Foreign law may be contained in codes, individual statutes, gazettes, and other sources. Most of these works are included in the LOC Catalog. Keep in mind that these materials are not necessarily available in English. In addition, numerous multinational sets of laws or legal summaries are available in the Law Library Reading Room.
The Law Library's Guide to Law Online is an annotated guide to sources of information on government and law available online. It includes select links to useful and reliable sites for accessing the laws of foreign nations, where available.
Established by Congress in 1832, the Law Library has a collection of over 2.65 million volumes spanning the ages and covering virtually every jurisdiction in the world.
We cannot provide legal advice, interpretation, or analysis which could be interpreted as the practice of law; extensive bibliographies or legislative histories; or answers for student homework assignments.
