Researching Domestic Law from Other Countries

*Denotes Law Users only, password required. Campus users can use Quicklaw in the Law Library by visiting our Reference desk.

Individual Jurisdictions

Australia and New Zealand Legal Research

Bahamas

UK Legal Research

United States Legal Research

Multiple Jurisdictions

Historical primary sources for foreign domestic law

Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals via HeinOnline.
Here is a list of journals on Hein Online that can be linked via IFLP.

Foreign Law Research Guides (Library of Congress)

Other bookmarks for foreign law metapages

Worldwide Sources for Law

United States

Federal Law

US Constitution. It is also available through the Legal Information Institute of Cornell University, on Westlaw*, on Hein Online and Quicklaw *. Historical materials are also available on LLMC.

US Code (Statutes codified). It is also available through the Legal Information Institute of Cornell University. Note that the US Code is also available in an annotated format on Westlaw *, on Hein Online and Quicklaw *.

US Public Laws (Statutes as enacted). Note that US Public Laws are also available on Westlaw * and Quicklaw *. The historical U.S. Statutes at Large Vols. 1-122 (1789-2008) is available on Hein Online.

Legislative Materials. Historical legislative materials are available on LLMC.

US Code of Federal Regulations (Regulations codified). Note a current consolidation of federal and state regulations is also available on Westlaw * and Quicklaw *.

US Federal Register (Regulations as registered).

State Law

State Constitutions, Public Laws and Codes are also generally available through the Legal Information Institute of Cornell University, on Westlaw*, on Hein Online and Quicklaw *. Historical materials are also available on LLMC.

Judicial Decisions

Westlaw * Use the Directory to locate databases.

Quicklaw * Use the Source Directory to locate sources.

Google Scholar Search of current U.S. court judgments
Go down the page to section headed: Legal opinions and journals

Historical judicial decisions are available on LLMC.

LexisNexis Please note the Law Library has a subscription to LexisNexis LEGAL. Please visit the Reference Desk to access this database.

Journal Articles

Quicklaw* Visit the Source Directory to locate content.

Westlaw* Visit the Directory to locate content. The best U.S. collection is Journals and Law Reviews - JLR.

Hein Online This source contains many U.S. law journals, and is good for historical content.

Legaltrac This is a great source for lawyer's magazines. The Subject browse is also helpful.

LexisNexis Please note the Law Library has a subscription to LexisNexis LEGAL. Please visit the Reference Desk to access this database.

Also check Leddy Library's electronic periodical collection.

Legal Journals at the Law Library

Free Online Legal Journals

Books

Making of Modern Law (US Legal Treatises, 1800 - 1926)
Full-text, early British & U.S. legal treatises on a large variety of subject areas, as published from 1800 through 1926.

Legal Classics. Available via Hein Online, Legal Classics includes more than 2,000 works from some of the greatest legal minds in history including Joseph Story, Jeremy Bentham, William Blackstone, William Holdsworth, Henry Maine, Federick William Maitland, Frederick Pollock, Benjamin E. Cardozo, and many more! In addition to many “classics” this collection also includes rare items that are found in only a handful of libraries around the world.

Note there are a few U.S. legal textbooks available in the Law Library.

Harvard's book collection

Books Worldwide

Law users, place an Interlibrary Loans Request by sending an email to lawill@uwindsor.ca

Reference Materials

Black's Law Dictionary is available on Westlaw *. Search the Directory to locate this source.

Corpus Juris Secundum (US Law Dictionary) is available on Westlaw *. Search the Directory to locate this source.

American Jurisprudence (US Law Encyclopedia) is available on Westlaw *. Search the Directory to locate this source.

Cornell's user community also offers a free legal dictionary and encyclopedia online.

United States Legal Research - Learn More!

Harvard's Research Guides

A Guide to Fee-Based U. S. Legal Research Databases

A Guide to the U.S. Federal Legal System

United Kingdom

Law

Session Laws

UK Legislation (from JUSTIS) Once you have entered the Justis site, choose "Continue to Justis"from the login page.
This collection includes:

All Acts of Parliament (1235 to present) - covering England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland from medieval times to the present day as enacted, including repealed legislation.

UK Statutory Instruments - The only complete electronic archive of secondary legislation from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland from the 17th century to the present day.

UK Local Acts (1797 to present)- All as-enacted, full-text local legislation from 1797 to date, incorporating a growing collection of private and personal legislation.

Note there is a full collection of UK statutes in the Law Library.

Consolidated Law

Bailii

Quicklaw* Visit the Source Directory to locate content.

Westlaw Visit the Directory to locate content.

Legislative Materials

UK Parliament - by Justis.(1979 to present) Once you have entered the Justis site, choose "Continue to Justis" from the login page. A vast index to the proceedings and publications of the Houses of Parliament, and the Welsh and Northern Ireland Assemblies.

Judicial Decisions

Bailii

Quicklaw* Visit the Source Directory to locate content.

English Reports, Full Reprint (fulltext) These are pre-1865 English law reports, sometimes called "Nominate Reports". Also available on Hein Online.

English Reports Full Reprint 1220- 1867.

Note there is a full collection of English Reports, Full Reprint as well as the Law Reports in the Law Library.

For more information about sources for UK Judicial Decisions click here.

Journal Articles

Westlaw * has a nice collection of UK journal articles. Use the directory to locate this database: Legal Resource Index (LRI).

Hein Online may also be useful.

Also check Leddy Library's electronic periodical collection.

Books

Note there are a few U.K. and Commonwealth legal textbooks available in the Law Library.

British Legal Treatises (1800 to 1926)
Full-text, early British legal treatises (or textbooks) on a large variety of subject areas, as published from 1800 through 1926, as well as U.S. legal treatises for the same period. This electronic service is called "Making of Modern Law" by the publisher, Gale.

Guide to Commonwealth Law Commissions

Harvard's book collection

Books Worldwide

Law users, place an Interlibrary Loans Request by sending an email to lawill@uwindsor.ca