Finding Primary Foreign Law
Foreign Law
Foreign Law refers to the domestic law of any country other than the United States. When researching the law of a foreign nation, it is helpful to begin with a research guide or overview of the legal system. Use these starting points to find laws, legislative texts, and caselaw of individual countries. Example: Ley de concursos mercantiles, Diario Oficial de la Federacion [D.O.], 12 de Mayo de 2000 (Mex.).
- Reynolds & Flores Foreign Law Guide, is an excellent starting point for locating the statutes of another country. For each foreign country there is a brief introduction to the legal system, a list of codifications, gazettes and other sources of law and then a section listing sources of law by subject. There are citations to materials both in the original language and English translations where available.
- LLRX Comparative and the Foreign Law Guides is a collection of research guides for over 50 countries and regions written by law libraries.
- Inter-America Database is a Latin American law database developed by the National Law Center for InterAmerican Free Trade. InterAm access is limited to USD students, faculty, and staff through the LRC Research Databases page.