Foreign, Comparative, and International Legal Research

GlobaLex’ page specifically for comparative law. Includes a short introduction to the subject; links to journals, organizations, and institutes devoted to comparative law research; and links to major comparative law resources (electronic and in print).

Finding aid for locating materials which compare the laws in jurisdictions around the world. Allows browsing by subject and jurisdiction—so, for example, you can select the subject “Money Laundering” to find materials which discuss laws governing money laundering in various countries. Multinational Sources Compared does not itself provide access to the referenced materials, so if you find a resource you would like to use, you will need to search for it in the library catalog to check its availability.

The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law provides “analytic coverage of constitutional law topics in a comparative context. The encyclopedia articles—modeled on those in the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law— address a focused range of topics that seek to provide the best coverage of the essence, character, development, and history of constitutional law from a global perspective.”

Collected articles on a range of comparative constitutional law topics. Includes foundational materials discussing the aims and methodologies of comparative constitutional law as well as the role of constitutions in legal systems, principles or ideals espoused in constitutions (such as liberties and justice), how constitutions are adopted, government structures adopted by constitutions, and current trends.

A collection of essays on various topics in comparative law, including introductory material on comparative law as a discipline (e.g. Chapter 1, “Comparative law and neighbouring disciplines”) as well as essays on particular topics in comparative law (e.g. Chapter 9, “Comparative criminal justice”; Chapter 15, “The Sub-Saharan legal tradition”).

Consists of chapters on a wide variety of comparative (and foreign) law topics. Includes articles aspects of comparative law in general (e.g.Chapter 3, “The aims of comparative law,” and Chapter 46, “Methodology of comparative law”) as well as on the treatment of particular legal subjects in different jurisdictions (e.g. Chapter 27, “Family law,” and Chapter 71, “Tort law in general”) and brief introductions to the legal systems of selected jurisdictions (e.g. Chapter 50, “The Netherlands,” and Chapter 75, “Turkey”).

Collection of essays which, as the publisher states, ”bridges this gap between theory and practice in comparative legal studies. Essays by both established and younger comparative lawyers reflect on the methodological challenges arising in their own work and in work in their area. Taken together, they offer clear recommendations for, and critical reflection on, a wide range of innovative comparative research projects.”