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Multinational Reference

Constitution

Constitution Finder (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law)
Constitutions / Constituciones (Georgetown University Political Database of the Americas)
Constitutions of the World (FindLaw)
Droits International et Régional (Agence Intergouvernementale de la Francophonie)
International Constitutional Law (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht)
Researching Constitutional Law (Lyonette Louis-Jacques, University of Chicago Law Library)

Executive

Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
Diplomatic List (U.S. Dept. of State)
Executive Institutions / Instituciones Ejecutivas (Georgetown University Political Database of the Americas)
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

Judicial

Judicial Institutions / Instituciones Judiciales (Georgetown University Political Database of the Americas)

Legislative

GLIN: Global Legal Information Network (Law Library of Congress)
Central Bank Laws (New York University Center for the Study of Central Banks)
Civil Codes, Civil Procedure, and Jurisprudence (New York University Law Library)
Criminal Law Resources (Buffalo Criminal Law Center)
E-Commerce Legislation and Regulations (Baker & McKenzie)
Electoral Laws (Georgetown University Political Database of the Americas)
International Humanitarian Law (International Committee of the Red Cross)
Islamic Family Law: Legal Profiles (Emory University School of Law / Ford Foundation)
LawMoose: World Legal Resource Center (Pritchard Law Webs)
Legislative Institutions / Instituciones Legislativas (Georgetown University PoliticalDatabase of the Americas)
Mining Laws of Asian Countries (Metal Mining Agency of Japan via Internet Archive) archived from 2004
NATLEX (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
Natural Resources: Individual Countries (University of Denver Law Library)
Web Sites of National Parliaments

Legal Guides

Annual Review of Population Law (Harvard University Law Library)
Arab Countries Laws (Arab Net Online)
ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law (American Society of International Law)
Country-by-Country Resources (East European Constitutional Review)
ECOLEX: Environmental Law Gateway (UNEP/ICUN)
Election Institutions (Governments on the WWW)
Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL) (American Society of International Law)
FAOLEX (United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization)
Finding Foreign Law Online (Lyonette Louis-Jacques, University of Chicago Law Library)
FindLa - Countries
Foreign and International Law (Genie Tyburski, Virtual Chase)
Foreign and International Web Sites (University of Texas School of Law, Tarleton Law Library)
Foreign Primary Law on the Web (University of Houston Law Library)
Foreign and International Law Resources (Harvard University Law Library)
Foreign Databases - By Jurisdiction (New York University Law Library)
Foreign Databases - Collections (New York University Law Library)
ForIntLaw (Washburn University Law Library)
International Digest of Health Legislation (World Health Organisation)
Intellectual Property Institutions (Governments on the WWW)
International, Foreign & Comparative Law Research Guides (Harvard University Law Library)
Internet Law Library (LawGuru)
Internet Law Library (Pritchard Law Webs)
Judicial Assistance (U.S. Dept. of State)
JURIST: World Law (University of Pittsburgh Law School)
LawRunner: Global Index (Internet Legal Research Guide)
Law School Addresses (Hieros Gamos)
Law Schools ofthe World (FindLaw)
World Directory of National Parliamentary Libraries (German Bundestag / International Federation of Library Associations)
World Law Index (WorldLII)
World Legal Materials (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
WWW-VL Law (University of Indiana Law Library)
WWW-VL Islamic Law (University of London, Centre of Middle Eastern and Islamic Law)

General Sources

Background Notes (U.S. Dept. of State)
Consular Information Sheets (U.S. Dept. of State)
Countries and Regions (U.S. Dept. of State)
Country Briefings (The Economist)
Country Commercial Guides (U.S. Dept. of State) through the U.S. Dept. of Commerce; registration required
Country Documents (Amnesty International)
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (U.S. Dept. of State)
Country Studies (Library of Congress)
Foreign Embassies of Washington, DC (TeleDiplomacy)
Foreign Government Resources (University of Michigan)
Governments on the WWW (Gunnar Anzinger)
International Agencies and Information (University of Michigan)
International Organizations (U.S. Dept. of State)
International Religious Freedom Annual Reports (U.S. Dept. of State) separate HTML files for each country; also available in one PDF (@2.3M) file as a Joint Committee Print of the Senate Foreign Relations nd House International Relations Committees; from the U.S. Govt. Printing Office
International Religious Freedom 2001, Annual Report on (U.S. Dept. of State, via U.S. Govt. Printing Office)
National Libraries of the World: an Address List (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
Permanent Missions to the UN
Portals to the World (Library of Congress)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Library (UNHCR)
U.S. Embassies and Consulates (U.S. Dept. of State)
Web Accessible National and Major Libraries (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
WWW-VL - Regional Studies
World Factbook (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
Yahoo Regional and Google - Regional

Africa News Online
Africa South of the Sahara (Stanford University)
ArabNet (ArabNet)
BBC World Service
Bureau of African Affairs (U.S. Dept. of State)
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs (U.S. Dept. of State)
Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs (U.S. Dept. of State)
Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs (U.S. Dept. of State)
Bureau of South Asian Affairs (U.S. Dept. of State)
Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (U.S. Dept. of State)
EurasiaNet.org (Central Eurasia Project of the Open Society Institute)
National Libraries of Europe (European Library)
Handbook of Latin American Studies (Library of Congress)
Index on Africa (Index on Africa)
LANIC: Latin American Studies (Latin American Network Information Center)
MENIC: Middle East Area Studies (Middle East Network Information Center)
Middle East Area Studies (Columbia University)
REESWeb: Russian and East European Studies (University of Pittsburgh)
World Heritage List(UNESCO World Heritage Centre)

Last Updated: 01/02/2009