Law of Other Countries


Many websites link to primary law on the websites of foreign governments. Some offer text or summaries of the law by subject.

  1. Nations of the World
    Law Library of Congress
    Links to government agencies, official publications, and information sources for most nations.

  2. World Legal Information Institute (World LII)
    Free, independent and non-profit access to 473 databases from 55 countries including 21 international databases.

  3. GLIN (Global Legal Information Network)
    Library of Congress
    Database of laws and regulations from the official government texts. Summaries in English. Citations to the official documents. Search by GLIN thesaurus terms.  Limited number of countries represented; only those that contribute official texts to the database.  Includes the Guide to Law Online, with links to other sources of legal information by country.

  4. University of Chicago D'Angelo Law Library
    Links to foreign law by country.

  5. WashLaw Web Foreign and International Law
    Links to legal materials by country.

  6. Ready Reference
    Links to Web Resources of Foreign Law and Governments.

  7. NWU Government Documents of Foreign Governments
    Links to agencies of foreign governments that produce their official documents.
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