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Legal Research: International Law: Foreign Government Sources

  • Parliaments - A database directory with facts about and links to foreign parliaments.
  • Legislation - Using WorldLII and/or Lexadin click on a country name to find Web sites with all or parts of its legislation in the original language and in translation.  If it is an EU member state, try N-Lex.
  • Courts - Lexadin portal to courts around the world.
  • Government Gazettes - Governments' daily or weekly documentation of their activities. These typically contain proposed and recently enacted laws.
  • Constitutions - Link to Web versions of countries' organizing documents.
  • National Int Law Yearbooks - Subscription database with annual documentation of countries' or regions' involvements with international law.
  • National Libraries - Link to libraries operated by foreign governments. 
  • Foreign Relations Officers - Locate contacts at foreign embassies to the U.S.
  • Library of Congress - Nations of the World information portals