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The following is a list of currently maintained looseleafs and journals
which contain international documents, commentary and/or summaries or
full-text translations of foreign laws. LEXIS and internet sites with
English translations of foreign laws are also included. The numerous sites
with international materials are not listed nor are sites for primarily
English speaking countries. Comprehensive internet sites for international
materials include the following:
The Australasian Legal Information Institute
is a comprehensive site for
Australian legal materials with links to materials for New Zealand, the United Kingdom,
Ireland and South Africa. The British and Irish Legal Information Institute provides
a listing of links for legal materials for the United Kingdom and Ireland.
All items are held in the Law Library unless otherwise noted. If a journal
is indexed the title of the index is listed. LEXIS is only available to law
students and law faculty.
Doing Business, from the World Bank Group, provides a database of legislation for 175 economies of relevance to business.
Topics covered include baking and credit; civil procedure; commercial and company laws; labor; land and building; securities;
and tax.
International Legal Materials
- JX 68.I5
- Indexed in PAIS International.
- Published six times a year ILM primarily publishes
international materials but occasionally publishes translations of national legislation.
- ILM is also available on LEXIS. Library:
intlaw. File: ILM.
LexInfoSystem
- Law Reform in Transition States provides some English texts of legislation and civil codes for the Caucasus, Central Asia, Moldova and Mongolia. (Updating stopped in August 2004)
Review of Central and East European Law
- Comp.L. K18.E982
- Indexed in Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
- Occasionally contains translations of laws from the
countries of central and eastern Europe, the Russian Federation
and other nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States
Antitrust and Competition Law
Competition Law in Western Europe and the USA
- K 3856.C66
- Includes European Union materials, documents, treaties,
commentary and national legislation of the member states of the EU.
European Competition Law Review (1980-date)
- KJC 6456.A5 E97
- Indexed in Legal Journals Index and Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
- The news section has summaries of legislation and occassionally
published supplements include the full text of national legislation
from European and CIS nations
The Global Competition Forum
from the International Bar Association provides
links to the world's competition laws some of which have been translated into English.
UNCTAD
provides competition legislation for Bulgaria, Chile, Indonesia,
Israel, Jamaica, Kenya, Lithuania, Malawi, Mexico, New Zealand, Thailand, Turkey,
Ukraine, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Arbitration Law
International Commercial Arbitration
- K 2400.I59
- This set includes international instruments and national legislation and rules
International Handbook on Commercial Arbitration
- K 2400.I594 1984
- Includes commentary and summaries or full text of national legislation
World Arbitration Reporter
- K 2400.S64
- This includes international conventions, national laws
and commentary, and international and national arbitral instruments and rules
Yearbook-Commercial Arbitration
- K 2400.A53 Y4
- annual publication
- Includes arbitral awards, arbitration awards and court decisions
Atomic Energy and Nuclear Safety
Nuclear Law Bulletin Supplement
- K 14.U3x
- Indexed in PAIS International
Banking and Investment Law
FDI.net from the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency of the World Bank Group
provides links to investment, trade, and other legislative materials.
International Regulation of Finance and Investment
- K 4430.T73
- Contains documents, analysis and commentary on major
public financial institutions, international banking standards,
materials from the IMF and EMS and texts of Japanese and United States laws.
Investment Laws of the World
Investment Laws of the World — Treaties
- K 1112.I582x
- This set includes the investment laws and regulations
of more than 120 countries and numerous investment promotion and protection treaties.
New York School of Law's Index of Documents from the Center for
the Study of Central Banks Collection
provides links to banking laws and related legislative
materials for many countries.
Commercial Law
Commercial Laws of the World
- K 1005.4.F67x
- A comprehensive set which includes corporation, labor,
securities, and other commercial acts for almost every country (ceased publication)
Digest of Commercial Laws of the World
- K 1004.2.D53
- As the title indicates this publication only contains summaries and abstracts
E-Transactions Law Resources
from Baker & McKenzie provides the full text of e-commerce and electronic signature legislation for several countries.
Conflict of Law
Transnational Contracts-Applicable Law and Settlement of Disputes (A Study in Conflict Avoidance)
Constitutions
Constitutions of the Countries of the World
International Constitutional Law
Copyright
Collection of National Copyright Laws
is a database from UNESCO which provides national legislation on
copyright and neighboring rightslaws in English, French, and Spanish.
Copyright and Neighboring Rights Laws and Treaties
International Copyright Law & Practice
- K 1420.5 I54 1988
- This set provides analysis and summaries of legislation
Criminal Law
Corpus Juris provides criminal codes, codes of criminal procedure and
other penal and administrative sanctions from recently admitted and EU candidate countries.
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime legal library includes legislation related
to the implementation of the three UN conventions related to drug control as well as
legislation concerning money laundering and law enforcement.
Energy Law
Compendium on Energy Legislation in Countries of Asia and Pacific Region
Environmental Law
Asia Pacific Centre for Environmental Law
provides links to the environmental laws of several members of ASEAN.
Comparative Environmental Law and Practice
- K 3585.4 C65
- This contains discussions of the environmental laws of various countries.
Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources
FaoLex provides a searchable collection of legislation relating to food, agriculture and natural resources. Materials are in English, French, and Spanish.
Health Law
The International digest of health legislation from the World Health Organization
has English language summaries of health legislation with some full text.
Human Rights
Legislationline from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights provides selected legislation on topics related to human rights issues such as citizenship, non-governmental organizations, terrorism, elections, migration, police, prison services, human trafficking, freedom of assembly, judicial independence, hate crimes, and the death penalty.
MINELRES (Minority Electronic Resources) provides legislation from
Central and Eastern Europe on minority human rights.
Intellectual Property Law
Collection of Laws for Electronic Access from the World Intellectual Property Organization
Digest of Intellectual Property Laws of the World
International Trade
International Regulation of Trade in Services
- K 3973.I58
- Includes commentary, international, regional, OECD, WTO and
EU instruments, and other material concerning international provision of services.
International Trade Reporter:
- Export Shipping Manual (KF 1993.A6 I572)
- Import Reference Manual (KF 1993.A6 I57x Ref)
- Decisions (KF 1993.A6 I57 Dec)
- Current Reports (KF 1993.A6)
Law and Practice of the World Trade Organization
- K 4602.2 1995
- Includes source documents, commentary, and decisions of
dispute settlement panels.
Law and Practice Under the GATT
- Law and Practice Under the GATT (K 4602 1988)
- Law and Practice Under the GATT and Other Trading
Arrangements - The European Community/European Free-Trade Agreement (KJE 5062.E87 E2 1993)
- Law and Practice Under the GATT and Other Trading Arrangements-
The European Community, the [former] Soviet Union & Eastern Europe (K 4602.2 1991a)
- These publications have not been updated since 1995 when the WTO
was established. These publications are still useful for locating decisions
of dispute panels under GATT and for historical research. Materials formerly
covered in these publications are now covered in various publications
relating to the WTO.
Laws of International Trade
- KF 1975.A8 L39
- Includes commentary on various aspects of foreign law relevant to business
North American Free Trade Agreements
- KDZ 944.A35N67 1993a
- This set contains commentary, treaties, bipanel decisions under
US-CFTA and NAFTA and Mexican trade, investment and labor laws.
Trading Arangements in the Pacific Rim: ASEAN and APEC
- KNC 945.A88 1995
- Includes source materials and commentary relating to preferential
trading arrangements, external relations, non-tariff barriers, joint ventures
and tariff preferences.
Labor and Employment Law
International Encyclopedia for Labour Law
- K 1705.I5
- This set includes commentary, enactments of international bodies,
case law and national legislation
Labour Law Documents
- K 1704.L33
- A collection of treaties and legislation on labor and social security
The Natlex
database from the International Labour Organization is
primarily a bibliographic database but it includes translations of basic labor
legislation for several countries.
Law of the Sea
New Directions in the Law of the Sea
- New Directions in the Law of the Sea (JX 4408.N4822 1995)
- New Directions in the Law of the Sea--Global Developments (JX 4411.N49)
- New Directions in the Law of the Sea--Regional & National Developments (JX 4408.N4822 1995)
- The set consists primarily of treaties, protocols, and statements but it also contains some national
legislative materials.
Nationality and Citizenship Law
Nationality legislation of the member states of the Council of Europe.
Patent Law
World Patent Law and Practice
- K 1504.15 1974x and K 1504.4.B383x
- This set contains treaties, national legislation and European patent decisions
Public Contracts
Public procurement legislation from SIGMA for EU member states, candidate countries, and countries of the Western Balkans.
Tax Law
Guide to European Taxation
- KJC 7105.G85
- This series includes five titles containing summaries of various
tax laws of European countries:
- Taxation of Patent Royalties, Dividends, Interest in Europe
- Taxation of Companies in Europe
- Taxation of Private Investment Income
- Value Added Taxation in Europe
- Taxation & Investment in Central and East European Countries
International Tax Planning Manual
- K 4464.I57 1986
- Contains outlines of national tax systems of forty two countries
relevant to both inward and outward investment. Also includes tables of
withholding and exchange rates.
International Tax Summaries
- K 4505.4.I54
- annual publication
Tax Havens of the World
- K 4464.5.D52x
- Analysis and summaries of the laws of countries providing tax havens.
Taxation in Latin America
- KG 911.T39 1987
- The first two volumes contain summaries of the tax laws of
Mexico and the Spanish and Portugese speaking countries of South and Central America.
Volumes 3 and 4 include tax treaties of these countries.
Trademarks and Industrial Property
Industrial Property Laws and Treaties
Albania
Civil Service Law (1999)
Nation Building in the Balkans
provides links to banking and property statutes, the criminal
code and criminal procedure laws.
Public Procurement Law (2003)
Armenia
Armenian Civil Code
Austria
Austrian Laws in English
provides links to constitutional legislation and various
statutes related to courts, service of documents, electronic commerce and
signatures, media, and administrative law.
Belarus
Civil Code of the Republic Belarus [as amended to 1 May 1998]
Statutes Collection
- Byelorussian Law
is a legislative collection of both civil and criminal laws compiled by WWW Belarus
and Softinform.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Civil Sevice Law (2002)
Public Procurement Law (2002)
Bulgaria
The Bulgarian Institute for Legal Development
provides links to laws on the National Assembly site and to new tax,
securities and foreign investment laws.
Sofita Legal Database
is available as part of ISI Emerging Markets (UIUC users only)
Cambodia
The Ministry of Commerce Laws and Regulations
The Office of the Council Of Ministers-Council of Jurists
includes some laws and regulations translated into English.
China (Macao)
Commercial Code, as amended by law no.6/2000
China (People's Republic)
China Laws and Regulations Databank
is available as part of ISI Emerging Markets (UIUC users only)
The Ministry of Commerce of the PRC
provides English translations of law, regulations and other materials related to business and investment..
The Contract Law of the People's Republic of China: with English Translation and Introduction
The 1997 Criminal Code of the People's Republic of China with English Translation
and Introduction
- KNQ 3794.31997.A6 L6 1998
State Intellectual Property Office of the P.R.C.
provides links to English translations of patent, copyright,
trademark, and unfair competition laws.
China (Republic)
Laws and Regulations Database of the Republic of China
Congo (Democratic Republic)
The Ministry of Mining
provides an English translation of the 2002 Mining Code.
Croatia
Banking Laws
Czech Republic
Act on Public Contracts (2006)
Banking Acts and Regulations
Corpus Juris
provides links to various laws relating to customs and criminal law.
Commercial Code "Obchodní zákoník" Act No. 513/1991 as subsequently amended
- KJP 5497.A291991 C99 2001
Denmark
Danish Laws in English
Act on Processing of Personal Data
Egypt
LANDIS
(Legislation and Development Information System) provides translations of the Civil Code and laws on investment guarantees (1997) and competition protection (2005).
Ministry of Foreign Trade & Industry
provides a few English translations of legislation relating to investment, banking, and trade.
Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs
provides an English translations of the Environmental Protection Law.
Estonia
Corpus Juris
provides links to various laws including the Bankruptcy Code,
Code of Criminal Procedure, Credit Institutions Act, Code of Criminal Procedure,
Customs Act and Taxation Act.
The Estonian Legal Language Centre
has Estonian legislation in English translation.
Estonian Legislation in Translation — Legal Acts of Estonia
- 349.4798 E87 (Slavic and East European Library)
Equatorial Guinea
The web site of the Ministry of Mines, Industry, and Energy
has English translations of the 2006 Hydrocarbons Law and the 2006 Mining Law.
Finland
Finlex
is a database of of Finnish acts, decrees, and cases some of which are translated into English.
France
Doing Business in France
- KJV 2199.D64
- Commentary and discussion only
French Busines Law in Translation
- KJV 240.B87 F74 2005
- Includes general commercial, banking, securities, consumer protection,
competition, labor, tax, insurance, intellectual property, insurance,
and environmental legislation.
French Penal Code
- K 5014 .A43x v.31
- Volume 31 of the American Series of Foreign Penal Codes is
"The French Penal Code of 1994 as amended as of January 1, 1999"
"Key provisions of the French Criminal Code in English and French" (Appendix A) in
French Criminal Code
Legifrance includes English translations of several of the major codes including
the Code of Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property Code, Posts & Telecommunications Code,
Insurance Code, Public Procurement Code, Penal Code, Commercial Code and Civil Code.
Georgia
The Parliament of Georgia contains some legislation in English.
Germany
Business Transactions in Germany
- KK 2057.B871983
- The Statutory Material volume contains various acts including
the Commercial Code, Act Against Restraints of Competition, Act on
Limited Liability Companies, Stock Corporation Act, Banking Act,
Patent Act and others.
"German Business and Commercial Laws: Guide to Translations into English
and Select Auxiliary Sources" (2000) by Martina Kammer is a
web page which includes sources for translations of commercial
and business laws both in print and on the web.
German Capital Market Law
- KK 2247.A25 1995
- Contains capital market laws as amended in 1994 and other
materials including the Rules of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
German Civil Code is a translation of Books 1 and 2 from the Ministry of Justice.
The German Commercial Code, Second Edition (Revised and Amended to October 28, 1994)
German Commercial Code & Code of Civil Procedure
German Environmental Law for Practitioners
- KK 6242.G47 1996
- This volume includes the text of several German environmental
and waste management acts
German Laws in English
is a collection of various German laws translated into English. These include the civil and
criminal code and environmental, commercial, immigration,
and intellectual property laws.
German Laws in English Translation
is another collection of German laws available in
English translation.
The German Penal Code: as amended as of December 19, 2001
The Law-Related Internet Project Saarbrücken (English Service)
provides links to various statutes translated into English
including materials on data protection,
regulation of the internet, telecommunications, regulation of the legal profession,
and the Act Against Restraints on Competition.
German Takeover Law — A Commentary (2002)
Hong Kong
Department of Justice, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region —
Bilingual Laws Information System-Database of the Laws of Hong Kong
Hungary
Criminal Code and other criminal legislation
Act on Public Procurement (2003, amended 2007)
Lexis — Hungarian Rules of Law in Force from January 1990 (library:intlaw/file:hulaw)
Rules of Law in Hungary
is available as part of ISI Emerging Markets (UIUC users only)
Iceland
Laws and Regulations from
the Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiatical Affairs website includes links to
the General Penal Code, Act on the Judiciary, Marriage Act, Act on
Registered Partnerships, Adoption Act, Nationality Act and other legislation.
Italy
The Italian Civil Code and Complementary Legislation
- KKH494.31942.A52 1991
- This set covers the Civil Code and various other acts involving
marriage, adoption, companies and antitrust.
Italian Data Protection Act
Japan
Doing Business in Japan
- JapanV Doing
- The first volume of the statutory materials includes various
commercial laws. The second includes the Civil Code, Products Liability Act
and other statutory material.
EHS Law Bulletin Series
- JapanIII-34
- This is a comprehensive collection of Japanese laws in English.
Japanese Laws in English-An Index to the EHS Bulletin Series is located in
reference (KNX 5.B74 1995).
Japanese Code of Civil Procedure (Law no. 109, 1996) and Rules of
Civil Procedure in Civil Procedure in Japan (2d edition, 2000)
Law Resources (Temple University)
includes links to complete or partial translations of statutes
and links to translated cases.
Roderick Seeman's Japan Law.Info
includes the translations of major laws relating to
investment and banking.
Jordan
The Central Bank of Jordan
has English translations of banking laws and regulations.
Latvia
The Republic of Latvia Privatization Agency
has an English translation of the "Law on the Completion of Privatization
of State and Municipial Asset Units and the use of Privatization Vouchers"
Lithuania
The Legal Information Center (TIC) at the Ministry of Justice: Some basic laws
of Republic of Lithuania
is a collection of basic laws, rulings, resolutions,
decisions and other materials.
Parliamentary Record — Saeima of the Republic of Lithuania
- 349.47505LI (Slavic and East European Library)
The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania
includes a searchable database of Lithuanian laws, some of which are translated into English.
Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic)
Civil Servants Law (2004)
The Macedonian Legal Resource Center
provides English translations of selected laws relating to business,
trade, banking, tax, labor, bankruptcy and foreign investment.
Public Procurement Law (2004)
Mongolia
Foreign Investment and Foreign Trade Agency (FIFTA) provides English translation of fifty five laws on various topics
including business, the environment, taxes, intellectual property, natural resources,
intellectual property, consumer protection and bankruptcy.
Montenegro
The Ministry for Economic Development provides English translations of the Concessions Law (2003), Law on Energy (2003), Foreign Investments Law (2003), and Business Organization Law (2003).
The Ministry of Justice includes English translations of the following legislation: Law on Witness Protection (2004), Criminal Code (2004), Constitution (2004), Criminal Procedure Code (2004), Law on Inspection Control (2003), Law on State Prosecutor (2004), Law on General Adminisrative Procedure (2003), Law on State Administration (2003), Law on Courts (2002), Law on the Election of Mayors (2003), and Law on the Protector of Human Rights and Freedoms (2003).
The Netherlands
The Bank of the Netherlands
provides English translations of banking laws and regulations.
Dutch Penal Code
- K 5014.A43x v. 30
- Volume 30 of the American Series of Foreign Penal Codes is "The Dutch Penal Code of March 3, 1881 as last amended by Act of October 7, 1996, Stb. 1996, 505"
Norway
Information from the Government and Ministries
site provides legislation and regulations on various topics.
Phillipines
The Chan Robles Virtual Law Library
provides a variety of resources including legislation related to the environment, family, labor, civil, and investment law. It also includes a collection of statutes and codes promulgated since independence.
Poland
Penal Codes and Code of Criminal Procedure
Civil Service Law (1998)
Public Procurement Law (2004)
Portugal
Portugese legislation in English
Qatar
Establishing Law of Qatar Central Bank (pdf)
Romania
The National Bank of Romania
provides English translations of banking laws and regulations.
Amendment to Civil Service Law (2003)
Civil Service Law (1999)
Romania Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure Code
The Ministry of Labour, Family and Equal Opportunities
provides English translations of labor legislation.
Public Procurement Law (1999)
Russian Federation
Basic Legal Documents of the Russian Federation
- KLB 13 1992a (reference)
- This includes Commonwealth documents
and legislation of the Russian Federation in force as of 1 January 1992.
The Civil Code of the Russian Federation — Parts 1 and 2
Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (as amended through December 28, 2004).
From Legislationline (OSCE ODIHR)
Criminal code of the Russian Federation (3d ed.)
The Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation
(as amended through June 1, 2005.
From Legislationline (OSCE ODIHR)
Customs Code of the Russian Federation (2006)
from the Federal Customs Service.
Garant Law Database
available as part of ISI Emerging Markets (UIUC users only)
Legislationline
(OSCE ODIHR)
provides legislation on a number of topics including citizenship, non-governmental organization, terrorism, elections, migration, police, prison services, human trafficking, freedom of assembly, judicial independence, hate crimes, and the death penalty.
The Russian Academy of Justice
provides the text of the Arbitration Procedure Code (2002),
the Civil Code (Parts 1 and 2, as amended through November 26, 2001), the Civil Procedure Code
(as amended through December 31, 2002), the Criminal Code (1996), the Criminal Procedure Code (2001),
the Family Code (as amended through January 2, 2000), the Housing Code (2004), and the
Labour Code (2001).
Russian company law : basic legislation (3d ed.)
Russian Federation Federal Law: "On Freedom of Conscience and on
Religious Associations"
- Also found in 12 Emory International Law Review 657 (1998)
Russian Intellectual Property Law
Russian Legal Texts: The Foundation of a Rule-of-Law State and a Market Economy
- KLB 13 1998
- Includes law establishing the federation, laws on the judicial system
and legal profession, rights of man and citizen and foreign relations law.
Statutes and Decisions — The Laws of the USSR and its Successor States
- Rus K23.092
- Indexed in PAIS International
- Volume 33, parts 1-3, contains the first two parts of the Civil Code
of the Russian Federation. Volume 33, parts 4-5, contains the Criminal Code of the
Russian Federation enacted in 1996.
Tax Code of the Russian Federation 1998 (Part One)
Saudi Arabia
Labor Law
(Royal Decree No. M/51, 2006) from the Ministry of Labor.
Singapore
Singapore Statutes Online
Slovakia
Code of Criminal Procedure
South Korea
Current Laws of Korea
is available as part of ISI Emerging Markets (UIUC users only).
Spain
Civil Code of Spain (with 2004 supplement)
Sweden
Swedish Statutes in translation
from the Government Offices of Sweden provide English translations
of legislation in twelve categories:agriculture, fisheries and food; business
and finance; communications and IT; defense; education; environment; family law;
labour legislation; legal and judicial (which includes the Criminal Code, criminal laws,
arbitration, administrative procedure, and the Code of Judicial Procecdure);
public administration; and social issues.
Tadzhikistan
Tadzhikistan Legal Texts: The Foundations of Civic Accord and a Market Economy
Thailand
The Office of the Council of State
has selected legislation in English translation.
Turkey
Public Procurement Contract Law (2002)
Public Procurement Law (2002)
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan Civil Code of Saparmurat Turkmenbashi
Uzbekistan
Civil code of the Republic Uzbekistan (3d ed.)
Viet Nam
Viet Nam Law Documents
provides English translations of Vietnamese law documents including those relating to the environment, land, forestry, wild life, foreign investment, agriculture and others.
Compiled by Jane Williams
© Jane Williams, 1998-2008
Content last updated 26 june 2008
If you know of other sites with English translations please email
Jane Williams.
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