encounter the following symbols
in the "Location" segments of the guide: http://library.law.wisc.edu/elecresources/databases/accessrestrictions.htm. II. Research Guides and Summaries The resources listed below also provide introductory information on legal research in foreign jurisdictions, comparative law, and private international law/conflict of laws. Some of the materials summarize foreign legal systems, others describe research methodology in depth, and others do both. Using the resources below, you can identify the name of a code or other source of law, and determine whether the resource is in print or available electronically. If the item is in print, check the UW Madison's online catalog, Madcat. If no UW-campus library has the item, we can order it for you (or you can order it via Library Express) from another library. The law library also has many guides to to research in specific jurisdictions. These may be searched in MadCat by doing a subject search using the phrase“Legal Research” and the specific country, e.g. Legal research – France. Resources -
The best starting point for researching law in a foreign jurisdiction
is Thomas H. Reynolds & Arturo A. Flores, Foreign Law: Current
Sources of Codes and Basic Legislation in Jurisdictions of the World (Location:
Ref K38 R49 1989 and http://foreignlawguide.com Other introductory resources include: ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law: Private International Law Location: http://www.asil.org/resource/pil1.htm From the American Society of International Law. A Bibliography on Foreign and Comparative
Law , compiled and annotated by Charles Szladits. 13 v. New York
: Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law, Columbia University in
the City of New York : distributed by Oceana Publications, 1955-1989.
Multivolume work covering the period from 1790-1983 (Memorial libary has through 1965 only). Additional supplementation is planned. Claire, Germain M. Transnational Law Research:
A Guide for Attorneys. Ardsley-on-Hudson, N.Y. : Transnational Juris
Publications, Inc., 1991- An introductory guide to foreign legal materials, with emphasis on European countries. Contains advice on research methodology as well as lists of resources, including electronic. Also an excellent place to start for questions that deal with more than one legal system, such as transnational litigation and conflict of laws. Kept up-to-date with supplements. Comparative and Foreign Law Guides Location: http://www.llrx.com/comparative_and_foreign_law.html From LLRX.Com. Includes research guides for more than twenty jurisdictions. See also International Law Guides, which contains many guides relevant to the field of private international law, including commercial arbitration, family law, international trade, and more. Foreign & International Law Resources: An Annotated Guide to Web Sites Around the World Location: http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/services/research/guides/international/web_resources/index.php Annotated list of links to foreign
law web sites organized by topic, region (e.g. Middle East, Western Europe)
and country. Chapter five covers research technigues for specific geopraphic and geopolitical regions. International Encyclopedia of Comparative Laws See section IX, infra. International Encyclopaedia of Laws Introduction to Foreign Legal Systems. New York : Oceana Publications, c1994. Richard A. Danner and Marie-Louise H. Bernal, eds. Location: K 583 I57 1994 Provides an introduction to legal systems not based on the common law (including chapters on Chinese, Japanese and African Legal Systems) and practical advice on researching foreign law. Law and Judicial Systems of Nations,
by the World Jurist Association, ed. 4th revised ed. Washington , D.C.
: World Jurist Association, 2002. Summarizes the legal systems of 193 nations. Lawlinks: Private International Law Location: http://library.kent.ac.uk/library/lawlinks/private.htm From the University of Kent at Canterbury. Links to research guides in private international law, treaty collections, and other document collections. Martindale–Hubbell Law Digest. Summit , N.J. : Martindale-Hubbell, 1990- Location: Reference Collection Ref KF 190 M372 This is an annual publication issued in several volumes. Volume 3, entitled International Law Digest ( shelved in the same location and available on LexisNexis at MARHUB;INTFIG), is an introduction to foreign legal systems. It contains English language summaries of the laws of roughly eighty legal systems and is a useful introductory tool. The following are other regional Martindale-Hubbell law digests available on LexisNexis that contain summaries of law on selected topics, with citations to primary sources. Asian Law Digests; MARHUB;ASDIG Middle East Africa Law Digest: MARHUB;MEADIG North American Law Digests: MARHUB;NADIG South American Law Digests: MARHUB;SADIG Modern Legal Systems Cyclopedia See section IX, infra. Nations of the World Full-text laws and regulations in the official language of the country of origin and summaries or abstracts in English. Sites for over 230 jurisdictions are included. Also includes legal guides. A Primer on the Civil Law System Location: http://www.fjc.gov/public/pdf.nsf/lookup/CivilLaw.pdf/$file/CivilLaw.pdf Location: K 85 A27 1998 A Selective List of Guides to Foreign Legal Research Location: http://www.law.columbia.edu/library/Research_Guides/foreign_law/foreignguide From Columbia law school, Arthur W. Diamond Law Library. UW-Madison Law Library Bibliographies and
Guides The library has several web based path finders for legal research in particular jurisdictions, including Canada, Chile(forthcoming), Peru(forthcoming), Mexico(forthcoming) and India. Other guides that may be of interest particularly with respect to Private International Law/Conflict of Laws include GATT/WTO: A Research Guide and Research Sources in Public International Law. World Legal Systems Location: http://www.uottawa.ca/world-legal-systems/eng-monde.htm From the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law. This site categorizes the legal systems of the countries of the world into civil law systems, common law systems, and "mixed" systems. Introduction to the European Union Location: http://www.library.wisc.edu/guides/EU/ A guide to locating EU documents and publications at the University of Wisconsin and on the Web. Comparative and Foreign Law Guides: Europe Location: http://www.llrx.com/comparative_and_foreign_law.html#Europe Guides to research resources for the EU, finding the law for the small states of Europe, European document delivery services, and European Legal Databases. Guide to Researching the Council of Europe Location: http://www.llrx.com/features/coe.htm Finding the Law: The Micro-States and Small Jurisdictions of Europe Location: http://www.llrx.com/features/microstates.htm "Covers Andorra, Cyprus, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican State; The Channel Islands, Gibraltar, Isle of Man, Northern Cyprus; and an addendum including Republika Srpska, Montenegro, Kosovo and Transnistria." Guide to European Legal Databases, Update 5 Location: http://www.llrx.com/features/europenew.htm Guide to legal information from government and secondary sources throughout Europe. III. Texts and Summaries of Foreign Laws Available Electronically **For Foreign subject-specific laws and summaries available online and in print, see section IV. infra. For the most part, the resources below include gateways to web sites containing foreign law. Jurisdiction specific databases are included if they are subscribed to by the UW-Madison Law Library or UW - Madison libraries. Asian Legal
Information Institute Canadian Abridgment, Case Digests Summaries of Canadian case law by topic. Early 19th century to date. Updated quarterly. Celex on LexisNexis Academic Location: UW-Madison
Libraries and Law Library web sites, http://library.law.wisc.edu/elecresources/databases/allwithann.php#C From the European Union. "Offers
multilingual full-text coverage of a wide range of legal acts and provides
access to the founding treaties, as well as to binding and non-binding
legislation." Also includes case-law of the European Court of Justice
The content of Celex is similar to Eurlex, infra,
but in some ways is more extensive. Celex, for example, provides access
to national provions implementing directives, something that is not found
on Eurlex. Central and East European Legal, Political, Business and Economics WWW Resources Location: http://law.gonzaga.edu/library/ceeurope.htm Location: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/index.html From the European Union. Contains EU treaties, legislation and case law, as well as the decisional procedures between the Commission and the other institutions. Foreign and International Law Sources
on the Internet: Annotated From Cornell University Law
Library. Selective guide to full-text laws, court decisions, research
guides, legal commentary, directories, and more.
Location: http://www.law.uh.edu/libraries/nicole/research/researchguides/foreignlaw.html From the University of Houston Law Center. Foreign Law: Current Sources of Codes and Basic Legislation in Jurisdiction Around the World Location: http://foreignlawguide.com 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. Provides hot links to primary sources of law. Available from UW Law School terminals only. Globalcourts Access to supreme court decisions world wide. Government Gazettes Online Governments on the WWW Location: http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/ Links to foreign government web sites, many of which link to legislation. International Legal Research in LexisNexis Academic Location:
UW-Madison Libraries and Law Library web sites, http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/
Dates of Coverage Vary (updated daily) Full-text selected case law and codes for the European Union, Australia, Canada, Ireland, Hong Kong, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia & Brunei, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. To access, visit the URL above via a law library or campus workstation (or by proxy using wiscworld). Select "Legal Research," then scroll down to the heading, "International Legal Materials." ISI Emerging Markets, Russia. Location: UW-Madison
Libraries and Law Library web sites, http://site.securities.com/ch.html?pc=RU Full-text 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). Dates of coverage vary. Updated daily. LexisNexis Nations of the World Location: http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/nations.html From the law Library of Congress, Global Information Network (GLIN). Full-text laws and regulations in the official language of the country of origin and summaries or abstracts in English. Sites for over 230 jurisdictions are included. Also includes legal guides. Private International Law Location: http://www.state.gov/s/l/c3452.htm From the U.S. Department of State. Links to "treaties in force for the United States, other international instruments, and information on current negotiations and projects covering the private international law of such areas as trade and commerce, finance and banking, trusts and estates, family and children matters, and international judicial assistance."
Location: http://www.sosig.ac.uk/law/ Swiss Institute of Comparative Law Location: http://isdc.ch/en/default.asp Houses the European Documentation Centre; links to web sites containing foreign legislation, case law, and more. Westlaw Laws for many foreign jurisdictions,
as well as legal materials from the European Communities/European Union.
See the Westlaw Database Directory (Reference Collection KF 242 A1 W253;
http://directory.westlaw.com). Location: http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/215.html Caselaw, legislation, treaties, law reform reports, law journals, and other materials from foreign countries. IV. Subject collections NEXT: Check BNA stuff A. Encyclopedias International Encyclopedia of Comparative
Law [Issued under the auspices of the International Association of
Legal Science. Editorial Committee: R. David ... [et al.]. Tubingen; New
York: J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck); Oceana [etc.], 1973 - . See description in section IX, infra. International Encyclopaedia for Labour Law and Industrial Relations,
by R. Blanpain, editor in chief. 14 v. Deventer, Netherlands
: Kluwer, 1977- International Encylopaedia of Laws, by Roger Blanpain, general editor. Kluwer Law Taxation and Publishers, 1991 - Location: Reference Collection K48 I57
B. Specialized Materials The following materials summarize and/or provide the full text of laws from foreign jurisdictions in particular subject areas. Some of the resources also provide commentary or analysis.
Antitrust/Competition Law Banking Law Business Law/Foreign Trade Constitutional Law Criminal Law/Criminal Procedure Family Law Intellectual Property Law Labor Law Law and Religion Narcotic Law Population Adoption Law Internal and Intercountry Adoption Laws, by International Social Service, Geneva, ed. The Hague, The Netherlands ; Cambridge, MA, : Kluwer Law International, 1996- Location: K 704 I58 "...Deals with internal & intercountry adoption legislation in 60 of the countries most concerned (both states of origin & receiving states). It offers the user easy access to the material, presenting a standardized country-by-country overview, drawn up by experts in family law or children's rights from each jurisdiction. Each country section is completed with an annex containing the main legal texts (in their original language) ...". Kept up-to-date with supplements.
Antitrust/Competition Law Fugate, Wilbur L. Foreign Commerce and the Antitrust Laws. 5th ed. 2v. Boston , MA : Little, Brown, 1996. Location: KF1657 F6 F8 1996 Analysis of all the latest developments
under the antitrust and competition laws, policies, and enforcement rules
of the U.S., the EU, Canada, the UK, Japan, and other major trade jurisdictions.
Updated annually. Location: http://www.globalcompetitionforum.org From the International Bar Association. Click on a region and be linked directly to the most current versions of the world's competition laws, direct links to national competition authorities and international organizations, and articles, speeches, and commentary by world-renowned experts in competition law enforcement, regulation and reform.
Location: http://www.oecd.org/findDocument/ Click on "By country" for information on that nation's practices with respect to competition law.
Banking Law Global Banking Law Database The Global Banking Law Database (GBLD) is a joint project of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The GBLD consists of a collection of commercial banking, central bank, and deposit insurance laws of jurisdictions that are representative of the regions of the world as well as international financial centers. The laws are available in English in both MS Word and PDF (Adobe Acrobat) formats.
Business Law/Foreign Trade China Trade Law and Practice, by Patrick Norton & K.W. (Butch) Almstedt, eds. London : Cameron May, 2003- Location: Reference Collection KNQ 3405 C48 Offers an overview and assessment on China's new trade remedy regime, and English translations of all of China's trade remedy laws and regulations, and antidumping decisions. Kept up-to-date with supplements. Commercial Laws of the World. Ormond Beach , Fla. : Foreign Tax Law Publishers Location: Law Library Reference Collection K1001.4 F67 This series provides the text of commercial laws from foreign jurisdictions in English. The law library has volumes for many countries. Some of these are kept up-to-date with supplements. To see the library's holdings, go to Madcat and choose "Basic Search." To search by title, type "Commercial Laws of the World." To search by call number, type K 1001.4 F67. Company Law in Europe. 2v. London : Butterworths, 1992- Location: KJC 2448 C65 Taking a country by country approach, the book addresses acquisitions, joint ventures, and investment law and regulation. Kept up-to-date with supplements. Digest of Commercial Laws of the World. 10v. Dobbs Ferry , N.Y. , Published for National Association of Credit Management by Oceana Publications. 1966 - Location: Reference Collection K 1005.4 D54 Summary of the commercial laws and procedures of more than 100 countries and provinces. Coverage includes elements of contract, agency and presentation, jurisdiction of courts, arbitration, recognition of foreign judgments, liens and more. Not kept up to date after 1997. Doing Business Guide Series. New York: PricewaterhouseCoopers. Location: Varies (see description below) This series from PricewaterhouseCoopers summarizes the economic climate, business opportunities, and the legal and tax environment of specific foreign jurisdictions. Each volume contains an appendix that includes tax rates, list of countries with which the nation in question has treaties, and more. The law library has volumes for the following jurisdictions: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Croatian, Chile, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, and the Philippines. For specific location, dates of coverage and currency of each volume, go to MadCat. Select Guided Search. In the search box, type "Information guide PricewaterhouseCoopers"(without the quotes), then select "as a phrase." in the drop down menu immediately to the right of the search box. Then, in the box labeled "Search By," select Series. E-Commerce Law Resources Location: http://bakernet.com/ecommerce/ From the law firm of Baker & Mckenzie. Links to E-commerce laws from foreign jurisdictions. Guides to Doing Business Location: http://www.lexmundi.com/lexmundi/Guides_to_Doing_Business1.asp?SnID=853806345 From Lex Mundi, an association of law firms around the world. More than 100 guides to business for countries, states or provinces. Lexmercatoria Location: http://www.lexmercatoria.org
Criminal Law/Criminal Procedure
Foreign criminal codes in English. Most of these are outdated, but may be useful for historical research. France, Germany, Germany(West), Austria, Israel, Colombia, Finland, Greenland, Greece, Japan, Poland, Romania, Korea (South), Italy, China, Finland, France, Norway, The Netherlands, Turkey, and Argentina. For specific location, dates of coverage and currency of each volume, go to MadCat. Select Guided Search. In the search box, type "American Series of Foreign Penal Codes" (without the quotes), then select "as a phrase." in the drop down menu immediately to the right of the search box. Then, in the box labeled "Search By," select Series. Comparative Criminal Procedure Location: http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/foreign_intl/civilproc.html A guide to print resources at the NYU Library and electronic resources. Arranged by country. Foreign Penal Codes
Constitutional Law Constitution Finder Location: http://confinder.richmond.edu Links to foreign constitutions and related documents. Available in English for all countries, and in the native languages for some. Constitutions of the Countries of the World;
A Series of Updated Texts, Constitutional Chronologies and Annotated
Bibliographies, by A. P. Blaustein and G. H. Flanz, eds. 20v. Dobbs
Ferry , NY , Oceana Publications 1971 - . Not kept up-to-date after August 2001. The Rise of Modern Constitutionalism Location: http://www.uni-kassel.de/~dippel/rmc_web/start.htm
Election Law Political Database of the Americas Location: http://www.georgetown.edu/pdba/english.html Environmental Law European Environmental Law Family Law Islamic Family Law - Global Profiles Location: http://www.law.emory.edu/IFL/legal/ From the Law and Religion program at Emory University. Country by country summaries. Health Law
Location: http://www3.who.int/idhl-rils/frame.cfm?language=english From the World Health Organization (WHO). "Contains a selection of national and international health legislation. Texts of legislation are summarized in English or mentioned by their title. Where possible, links are provided to other web sites that contain full texts of the legislation in question."
Intellectual Property Law Collection of Laws for Electronic Access (CLEA) Location: http://clea.wipo.int/clea/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=main-h.htm&2.0 From the World Intellectual
Property Organization (WIPO). A searchable database of foreign and international
intellectual property laws. Location: Reference Collection K 1418 1987 Latest update is December, 2001. Intellectual Property Laws and Treaties / World Intellectual Property Organization. 4v. Geneva : WIPO, [1998-2001] Location:Periodicals, 3rd Floor Continues in part Industrial
Property and Copyright : Monthly review of the World Intellectual Property
Organization (1995-1998). Check Madcat to trace the complete history
of the publication (Go to "Basic Search," select "Journal
Title" in the drop-down menu, and type "Intellectual Property
Laws and Treaties.") Location: K 1420.5 I54 1988 Contains "national chapters" that focus on copyright laws for 23 countries. Focus is on international copyright law as well as the European Union. Kept up-to-date with supplements. Uk Patent-Office Copyright World Patent Law and Practice, compiled
by John P. Sinnott. New York : M. Bender, c1974- Patent statutes, regulations, and treaties; European intellectual property decisions. Kept up-to-date with supplements.
Labor Law
International Encyclopaedia for Labour Law
and Industrial Relations, by R. Blanpain, editor in chief. 14
v. Deventer, Netherlands : Kluwer, 1977- Natlex Law and Religion Gour, Hari Singh. The Hindu Code : Being a Codified statement of Hindu law with commentaries and Relevant Acts and Annotated. 2v. 6th ed. Allahabad : Law Publishers, 1994. Location: KN S479 G68 1994 (Non circulating) Islamic Family Law - Global Profiles Location: http://www.law.emory.edu/IFL/legal/ From the Law and Religion program at Emory University. Country by country summaries. Narcotic Law Drug Legislation Population
Population and Family Planning:
Laws, Policies and Regulations By the Population and Social Integration Section of the Emerging Issues Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. Limited to selected countries in Asia.
Securities Law International Securities Regulation, Pacific Rim, by Gordon R Walker, general ed. Dobbs Ferry, NY : Oceana Publications, 1996- Location: K 1114 I5865 Securities legislation and documents, with commentary,
from Australia, New Zealand, and South East Asia. Kept up-to-date with
supplements. Taxation & Investment in Central and
East European Countries, by G. Erdos, managing editor; w. Kuiper and
J. Wheeler, editorial advisors. 3v. Amsterdam: International Bureau of
Fiscal Documentation Publications, 1992 - . Kept up-to-date with supplements. Tax Laws of the World. Foreign Tax Publishers. Location: Reference Collection K 4456.4
F67
V. Treaty Research - Private International Law/Conflict of Laws Treaties relevant to conflict of laws research in the United States may be found indexed in Treaties in Force* under the heading "Judicial Procedure," under the subheadings "Interamerican Agreements" or "Hague Conventions"; under the heading "Law, Private International"; by looking under the specific area of law, e.g., "Investment disputes;" or, in the case of bilateral treaties between the U.S. and an individual country, by looking under the name of that country. *See section V. of Research Resources in Public International Law. For resources on researching treaties electronically and in print at the UW Law Library, see sections V and VI of Research Sources in Public International Law. See also section VII., "State Practice in International Law," which covers resources that provide references to treaty collections and to sources of diplomatic documentation and other materials relevant to customary state practice in international law. The Web sites below offer links to and information about treaties that deal with private international law/conflict of laws issues: Bilateral Investment Treaties Location: http://www.worldbank.org/icsid/treaties/treaties.htm From the World Bank Group. Lists of treaties chronologically and by country. Hague Conference on Private International Law Location: http://www.hcch.net/e/index.html International Constitutional Law Location: http://www.oefre.unibe.ch/law/icl From the University of Bern. English translations of constitutions and related documents. For each country, there is a short constitutional background, a history, and news. Multilateral Arbitration Conventions Location: http://www.asser.nl/ica/convent.htm Private International Law From the U.S. Department of State. Among other things, this site "provide[s] a convenient location to find treaties in force for the United States, other international instruments, and information on current negotiations and projects covering the private international law of such areas as trade and commerce, finance and banking, trusts and estates, family and children matters, and international judicial assistance. This web site offers links to documents summarizing the current state of negotiations or ratification efforts concerning multilateral private international law conventions ... "
A. Foreign and Comparative Law
Comparative Law: An Introduction, Vivian Grosswald Curran, ed. Durham , NC : Carolina Academic Press, 2002. Location:
K 559 C66 2002 Comparative Law in the 21st
Century, by Andrew Harding and Esin Örücü, eds. London ; New York
: Kluwer Academic, 2002. Location: K559 C665 2003 De Cruz, Peter. Comparative Law in a Changing World. 2nd ed. London : Cavendish Pub., 1999. Location: K 559 D4 1999 Glendon, Marry Ann, Michael Wallace Gordon and Paolo G. Carozza. Comparative Legal Traditions in a Nutshell. 2nd ed. St. Paul , Minn. : West Group, 1999. Location: Reserve Collection K 560 .G43 1999 Glenn, Patrick H. Legal Traditions of the
World : Sustainable Diversity in Law. Oxford ; New York : Oxford
University Press, 2000. Location: K 236 G59 2002 Gruberg, Martin. Introduction to Law. Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, 2003. Location: K 561 G78 2003 Handbook of Global Legal Policy. New York : M. Dekker, 2000.
Law and Justice in a Multistate World : Essays in Honor of Arthur T. Von Mehren, by James A.R. Nafziger and Symeon C. Symeonides, eds. Ardsley, N.Y. : Transnational Publishers, 2002. Location: K561 L384 2002
Markesinis, B.S. Foreign Law and Comparative Methodology: A Subject and a Thesis. Oxford, U.K. : Hart Pub., 1997. Location: K 559.M37 1997 McHugh, James T. The Essential Concept of Law. New York : Peter Lang, 2002. Location: K 559 M36
2002 Location: K 561 R68 2001
Location: K561 T67 1998 Location: K 559 W124 2002 Zweiggert, Konrad and Hein Kötz. Introduction
to Comparative Law. 3rd rev. ed. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York
: Oxford University Press, 1998. Block, Richard N. Labor Standards in the United States and Canada. Kalamazoo, Mich. : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2003. Location: Memorial Library Stacks Regular
Shelving HD 8072.5 B57 2003, NetLibrary Harutyunyan, Gagik. The Constitutional Review and its Development
in the Modern World : A Comparative Constitutional Analysis. Yerevan
; Ljubljana : Hayagitak, 1999 Judicial Comparativism in Human Rights
Cases. London : United Kingdom National Committee of Comparative
Law : Distributed by the British Institute of International and Comparative
Law, 2003. Location: K3240 J87
2000 Location: On Order.
Ask librarian for status. Location: K2100 K66 2003 Maine, Henry Sumner, Sir. Ancient Law. New Brunswick, U.S.A. : Transaction Publishers, 2002. (Originally published: 3rd ed. London : J. Murray, 1866.) Location: K 190 M35 2002 Mattei, Ugo. Comparative Law and Economics. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 1997. Location: K487 E3 M38 1997 McHugh, James T. Comparative Constitutional Traditions. New
York : P. Lang, 2002. McHugh, James T. The Essential Concept of Law. New York : Peter Lang, 2002. Location: K 559 M36 2002
Location: KNX 68 P67 2003 Simon, Rita James and Dagny A. Blaskovich. A Comparative Analysis of Capital Punishment : Statutes, Policies, Frequencies, and Public Attitudes the World Over. Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2002. Location: HV 8694 S54 2002 Thuronyi, Victor. Comparative Tax Law. The Hague ; New York : Kluwer Law International, 2003. Location: K 4460 T48
2003 Location: KJC 147 Y68 1998 B. Private International Law/Conflict of Laws The Changing World of International Law in the Twenty-First Century : A Tribute to the Late Kenneth R. Simmonds / editors, Joseph J. Norton, Mads Andenas, Mary Footer. Location: K Z3092 C49 1998 Dispute Resolution in the World Trade Organisation, by James Cameron & Karen Campbell, eds . London : Cameron May, 1998 Location: K 4600 D57 1998 Hay, Peter. Conflict of Laws. 3rd. ed. St. Paul, Minn:
West Pub. Co., 2000. International Conflict of Laws for the Third Millennium : Essays
in Honor of Friedrich K. Juenger. Ardsley, N.Y. : Transnational Publishers,
2001. Juenger, Friedrich K. Selected Essays on the Conflict of Laws. Ardsley, N.Y. : Transnational Publishers, 2001. Location: K 7040 J844 2001 Law and Justice in a Multistate World
: Essays in Honor of Arthur T. von Mehren, by James A.R. Nafziger
and Symeon C. Symeonides, eds. Ardsley, N.Y. : Transnational Publishers,
2002.
Nanda, V. and David K. Pansius. Litigation of International Disputes
in U.S. Courts. 2v. St. Paul, Minn.: Thomson/West, 2003 Private law in the International Arena
: From National Conflict Rules Towards Harmonization and Unification :
Liber Amicorum Kurt Siehr, by Jürgen Basedow ... [et al.]., ed. The
Hague, The Netherlands : T.M.C. Asser Press; Cambridge, MA : Kluwer Law
International, 2000
Shany, Yuval. The Competing Jurisdictions of International Courts and Tribunals. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003 Location: KZ 6250 S53 2003 Whincop, Michael J. and Mary Keyes (with a foreword by Richard A. Posner.)
Policy and Pragmatism in the Conflict of Laws. Aldershot ; Burlington,
VT : Ashgate, 2001.
Dictionaries and Directories Location: http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/foreign_intl/dictionaries.html A list of online dictionaries, compiled by New York University School of Law Library, many of which focus on law and international law. Dictionary of International & Comparative Law. James R. Fox. 3rd ed. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana, 2003. Location: Reference
Collection KZ 1161 F69 2003 Location: Reference Collection K54 E45 2001 * The law library has many legal dictionaries. These may be searched in MadCat by doing a basic search using the name of the jurisdiction needed.( e.g. in the "subject browse" box, type "Law Mexico Dictionaries", without the quotes). Canadian Abridgment, Encyclopedic Digest Location:
http://library.law.wisc.edu/elecresources/databases/treaties.php#encyclopedias Encyclopedia of Canadian law arranged by subject. Includes both Ontario and Western editions. Similar to American Jurisprudence or Corpus Juris Secundum. Updated quarterly. International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law [Issued under the
auspices of the International Association of Legal Science. Editorial
Committee: R. David ... [et al.], -- Tubingen; New York: J.C.B. Mohr (Paul
Siebeck); Oceana [etc.], 1973 - . International Encyclopaedia for Labour Law
and Industrial Relations Information on labor relations with respect to foreign states and from an international law perspective. The case law & legislative volumes contain international and English translations of most of the important acts of over twenty nations. International Encylopaedia of Laws, by Roger Blanpain, general editor. Kluwer Law Taxation and Publishers, 1991 - Location: Law Library
Reference Collection K 48 I57 Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Corporations and Partnerships, Criminal Law, Environmental Law, Family and Succession Law, Insurance Law, Medical Law, Social Security Law, Transport Law, Intellectual Property. Modern Legal Systems Cyclopedia, by
Kenneth Robert Redden, general editor. 10 v. Buffalo, NY: W.S. Hein, 1984-1985. Provides general information about legal systems of the countries of the world. Kept up-to-date with supplements. Current Index to Legal Periodicals . Current issues. Location: http://www.law.library.wisc.edu/cilp/ Location: Periodical Index Tables, Grand Reading Room, 5th Floor, West. Citations to articles in more
than 850 English language legal periodicals and newspapers. Some articles
have abstracts. See also Legal Resource Index,
infra. Location: Periodical index tables, Grand Reading Room, 5th Floor West (1993-1999); Covers journal titles which are published in Europe in English. Complements Legal Journals Index, infra. Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals Location: Periodical
index tables, Grand Reading Room, 5th Floor, West, s. 34;
UW-Madison Libraries and Law Library web sites, http://library.law.wisc.edu/elecresources/databases/allwithann.php#I Index to world-wide legal literature on all forms of foreign (non-Angle-American) law. Covers foreign law, comparative law, and legal systems. Includes journal articles, reports, essays, yearbooks, and book reviews in a variety of languages. Index to Legal Periodicals and Books. Location: Periodical
Index Tables, Grand Reading Room, 5th Floor, West, s. 34(1908 - ); UW-Madison
Libraries and Law Library web sites (Index to Legal Periodicals Full
Text), http://library.law.wisc.edu/elecresources/databases/allwithann.php#I Citations to articles, bibliographies, book reviews, and other titles from 891 legal periodicals (law reviews and law journals). Also contains citations to more than 2000 law books. Location: Periodical
Index Tables, Grand Reading Room, 5th Floor West (1986-1999);Westlaw:
LJI-INDX(1986 - present). Location: LexisNexis:
LAWREV; LGLIND; Westlaw: LRI (1980 - ). Location: UW-Madison Libraries and Law
Library web sites, http://library.law.wisc.edu/elecresources/databases/allwithann.php#P In Lists, Newsgroups and Networks (from ASIL's Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law), http://www.asil.org/RESOURCE/lists1.htm, Lyonette Louis-Jacques has created a guide that includes information on finding and subscribing to listservs that focus on foreign and international law.
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