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International Law | Historical Legal Documents | Legislative and Statutory Resources | Regulatory Information

Foreign, Comparative and International Law

• » Asian Law Bibliographic Database | Collection of English language materials on Asian laws; includes books, chapters in books, journal articles and theses.
• » ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law | Electronic resource guide that sets out basic international law search strategies and lists
  resources on various topics.
• » Audiovisual Library of International Law | Contains documents, tapes - both audio and video - and other materials on subjects of international law.
• » Australasian Legal Information Institute Databases | AustLII contains primary legal and legislative materials for Australia and New Zealand.
• » British and Irish Legal Information Institute Databases | BAILII contains primary legal and legislative materials for England and Wales, Ireland,
  Northern Ireland, Scotland, United Kingdom, and the European Union.
• » Canadian Legal Information Institute Databases | CanLII contains primary legal and legislative materials for Canada.
  
• » Foreign Law Guide | Provides an overview of individual legal systems with references to current sources of codes and basic legislation for each
  jurisdiction.
• » Foreign Relations of the United States | Presents the official documentary historical record of major United States foreign policy decisions and significant
  diplomatic activity.
• » Global Legal Information Catalog (GLIC) | Interfaces with the Library of Congress catalog to help users find publications which reprint in English the laws
  and regulations of foreign and international jurisdictions on a particular legal topic.
• » Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) | Database of laws, regulations, judicial decisions and related legal sources from around the globe.
• » Human Rights Library | Digital copies of core human rights documents, including several hundred human rights treaties and other primary international
  human rights instruments.
• » Institute for Transnational Law Foreign Law Translations | English translations of French, German, Italian, Austrian and Israeli legal materials in the fields
  of constitutional, administrative, contract and tort law.
• » PARLIT | A database of bibliographic references on the role, structure and working methods of national parliaments, and on electoral systems.
• » World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII) | Provides access to worldwide law from countries in six continents.

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Historical Legal Documents

• » Foreign Relations of the United States | Presents the official historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity.
• » Historical Publications of the United States Commission on Civil Rights | Digital publications from the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
• » London Gazette Archive | An official newspaper of record in the United Kingdom for publishing legal notices, including insolvency (bankruptcy) notices.
• » OYEZ | A multimedia database about the United States Supreme Court which includes audio files of oral arguments, abstracts of key constitutional cases,
  and information on Supreme Court justices.

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Legislative and Statutory Resources

• » Congressional Record Database | Contains the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress from Volume 140 (1994) to
  the present.
• » Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) | Database of laws, regulations, judicial decisions and related legal sources from around the globe.
• » Hindsa Precedents | A 5-volume series containing selected rulings made by the chair of the House of Representatives
• » NCSL State Legislatures Internet Links | Searchable database providing links to Web sites of State Legislatures, Legislators and political developments.
• » THOMAS | Current and historical legislative information for Congress, including: bills, laws, treaties, the Congressional Record, roll call votes, and
  committee reports.
• » NATLEX | Contains over 55,000 records covering over 170 countries and territories on national labour, social security and related human rights
  legislation.

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Regulatory Information

• » Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) | Database of laws, regulations, judicial decisions and related legal sources from around the globe.

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