University of Bern’s International Constitutional Law ProjectThe International Constitutional Law Project provides English translations of and other textual material related to constitutional documents. It cross-references those documents for quick comparison of constitutional provisions.
Constitute includes the currently-in-force constitution for nearly every independent state in the world, as well as some draft and historical texts. Constitute was developed by the authors of the Comparative Constitutions Project at the University of Texas at Austin.
Foreign Law Resources
Foreign law is the domestic law of non-U.S. countries. Below are some selected resources for finding foreign law.
GlobalexGlobaLex is published by the Hauser Global Law School Program at NYU School of Law. They publish well-regarded international, foreign, and comparative law research guides and articles. The guides and articles published are written by scholars well known in their respective fields.
Washington University Global Studies Law Review International Citation ManagerThis guide provides citation formats used by the Washington University Global Studies Law Review for foreign law material. In addition to providing citation examples, each country’s section describes the government and judicial structure, sources of law, and more.
Researching Foreign Law Video, Guide & CALI Lesson
This lesson gives a brief introduction to some of the basic concepts in foreign legal research, such as foreign legal systems, availability of materials, and research strategies. You will need to set up a password to use CALI online. To set up a username and password, you will be asked to enter UC Law’s authorization code. You can get this code from any reference librarian or at the Circulation Desk.
This lesson will cover how to research the constitutions of countries besides the United States. You will need to set up a password to use CALI online. To set up a username and password, you will be asked to enter UC Law’s authorization code. You can get this code from any reference librarian or at the Circulation Desk.
The purpose of this lesson is to provide an introduction to customary law systems and to offer suggestions for researching the laws of countries where customary law is still being practiced. Because customary law is not written down and is therefore very difficult to research, the lesson will discuss the importance of secondary source, non-legal sources, government, IGO, and NGO reports, and case law or codifications reflecting principles of customary law as might be found in a mixed legal system. You will need to set up a password to use CALI online. To set up a username and password, you will be asked to enter UC Law’s authorization code. You can get this code from any reference librarian or at the Circulation Desk.
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