Last Updated: Jan 16, 2013
URL: http://guides.library.ucsc.edu/foreign-and-un-resources
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- Background Notes
Basic background information on countries; from the U.S. State Department
- Constitution Finder
Find constitutions, charters, etc. by country; from the Univ. of Richmond
- Foreign Information by Country
Guides to finding information sorted by country; from the Univ. of Colorado at Boulder
- Portals to the World
"links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world"; from the Library of Congress
- LexisNexis Academic (Lexis Nexis Academic)
Includes legislation and court cases for multiple countries including Canada, the EU, Australia, etc. (Requires UCSC or Off-Campus Access)
- Westlaw Campus
Includes European Union legal materials. (Requires UCSC or Off-Campus Access)
- World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII)
Case-law, legislation, treaties, law reform reports, law journals and links to official government websites by country or subject.
- Guide to Foreign Databases by Jurisdiction
From NYU Law; find foreign legal resources by country, includes guides to foreign legal research.
- Global Legal Information Network (GLIN)
Database of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, etc. of foreign government agencies and international organizations; from the Library of Congress.
- British and Irish Legal Information Institute
"Find British and Irish case law & legislation, European Union case law, Law Commission reports, and other law-related British and Irish material" in 76 databases covering 7 jurisdictions.
- CanLII: Canadian Legal Information Institute
Includes federal, provincial, and territorial court rules and decisions, statutes and regulations, and other Canadian legal documents.
- Foreign Legal Gazettes
Published by governments worldwide are the means the government can communicate with officials and the general public; listed alphabetically by country.
- Guide to law online: Nations of the World
Legal information by country; from the Library of Congress