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Resources web pages:
Charter 88's Constitutional History
Constitution Finder from University of Richmond
Constitutions of the Americas from Georgetown University.
Duke Journal of International and Comparative Law
ForInt-Law From the Washburn University School of Law Library, with primary foreign and international legal resources, research aids, and sites. Fully searchable.
Electronic Embassy Information and links to the Embassies located in the United States.
Foreign Law Translations from the Institute for Transnational Law, University of Texas at Austin. "This site is a resource for French, German, Italian, Austrian and Israeli legal materials in the fields of constitutional, administrative, contract and tort law. The English translations of decisions from Germany and France include cases from the Reichsgericht, the Bundesverfassungsgericht, the Bundesgerichtshof, the Conseil Constitutionnel, the Conseil d'Etat and the Cour de Cassation."
Global Legal Information Network from the Library of Congress.
Hieros Gamos Available in 5 languages (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish), this site "is the largest and only comprehensive legal site with over 20,000 original pages and more than 70,000 links." The site is organized into various databases which contain information legal organizations including every government in the world, news, online seminars, plus much more. The online law library contains extensive reference works, including many foreign language dictionaries. Note their "Law and Government Resources for 230 Countries" listing.
Inter-Parliamentary Union Established in 1889, the IPU is the world organization of the Parliaments of Sovereign States and works toward the establishment of representational democracy. The site contains extensive information about IPU's working groups, committees, and meetings along with free access to the searchable ParLit Database -- bibliographic references on books and articles dealing with parliamentary law and practice; and the ParLine Database -- general information on each country's Parliament's chambers, descriptions of the electoral systems, results of the most recent elections, information on the presidency of each Chamber, information on the mandate and status of members of Parliament.
Legislationline is a "free-of-charge online service provided by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). It compiles international texts and domestic legislation in the OSCE region ... dealing with the rule of law and the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms."
Portals to the World from the Library of Congress. "Portals to the World contain selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. They are arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories."
National Parliaments Web Sites At the Weidenbaum Center, Washington University in St. Louis.
Political Resources on the Net "Listings of political sites available on the Internet sorted by country, with links to Parties, Organizations, Governments, Media and more from all around the world."
WHO International Digest of Health Legislation (IDHL) This electronic database replaces the printed version of the IDHL, produced by the World Health Organization (WHO) from 1948 to 1999. Search for the text of legislation via country, subject, volume, issue, or keyword. Results produce a summary of the legislation in English or a title, sometimes with a link to the full text.
World Legal Information Institute (Worldlii) Provides cross-database searching for legal materials of all types for countries around the world. Includes court cases, legislation, treaties, journals and more.
For guides to legal research in foreign jurisdictions, see the llrx Comparative and Foreign Law Guides or the Comparitive and Foreign Law sections of GlobaLex.