Need to research how U.S. law compares to the law of a foreign jurisdiction?
The Moritz Law Library provides access to various foreign and comparative law
databases. See the select group of resources below for some possibilities.
- The International Encyclopaedia
of Laws, located under “Manuals” in the Kluwer Law Online platform, offers
English explanations of foreign law on various topics including
constitutional law, contracts, corporations, criminal law, cyber law,
energy law, environmental law and more. This resource can be a good
starting point for locating relevant primary law in a foreign
jurisdiction.
- JustisOne is a platform for
searching the law of the United Kingdom. Also included is primary law from
other English-speaking nations such as Australia, Canada, Ireland, New
Zealand, and a number of Caribbean nations.
- Kluwer Arbitration and Kluwer IP Law include
jurisdiction-specific content such as case summaries, commentaries, recent
developments, and legislation, in addition to international materials like
treaties and reference works.
- vLex offers a variety of both
primary and secondary sources on the law of foreign jurisdictions, with a
particular emphasis on Spanish language material.
- Westlaw China contains a large
volume of Chinese laws, ministerial regulations, administrative
regulations, local regulations, and more in English translation.
Consult a Moritz reference librarian for additional relevant
resources including print material accessible in the Ohio State Libraries catalog.