LibGuides: Law: Comparative Law

Finding USA Legal Information

Westlaw US Materials This link opens in a new window
US legislation, regulations and cases including Federal and State material.

Congress.gov
The official source for US federal legislative information.
LII Supreme Court
Decisions of the US Supreme Court.
Justia
Free access to federal and state court decisions, codes, and regulations. Includes US Supreme Court cases 1759 onwards, federal appellate cases 1950 onwards and district court opinions 2004 onwards. It also includes links to the US Code and Constitution, the Code of Federal Regulations and to state constitutions, codes, legislation and web resources
Caselaw Access Project (CAP)
Free access to digitised published US case law including state, federal and territorial courts dating back to 1658. May not include the most recent cases, lower courts decisions or cases officially published in digital form.

Comparative Law Guides at other Libraries

These guides from other Universities below may suggest other resources. Note: some resources mentioned will be licensed only for students at the relevant University and not available to Stirling students.

Databases

HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
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Specialises in US and Canada legal content. Legal journal articles with wide international coverage.

Westlaw International Materials This link opens in a new window

The main jurisdictions include Australia, Canada, EU, Hong Kong, Korea including legislation, cases, administrative material and more. Some content from other jurisdictions.

Lexis+ UK This link opens in a new window
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Find Sources of Free Legal Material by Jurisdiction

Lexadin - The World Law Guide
More than 70.000 Links to Legal sites in over 180 countries.

WORLDLII This link opens in a new window
The World Legal Information Institute provides access to full text legislation, cases and journal articles from a wide range of countries.

Library of Congress Guide to Law Online - Nations
Legislation, Legal Guides and General Sources (country information, human rights, factsheets etc.) on wide range of countries.
Globalex (NYU School of Law)
Guides to finding foreign legislation in most jurisdictions from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.
Eagle-i Search (Inst. Adv. Legal Studies)
Selected legal information sources. Filter search by country or primary jurisdiction.
FLARE Index to Treaties Search (Inst. Adv. Legal Studies))
Information on over2,000 of the most significant multilateral treaties concluded from the 1600s onwards.