Constitutions, Comparative Laws, and Country Reports

Constitutions and Constitutional Courts

• Researching Constitutional Law on the Internet - by Lyonette Louis-Jacques
• International Constitutional Law
• International Association for Constitutional Law
• Constitution Finder - national and state constitutions

Comparative Laws and Country Reports

• Global Legal Information Network from the Library of Congress. Abstracts (and some full text) of legislation appearing in official gazettes of 35 countries.
• Guide to Law Online: Nations of the World from the Library of Congress. Very comprehensive annotated listing of legal sources available on the web.
• Guide to Law Online: Multinational and International Sources from the Library of Congress
• GlobaLex from the Hauser Global Law School Program at NYU School of Law,
• ForIntLaw - Foreign and International Law Web from the WashLaw Web, Washburn University School of Law
• LLRX features Comparative and Foreign Law guides
• International, Foreign & Comparative Law Research Guides from Harvard Law Library
• Web Sites of National Parliaments
• Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (Heidelberg, Germany) - includes World Court Digest, OPAC, and many other resources
• World Factbook of Criminal Justice Systems from the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics
• United Nations Criminal Justice Information Network (UNCJIN)
• UNCJIN Home Page (server in Austria)
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices from the U.S. Department of State
• CIA World Factbook
• Background Notes on Countries and International Organizations from the U.S. Department of State
• Patterns of Global Terrorism 1995 from the U.S. Dept. of State (note: server is in Sweden)
• Summaries of Immigration Laws for English-Speaking Countries from Workpermit.com