{"id":95,"date":"2010-07-02T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2010-07-02T17:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/2010\/07\/02\/foreign-international-law-guide\/"},"modified":"2010-07-02T12:00:58","modified_gmt":"2010-07-02T17:00:58","slug":"foreign-international-law-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/2010\/07\/02\/foreign-international-law-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign &amp; International Law Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/files\/2010\/07\/world-map.jpg\" title=\"World map\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/files\/2010\/07\/world-map.jpg\" alt=\"World map\" align=\"left\" height=\"155\" width=\"240\" \/><\/a>For researching foreign law, the Cornell Law Library <a href=\"http:\/\/library2.lawschool.cornell.edu\/ForeignLawGuide\/default.aspx?id=187\" title=\"Cornell Law Library Foreign and International Law Guide\">F&amp;I Guide<\/a> is a time saver and sometimes even a life saver!\u00a0 This Guide and other guides are available under <a href=\"http:\/\/library.lawschool.cornell.edu\/WhatWeDo\/ResearchGuides\/index.cfm\" title=\"Cornell Law Library Research Guides\">Research Guides<\/a> on the Law Library <a href=\"http:\/\/library.lawschool.cornell.edu\/\" title=\"Cornell Law Library\">home page<\/a>.\u00a0 Use the Guide to start your research or for ideas when you get stuck.\u00a0 All 192 nations of the world are covered, listed by geographic region under &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/library2.lawschool.cornell.edu\/ForeignLawGuide\/default.aspx?id=1\" title=\"Foreign Law Sites\">Foreign Law Sites<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Once you select the country you want to research, you will see options for &#8220;Cornell Law Library Resources&#8221; and &#8220;Guides and Other Resources,&#8221;\u00a0 but the four links in the brown box may be all you need (described in detail below):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foreignlawguide.com\/ip\/\" title=\"Foreign Law Guide\">Foreign Law Guide<\/a> by Reynolds and Flores<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/law\/help\/guide.php\" title=\"Guide to Law  Online\">Guide to Law Online<\/a> by the Law Library of Congress<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldlii.org\/\" title=\"WorldLII\">World Legal Information Institute<\/a> (World LII)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/\" title=\"World Factbook\">World Factbook<\/a> by the CIA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foreignlawguide.com\/ip\/\" title=\"Foreign Law Guide\">Foreign Law Guide<\/a> by Reynolds and Flores is the bible for foreign law  research.\u00a0 It is an online subscription resource available through Cornell  Law Library and must be accessed via campus computer or through your  Cornell ID.\u00a0 Foreign Law Guide provides background on the history of each country\u2019s  legal system and where to find legal resources, both print and online.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/law\/help\/guide.php\" title=\"Guide to Law Online\">Guide to Law Online<\/a> is a compilation of resources for each country from the Law Library of Congress.\u00a0 The Guide organizes links under branches of government and links to cases and statutes (among other things), if available.\u00a0 It is free for everyone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldlii.org\/\" title=\"WorldLII\">World Legal Information Institute<\/a> (WLII) provides online information for countries by topic.\u00a0 If the information isn\u2019t listed, it is most likely not available online. This Web site is free for everyone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/\" title=\"World Factbook\">CIA World Factbook<\/a> is a respected source for general information about individual countries.\u00a0 It is a good idea to understand the country\u2019s government and legal system before plunging into foreign law research.\u00a0 The Web site is free.<\/p>\n<p>Like most online resources, these four generally do not cover information beyond the early 1990s.\u00a0 For older cases and laws, you will have to look for print resources (use the F&amp;I Guide to find print resources at Cornell Law Library).\u00a0 It is often difficult to find case law and legislation in English and the information you seek may not be available.\u00a0 As a last resort, you could call the embassy, a law library, or a law firm in the country you are researching.<\/p>\n<p>Consider using the F&amp;I Guide as a one stop shop for your research needs.\u00a0 You are always welcome to come to the Reference Desk in the <a href=\"http:\/\/library.lawschool.cornell.edu\/WhoWeAre\/Our-Space\/Reading-Room.cfm\" title=\"Cornell Law Library Reading Room\">Reading Room<\/a> for help.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For researching foreign law, the Cornell Law Library F&amp;I Guide is a time saver and sometimes even a life saver!\u00a0 This Guide and other guides are available under Research Guides on the Law Library home page.\u00a0 Use the Guide to start your research or for ideas when you get stuck.\u00a0 All 192 nations of the <a href='https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/2010\/07\/02\/foreign-international-law-guide\/'>[&#8230;]<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[311],"tags":[503,486,233],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}