Country-by-Country Guide to Foreign Law Research

This country-by-country guide will help get you started on your foreign law research by connecting you to the best research guides and databases for each country. 

Notes about the guide:

  • Links under Country go to the CIA's World Factbook.
  • The LC Call Number indicates where the print materials for that country are located on the Lower East Side (LES) of the Yale Law Library.
  • The Regional Map icons go to a map of the larger geographical region.
  • LC Country Studies provide social, political, legal and economic information
  • The FLG is the outstanding and comprehensive Foreign Law Guide which will give you the historical, political and legal framework for each country plus the past and current sources of legal information, including where to find legislation, codes and case decisions, print and online. This is a Yale subscription database.
  • HLS refers to Harvard Law School's list of online guides to doing legal research in foreign jurisdictions.
  • WorldLII is a directory of legal information available on the Internet.
  • The Online Guides column includes the most substantial guide available from a library or research site.
  • The World Law Guide is a good resource for current legislation.
  • The Gazettes column features a link to the country's national gazette.
  • Finally, the Other Databases column lists other valuable subscription or open-access databases or websites for that country.
Country
LC Call Number Range
Regional Map LC Country Study FLG HLS Legal Information Institute (WorldLii) Online Guides WorldLaw Guide Gazettes Other Databases
Taiwan (KNP)  FLG 

WorldLII AsianLII

LOC GlobaLex

WorldLaw Guide

E-Gov Gazettes Search



E-Gov Portal

Tajikistan (KLT)  CS  HLS

WorldLII

LLRX GlobaLex LOC

WorldLaw Guide

Not published online

 



Tajikistan's Legislation (Russian)

Parliament of Tajikistan -- Law and Legislation (Tajik)

Tanzania (KTT)  FLG HLS

WorldLIICommonLIISAFLII

Northwestern GlobaLex LOC

WorldLaw Guide

Gazette of the United Republic of Tanzania



Parliament (current laws, bills, and other docs)

Legislation (current)

Thailand (KPT)  CS FLG HLS

WorldLIIAsianLII

Northwestern GlobaLex LOC

WorldLaw Guide

Royal Thai Government Gazette (In Thai only)



Thailand Law Forum (selected laws, Supreme Court opinions)

Timor-Leste (East Timor; see also Indonesia) (KNW)   

WorldLIIAsianLII

LOC



Jornal da República



WashLaw

Togo (KTU)  FLG 

WorldLIIDroit Afrique

LOC

WorldLaw Guide

Journal Officiel de la République Togolese (not available online)



All Togo laws available at the searchable database Lois et Reglements du Togo

Tonga (KWP)   HLS

WorldLIICommonLIIPacLII

GlobaLex (South Pacific Law) LOC

WorldLaw Guide

Tonga Legal Gazette


Trinidad and Tobago (KGX)  FLG HLS

WorldLIICommonLII

LLRX Globalex LOC

WorldLaw Guide

Legal Gazette


Tunisia (KTV)  FLG 

WorldLII Droit Afrique

LLRXGlobaLexLOC

WorldLaw Guide

Journal officiel de la République tunisienne


Turkey (KKX)  CS FLG 

WorldLII

Northwestern GlobaLex LOC

WorldLaw Guide

T.C. Resmi Gazete




Journal of International Trade and Diplomacy

Legislation information system (Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi)

UYAP-National Juducary Informatics System

Turkmenistan (KLV)  CS  HLS

WorldLII

GlobaLex LOC

WorldLaw Guide 

Parliament of Turkmenistan-- legislation database in Russian and in English

Legislation of Turkmenistan (by subscription, Yale does not subscribe; in Russian)

Tuvalu (KWQ)  FLG HLS

WorldLIICommonLIIPacLII

GlobaLex (South Pacific Law) LOC

WorldLaw Guide

Tuvalu Gazette (not available online)



 

Stephanie Davidson created the original version of this guide for a clinic several years ago. It has since been modified to suit general foreign law research. Thanks to Zhang Yue, YC '10 and Anna Ershova, YC '11 for their assistance in updating this guide.

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