Links to Databases for Researching . . .
(*N.B. Access may be restricted to SLS-affiliated users.)
Foreign Law Guide (SLS Database) http://www.law.stanford.edu/library/legal_databases/
Introduction to legal system and citations to legislation by subject. Current sources of codes and basic legislation in jurisdictions from around the world.
Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (SLS Database)
http://www.law.stanford.edu/library/legal_databases/
Excellent starting place for research on international law topics. The MPEPIL online edition—edited under the direction of Professor Dr. Rüdiger Wolfrum, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (Max Planck Institute) in Heidelberg, Germany—is a comprehensive analytical resource covering the whole of public international law. MPEPIL includes material from the hard-copy Encyclopedia of Public International Law published between 1991 and 2001 under Professor Dr. Rudolf Bernhardt, plus online-only articles authored since 2001. Approximately 1,700 article topics have been selected and allocated to expert authors, who are legal scholars and practitioners from all over the world and who speak in their personal capacity only.
GlobaLex
http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/
Research guides to international law topics and specific countries.
World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII)
http://worldlii.org/
Access to primary legal materials from hundreds of countries.
Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations
http://www.legalabbrevs.cardiff.ac.uk/
Search for the meaning of abbreviations for English language legal publications, from the British Isles, the Commonwealth and the United States. Also includes wide selection of major foreign language law publications from over 295 jurisdictions.
HeinOnline (SLS Database)
http://www.law.stanford.edu/library/legal_databases/
Numerous foreign, international, and comparative law libraries, including among others: English Reports (1120-1867); Foreign & International Law Resources Database; Foreign Relations of the U.S.; Hague Academy Collected Courses, Harvard Research in International Law; Israel Law Reports; Kluwer Law International Journal Library; Treaties and Agreements Library; World Constitutions Illustrated; World Trials Library
Newsbank/Readex Databases (SLS Databases)
http://library.stanford.edu/ezproxy/
“AccessUN (1945-2011)” indexes UN documents including “Official Records, masthead documents, draft resolutions, meeting records, UN Sales Publications, and UN Treaty Series citations.” Also includes certain full-text UN documents.
“Foreign Broadcast Information Service Electronic Index (1975-1996)” indexes “FBIS Daily Reports issued by the U.S. Government covering political, economic, scientific, and cultural issues and events throughout the world.”
Foreign Legal Periodicals Index (SLS Database)
http://www.law.stanford.edu/library/legal_databases/
Foreign Legal Periodicals indexes articles from over 450 legal periodicals from 1985 to the present. The index to Foreign Legal Periodicals is updated quarterly.
Justis International Law Reports and UK Statutes and Statutory Instruments (SLS Database)
http://www.law.stanford.edu/library/legal_databases/
UK Statutes contains the full text of all Acts of Parliament in England, Wales and Scotland as enacted, from 1235 to the present day. UK Statutes is the only statute-law database to contain Scottish Acts of Parliament and repealed legislation. International Law Reports contains cases in English from national and international courts from 1919 to present. Inquire with the Reference Desk (reference@law.stanford.edu) for access information.
LawInfo China
http://www.law.stanford.edu/library/legal_databases/
English-language resources on Chinese law created and maintained by ChinalawinfoCo., ltd., and the Legal Information Center of Peking University. It includes full-text databases for laws, regulations, cases, and legal news.
WorldTradeLaw.net
http://www.law.stanford.edu/library/legal_databases/
WorldTradeLaw.net provides searchable full text of GATT/WTO Panel and Appellate Body reports; WTO arbitration awards and decisions; Uruguay Round agreements; Tokyo Round agreements; Doha decisions/declarations; NAFTA Chapter 20 Panel reports; NAFTA and related legal instruments; Dispute settlement commentaries (DSCs) for awards and decision, and primary source documents related to international trade law.
