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Topic Research Guides: Comparative Law

Research Resources and Guides For Law Topics

 

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Textbooks

Comparative Law texts are shelved at 340.2

Subject terms to search in the catalogue include: Comparative law

Comparative Law text that focus on a particular area of law - such as comparative constitutional law, comparative criminal law and comparative contract law - are shelved through the Law Library. Search the Library Catalogue to locate these texts.

There are a variety of useful texts for this area of the law, some include:

Journals and Indexes

Key journals in this area include:

 

Key Databases include:

Case Law

Members of the Free Access to Law Movement (FALM) Provides links to Country based organisations providing freely available case law, legislation, law reform and secondary sources.

 

Oxford Reports on Public International Law

 

Websites

EUR-Lex provides free access to EU law, Preparatory Acts, Case Law, Agreements and other public documents

Global and Comparative Law Resources - Library of Congress 

Global Legal Monitor

GlobaLex - Foreign, Comparative and International Law

International Academy of Comparative Law

International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

International Court of Justice

LegiGlobe - legal systems of the world

LLRX guide to Comparative and Foreign Law

Oxford Public International Law

Oxford University Comparative Law Forum

Peace Palace Library

UNIDROIT - Organisation for the unification of international private law

Union of International Associations Links to selected organizations

United Nations:

United Nations Home Page

Directory of United Nations System Organizations

Official Web Site Locator for United Nations System of Organization

United Nations System of Organizations Alphabetic Index of Websites of the United Nations System of Organizations

United Nations Documents

United Nations Document Search

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

WTO - World Trade Organisation