New database trial: Global-Regulation

The Library has arranged a trial through December 15 of Global-Regulation. This e-resource has 1,514,182 laws (including 751,543 laws machine-translated into English) for 71 countries. You can do one global search or search individual country’s laws via the Global-Regulation Law Database Coverage Details page. The page also lists the total number of laws for each country or jurisdiction (including the European Union) and has the scope of coverage map below. You can tell quickly that Global-Regulation is strong for Canada, Australia, and many European countries.

From their About page, Global-Regulation, Inc. is partnered with Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. They say this about their English translations: “Our service is entirely run by computer algorithms. Translations are not human-vetted. There may be inaccuracies in information due to our algorithmic extraction of information. Always consult the official source when making use of legal information.”

The vision of the Canada-based corporation providing Global-Regulation is: “To make all of the world’s laws accessible to users in a way that’s as easy as a Google search.” Let us know if they’re on the right track!