Legislation, laws, and guidelines with worldwide scope

Offers collected in this section provide information on national legislations of more than one single country.

FindLaw

Alternative title
FindLaw for legal professionals

URL
http://www.findlaw.com/12international/countries/index.html

Provider
FindLaw, Thomson Reuters

Description
The website provides a list of links to legal and other information sorted by country.

Languages
English

Keywords
National legislation; Case law; America; Europe; Asia and the Pacific; Africa

Global Ethics Observatory Database 4: Guidelines and Legislation (GEObs 4)

Alternative title
GEObs4

URL
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/social-and-human-sciences/themes/global-ethics-observatory/access-geobs/

Provider
UNESCO

Description
A searchable database comprising legislation and guidelines from different countries regarding the ethics as well as legislation of science. Short descriptions of legislation or guidelines are provided in English and links to full texts are provided where possible.

Languages
English, French, Spain, Russian, Arabic, Chinese

Keywords
Legislation; Guidelines; Research ethics; America; Asia and the Pacific; Africa; Europe

Global Ethics Observatory Database 5: Codes of Conduct (Geobs5)

Alternative title
GEObs5

URL
http://www.unesco.org/shs/ethics/geo/user/?action=search&lng=en&db=GEO5

Provider
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Description
The database provides access to extracts of selected codes of conduct from all over the world covering ethical issues of conduct in selected professions and/or disciplines.

Languages
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish

Keywords
Professional ethics; Organisations; America; Asia and the Pacific; Africa; Europe

Global Legal Information Network (GLIN)

Alternative title
GLIN

URL
http://www.glin.gov/search.action

Provider
Library of Congress

Description
The database provides access to laws, regulations, judical decisions, and other complementary legal sources from all over the world. Documents are provided in their original language and accompanied with at least an English summary. Full text are available in the majority of cases.

Languages
Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Portugese, Russian, Spanish

Keywords
Legislation; Case law; Africa; America; Asia and the Pacific; Commonwealth of Nations; Europe; Commonwealth of Independend States; Mediterranean Region

ILO databases: Legal information

Alternative title
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URL
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/support/lib/resource/legal.htm

Provider
International Labor Organisation (ILO)

Description
ILO provides a couple of databases predominantly concerned with labour and employment standards and legislation worldwide. The website offers access to various databases and linking to further information resources.

Languages
English, French, Spanish

Keywords
Legislation; Working conditions; Human rights; America, Africa; Asia and the Pacific; Europe;

Legal Information Institute (LII)

Alternative title
LII

URL
http://www.law.cornell.edu/world/

Provider
Cornell University Law School

Description
The website provides a collection of links to international legal materials sorted country by country (excluding the USA). Also links to legal institutions are provided.

Languages
English

Keywords
National legislation; Case law; International law; America; Europe; Asia and the Pacific; Africa

N-Lex

Alternative title
National laws

URL
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/n-lex/index_en.htm

Provider
Publications Office of the European Union

Description
N-Lex provides access to national legislation of member states of the European Union via a searchable database as well as other legal information on the respective countries.

Languages
Official Languages of the European Union

Keywords
National legislation, European Union; Belgium; Czech Republic; Denmark; Germany; Estonia; Greece; Spain; France; Ireland; Latvia; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Hungary; Malta; Netherlands; Austria; Poland; Portugal; Slovakia; Slovenia; Finland; Sweden; Great Britain

New York University School of Law (NYU Law)

Alternative title
NYU Law

URL
http://www.law.nyu.edu/global/researchtools/index.htm

Provider
New York University School of Law

Description
The Hauser Global Law School Program (HGLSP) provides a selection of global legal research tools providing further legal information.

  • GlobaLex: Electronic publication providing information on legal topics by country
  • Global law links: Collection of links to further legal resources on selected national legislations
  • Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases: Provides further information on legal databases
  • Languages
    English

    Keywords
    National legislation; Europe; Africa; America; Asia and the Pacific; Databases

    The World Law Guide

    Alternative title
    WLG

    URL
    http://www.lexadin.nl/wlg/

    Provider
    Lexadin

    Description
    The website provides links to national legal information as well as access to legislation worldwide. Laws are accessible in full texts in the original language or in English translations. Further links on worldwide legal resources are provided.

    Languages
    English

    Keywords
    National legislation; Case law; America; Europe; Africa; Asia and the Pacific

    Virtuelle Fachbibliothek Recht

    Alternative title
    The Virtual Law Library

    URL
    http://virtuelle-fachbibliothek-recht.de/en/index.html

    Provider
    Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz

    Description
    The site provides resources on legal information. Besides searchable databases on legal resources it provides a searchable meta-databases on legal databases.

    Languages
    English, German

    Keywords
    Law; Databases; Europe; America; Asia and the Pacific; Africa

    WashLaw Legal Research on the Web

    Alternative title
    WashLaw

    URL
    http://www.washlaw.edu/

    Provider
    Washburn University School of Law Library

    Description
    The website provides links to legal resources concerned with selected countries worldwide.

    Languages
    English

    Keywords
    National legislation; Case law; America; Europe; Africa; Asia and the Pacific; International law

    World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII)

    Alternative title
    worldlii

    URL
    http://www.worldlii.org/

    Provider
    World Legal Information Institute

    Description
    The World Legal Information System provides access to variety of catalouges and databases thus providing access to legal resources form all over the world. Full texts as well as abstracts of laws are available as well as links to further resources.

    Languages
    English

    Keywords
    National legislation; Case law; International law; Africa; America; Asia and the Pacific; Commonwealth of Nations; Europe; Commonwealth of Independend States; Mediterrean Region; Databases