International Primary Law

1. Eur-Lex

EUR-Lex provides direct free access to European Union law. The system makes it possible to consult the Official Journal of the European Union and it includes inter alia the treaties, legislation, case-law and legislative proposals. It offers extensive search facilities. Provided in 23 languages.

eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm

2. GLIN (Global Legal Information Network) (Law Library of Congress)

 

The Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) is a public database of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international organizations. These GLIN members contribute the official full texts of published documents to the database in their original language. Each document is accompanied by a summary in English and subject terms selected from the multilingual index to GLIN. All summaries are available to the public, and public access to full texts is also available in participating jurisdictions.

 

http://www.glin.gov/search.action

     

3. GUIDE TO LAW ONLINE: Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)

 

Reference Sources for Nations and Regions. Aggregates links to Constitutions, Executive, Judicial, Legislative information for many nations, research strategies for international law, and general information on the legal systems and governments of nations around the world.

 

http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/multiref.html

     

4. Cornell University Law School Foreign and International Law

 

Includes links to:

 

   
• Asylum and Convention Against Torture Appellate Clinic
     
• Australia  
   
• Chile Declassification Project
     
• European Union  
   
• Foreign and International Law Guide
     
• French Law in Action
    
• Germain's French Law Guide
     
• Germain's Int'l Court of Justice Guide  
   
• International Commercial Arbitration Guide
     
• International Intellectual Property Guide
     
• International Labour Organization Guide

 

http://library.lawschool.cornell.edu/guides/foreign.asp

   

5. UK Statute Database

 

The UK Statute Law Database (SLD) is the official revised edition of the primary legislation of the United Kingdom made available online.

http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk./Home.aspx