International, Foreign, and Comparative Law: Foreign Starting Points

The Library of Congress maintains links to legal resources for many countries.

Classifies legal systems of countries (and other political entities) as civil law, common law, customary law, Muslim law, and mixed law systems.

Individual chapters examine the legal systems of various countries.

Includes facts about the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for countries worldwide.

Typically provides an overview of the legal system in a particular country and links into legislation, cases, and other sources of law. (Note that this site may take a while to load.)

"The LII collection of world legal materials gathers, country by country, continent by continent, the Internet-accessible sources of the constitutions, statutes, judicial opinions, and related legal material from around the globe."

A research aid for asylum cases, the European Country of Origin Information Network (ECOI) includes an array of information about each covered country (171 at last check). Sources relate to the country's political/legal systems and human-rights-related issues. Select your country using the top menu/search box. Once that page opens, click on the tab of interest, including Important Documents, Country Profiles, and Law Guide.

From the Harvard Law School Library

Includes guides on various topics relating to international, comparative, and foreign law research.

A searchable collection of country-specific legislation and case law implementing international humanitarian law, from the International Committee of the Red Cross.