Research Guide to International Law on the Internet

Starting Points

Search engines for all topics

Law-Related Searchable Databases

Tools for Finding the Latest Law-Related Arrivals

Foreign Law WWW Sites

International Law WWW Sites

International Treaties Collections

Search engines for all topics

Foreword: At the beginning of an international law research, you can use also some well known search engines for all topics related to billions of Web pages! Naturally, they support the keyword search feature. For more details about them, consult the excellent Lyonette Louis-Jacques' Guide to Legal Research Using the Internet, as well as The Spider's Apprentice from Monash Information Services.

Warning: If you are not a well-experienced Internet navigator, do not miss to carefully consult the two above mentioned guides in order to know what is the best search engine for your particular interests and needs.

All gopher types / All-in-One Search /AltaVista / Archie Gopher / Cyberhound / Excite / HotBot / French Language Search Engine / InfoSeek / Internet Public Library / LawRunner / Lycos / Magellan / MetaCrawler / Nikos / Search / Open Text Index / Point / Sleuth / Starting Point / W3 Search Engines / WebCrawler / WWW Worm

Law-Related Searchable Databases

Foreword: The following links are all related to searchable databases devoted to law in general (national and international).

CataLaw (Wisebrod) - It is "the catalog of catalogs of law on the Internet". This searchable database includes the following sections: Legal topics (catalogs classified by legal topic), Regional Law (catalogs about international law and specific countries), Extra information (catalogs of law-related information, e.g. about the legal profession, organizations, publications).

Tools for Finding the Latest Law-Related Arrivals

Foreword: The following links are all related to Web pages where you can get information about new law-related sites.

Foreign Law WWW Sites

Foreword: You will find listed below links to WWW sites related to foreign law in general as well as to some specific countries or special topics.

American Arbitration Association

Antitrust Law (Vanderbilt U.)

Australian legal information sites

Center for the Study of Constitutionalism in E. Europe (U. of Chichago)

Center of Constitutional Law (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

Central and East European Initiative (ABA) - It is a public service project designed to advance the rule of law in the world by supporting the law reform process underway in Central and Eastern Europe and the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union. Here you will find details about the project and a very useful collection of links to related sites.

Central and East European Legal, Political, Business and Economics WWW Resources

Chicago-Kent's Lawlinks - Legal links by topic.

Chinese Legal Research Center

Constitutional Court Net (U. of Chicago)

Constitutions of the World (U. of Hamburg)

Constitutions of the World FTP Site (Internet Wiretap)

Cornell Law Library - A true Megasite providing a mine of useful information and services. For example, the Guides to Federal Law Sources on the Net and to Federal Regulations. Highly recommended for any research related to U.S. Law.

Criminal Justice Page (Cecil Greek) - This excellent site provides very complete information (also on International Criminal Justice Resources). A must for everyone who is interested in.

Focal Points Subject Index (Emory University) - Extensive index of legal links sorted by topic.

Foreign and International Law (U. of Chicago) - Links related to laws of various countries.

Foreign and International Materials (U. of Louisiana) - An extensive collection of links.

Foreign and International Law Resources on the Internet (Cornell Law Library) - A huge index of various resources sorted by country and by topic. Highly recommended.

Foreign Legal Materials by country (U.of Southern California) - A very good collection of links.

Foreign Legal Materials by Geographic Location (Washburn University) - Here you can find a geographic menu to get legal information on various countries.

Foreign Legal Materials by Subject (Washburn University) - An index of links.

French Law on the Web (Adminet) - Legal information in French language.

Guide to Law Online: United States (Global Legal Information Network) - An excellent database.

Guide to Law Online: World' Nations (Global Legal Information Network) - This useful database "provides information on national legislation from more than 35 countries, with other countries being added on a continuing basis".

Her Majesty's Stationery Office - Full texts of Acts of Parliament since January 1996 and summary versions of UK bills and acts.

Hieros Gamos II Table of Contents - Here you can find an extremely wide collection of selected resources organized by topic. Highly recommended.

Informations Juridiques (Jérôme Rabenou) - A good collection of various resources, including full texts (in French only) of selected French laws and decrees.

Inter-law's 'lectric Law Library - A site dedicated mainly to U.S. law practitioners, including legal information on U.S. law by topic and much more.

International Association for Constitutional Law

International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy - This is an excellent site (even if all its sections are not yet fully implemented) dedicated to criminal law issues analysed from a domestic, regional and global point of view. In addition to the Guide to Internet Resources on Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, here you could find many reports and papers on these topics: Aboriginal Justice, China, Common Curriculum, Domestic Violence, Economic and Organized Crime, Environment, International Criminal Court, Juvenile Justice, Media, Peacekeeping, Sentencing and Corrections. Again, it is provided a list of the Web pages of other institutes that participate in the United Nations Online Crime and Justice Clearinghouse (UNOJUST), as well as some more related links.

International Constitutional Law (University of Hambourg)

Irish Law

Japanese Law Database

Jurisnet - It is a "serveur français entièrement dédié aux juristes". This site in French language contains news, selected laws, comments, links and more.

Jurweb Bayreuth: Germany (U. of Bayreuth) - Huge collection of resources mostly in German language.

Legal Informations by Country/Continent via Jurweb-Geo (U. of Bayreuth) - A very extensive collection of legal resources.

Laws and Constitutions of Various Countries (Internet Wiretap)

Laws of Other Nations - A U.S. gopher site on foreign law.

Law- Related Internet Project (U. of Saarbrücken) - A comprehensive site for information about German Law. It contains mostly information in German, but provides some resources in English, including the German Federal Constitution and the News Bulletins of the German Federal Constitutional Court and the Federal Supreme Courts of Germany.

Law Sources On-Line - A good site on U.S. law.

Law Links by Topic (Counsel Connect Web) - A comprehensive site on U.S. law.

Law Lists (Judith Bowers) - A regularly updated index of selected legal links mainly related to Canada and U.S.A..

Legal Material by Source (Cornell University) - A comprehensive site, highly recommended for both U.S. and foreign law.

Legal Material by Topic (Cornell University) - A comprehensive and searchable database, highly recommended for both U.S. and foreign law.

Legal Resources (U. of Louisiana) - A very good collection of resources related mainly (but not only) to U.S. law.

Legal Resource Guide (Prescott M. Caballero) - An index of links on U.S. law.

Legal Resources (Jeff Flax) - A regularly updated index of links to U.S. legal sites.

Library of Congress: LC Marvel

List of Legal Resources (Bricker & Eckler) - An index of links on U.S. law.

Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research (U. of Georgia) - This page "simply links to search tools at other sites". Very useful if you are searching for U.S. legal materials.

N.Z. legal information sites

Other Commonwealth legal information sites

Plato's Law Links - An index of links related to U.S. and foreign law.

Private International Law Database (U.S. Department of State) - Documents originating with the U.N. Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), the Hague Conference on Private International Law , the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) or the Organization of American States in connection with the Inter-American Specialized Conferences on Private International Law.

Russian Legal Server

The Law Engine! (Goldberger) - This interesting site provides a lot of on-line research sources to the legal profession "in a quick, easy-to-view format". Major focus is on U.S. law.

The Law Office - An easy to use and well maintained collection of legal links.

The White House

Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet (Library of Congress) A U.S. Congress service.

UK Laws, EU & Non-EU, Commonwealth (U. of Warwick)

U.K. legal information sites

U.S. Code (gopher)

U.S. Conflicts of Law (Cornell University) - Includes full texts of selected decisions.

U.S. Constitution

U.S. Dept. of Justice Antitrust Cooperation Agreements

U.S.House of Representatives Internet Law Library - Links related to U.S. law.

U.S. House of Representatives - Laws of Nations - An extensive collection of kinks.

U.S. legal information sites

U.S. Senate Gopher

U.S. Law Database (Emory)

Washlaw Virtual Reference Desk - A mine of links on U.S. law.

West's Legal News - Legal News mainly (but not only) on U.S. Law.

World Constitutions (Internet Wiretap)

World Constitutions (Washburn Law School)

World Law Resource List (Makoto Ibusuki) - Non-U.S. law related resources (over 60 countries).

World Law (Counsel Connect Web) - A comprehensive site on Non-U.S. law related resources.

WORLDWIDE (Lawnet) - An extensive collection of links to various countries including Europe, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Israel, Russia, Singapore, United Kingdom.
WW Virtual Library -- Law (U. of Indiana) - An extensive collection of links.

Yale Law Resources (Goldman Law Library)- An index of links to both U.S. and foreign law.

International Law WWW Sites

Foreword: The following links point to WWW sites concerning International Law in general (they mainly concern collections of documents or links). For specific topics do not miss to consult also the other sections of this Guide.

American Bar Assocation: International Law and Practice Section - How to Become Active in the Section, Publications, Special Projects, What's New?, Meetings & Programs, Other International Law Links, How to Contact the Section.
American Society of International Law - An excellent site, contains also information on meetings and publications, as well as a library including "What's Online in International Law" (a very useful analysis of the latest arrivals), Springboard ("links to sites that are of particular interest and utility to international law practitioners, scholars and others") and much more.

Brief Guide to Public International Law Research - Basic information mainly about traditional "on paper" research instruments.

CataLaw (Wisebrod) - At this comprehensive site you can look at International Law, to get links to general sites, and at Public International Law, to find links related to specific topics.

External Links (Brown University) - An useful index of links about many topics.

Foreign and International Law (Washburn University) - An index of links.

Foreign and International Law (Willamette Univ. College of Law Library) - An index of links.

Foreign and International Law from the WWW Virtual Library (U. of Indiana)- An index of links.

Foreign and International Materials (U. of Louisiana) - An extensive collection of links.

Foreign and International Law (D'Angelo Law Library) A wide collection including Constitutions, Comparative Law, Laws of Foreign Countries, Treaties, U.S. Foreign Affairs, European Union, United Nations, Other International Organizations, War Crimes, Human Rights, International Trade, Intellectual Property, International Law Journals,

Foreign and International Law Resources on the Internet (Cornell Law Library) - This wide collection includes links to International Law, International Trade, International Organizations.

Guide to International Law (Hyeros Gamos) - An index of links.

Guide to Law Online: Multinational and International Sources (Library of Congress) - It is "an annotated list of servers and gophers that provide free access to significant international and multi-national legal materials".

Hague Academy of International Law  Information on summer courses (also in French)

Index of International Legal Resources (Edwin M. Smith) - An index of links.

International Court of Justice Homepage (Cornell Law Library) - It is the "official repository of decisions rendered by the International Court of Justice, beginning Fall 1996". In addition to the full texts (in English and French) of those decisions, this site already contains many further very useful resources about the ICJ and should be improved on a continuing basis.

International Law (IANWeb) - Some annotated links to various resources on the Internet.

International Law and Human Rights through the Doddel Server - A good collection of links including Human Rights, International Law, International Criminal Law, Prohibition of Torture.

International Law Center - This interesting page at Law Journal EXTRA! includes a daily update of International law and trade news, statutes, decisions, links to EU databases, mailing lists for International and trade law specialists. In addition to all these useful services, it contains the full text of many selected articles about international legal issues, generally focused on business law.

International Law Dictionary (Ray August) - It is an "International Law Dictionary with links to international legal materials on the Internet". For example, it provides a quick description of many international treaties, as well as links to the related resources on the Web. Easy to use, quite comprehensive (and it is growing fast...). It is not limited to International Business Law, but major focus currently is on this important field. Furthermore, at the same place you can consult a regularly updated collection of links including these sections: Other Dictionaries, Searches, Directories, News, Journals, Texts Courses, Libraries, Schools, Firms, Associations, Calendar.

International Law Institute - Events, newsletter and an index of links.

International Law Links (Anne Ritchie) - A little index of links.

International Law Links (Emory University) - An index of links.

International Law Links (Francis Auburn) - A general collection very well organized by topic and regularly updated. It is a real starting point for any research in the area. Highly recommended.

International Law Page (Roel Hans Bethlehem) - A little (but regularly updated) collection of links sorted by topic.

International Law Section (International Studies Association) - Even if this page has not yet been fully developed, here you can find a good collection of links.

International Law Study Centre (U. of Tasmania) - This site hosts a little but regularly updated and well organized collection of links to International Law materials on the Web, as well as a very interesting tool: the International Law Synopsis 1997. Take into account that the latter is not the usual very concise course outline you can find elsewere, it is a quite complete introduction to international law issues. Every topic is carefully presented also by many references to electronic and traditional resources. Therefore, it can be extremely useful at least for academic purposes.

International Legal Materials (U. of Southern California) - A good collection of links.

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Konterm (U.of Vienna) - At this site you can find a collection of International Law Treaties, some resources on State Practice in Diplomatic Relations and State Practice concerning Treaties, data on Reservations to Human Rights Treaties.

Legal Material by Subject -Topics (Cornell University) - Includes Conflict of Laws, Foreign Relations Law, International Trade, International Law.

Legal Research on International Law Issues Using the Internet (Lyonette Louis-Jacques) - A quick (but well organized and updated) guide to different kinds of resources.

Legal Resources (U. of Louisiana) - An exaustive collection of links.

Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies - This site contains an international legal and political documents relational database (over 2,000 full text documents). Full text documents can be downloaded also from the section related to Workshops and Conferences.

Permanent Court of Arbitration (Cornell University) - At the PCA home page you can find a presentation of the Court and a wide collection of related legal texts.

Public International Law - A well organized guide to international law materials off-line.

Public International Law - Notetaking Guide Index (Ray August) - Here you will not find much more than another International Law Syllabus put on the Internet. But the Lecture Notes prepared by Prof. August are quite detailed and carefully organized. All the major issues are well presented (also with references to national and international case-law). Therefore, a reading can be very interesting for both international law students and professors. Furthermore, there is a number of Appendices, including an useful "How to Brief Law Cases" that many students should consult...

RAVE (U. of Düsseldorf ) -  RAVE (abbreviation of "Recherche von Artikeln aus dem Völker- und Europarecht") is "a database for research of articles and decisions in public international law and European law". The database "it is almost complete as concerns German legal periodicals, and contains a number of widely disseminated non-German periodicals" (you can look at the list of the covered periodicals). RAVE permits research in English, French and German. Have a look at the Manual in order to know how you may research for articles and decisions in your specific field of interest. Take into account that RAVE covers from 1995 onwards and does not provide the full texts of articles and decisions. However, it goes without saying that it is a very useful service.

Resource page for International Law, International Trade and International Relations (Dan Temple) - An extensive collection of links.

SACIS - International Affairs Resources (S. Curkowskyj) - An index of links.

The Law Office: Guide to International Law on the Internet - An index of links.

The White House

U.S. Department of State

U.S. House of Representatives - Treaties and International Law - An extensive collection of links.

U.S. Information Agency Home Page

US Secretary of State's Page (Madeline K. Albright)

U.S. State Department Foreign Affairs Network

WORLDWIDE (Lawnet) -  Includes an useful and updated large collection of links to selected international law sites.

Yahoo! Foreign Policy

Yahoo! International Law - A little collection of links.

International Treaties Collections

Foreword: You will find listed below some very complete general collections. For links related to treaties concerning a specific topic, look also at the relevant section of this Guide.

Konterm - International Law Treaties (U. of Vienna)

Index to Multilateral Conventions (Indiana University)

International and Multilateral Treaties (Washburn University)

International instruments (Central European Environmental Data Request Facility)

Multilateral Treaties Collection at the - Fletcher Law School (Tufts University) - A collection organized by subject, including chronological listing and keyword search. It is the largest we have seen on the Internet. Provides also miscellaneous historical documents, as well as links to Treaty secretariats and other collections of International Law.

Oceana Treaty Index - This searchable database indexes more tham 8,000 treaties to wich the U.S. is a signatory. No texts but provides a (not free) service called "Treaties on Demand".

United Nations Treaty full text searchable Data Base - No texts but provides information on the status of multilateral treaties.

Various treaties (Internet Wiretap)

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