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- Constitute: The World's Constitution to Read, Search, and Compare (external link) (Comparative Constitutions Project)
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- Foreign Law by Jurisdiction: Constitutions (external link) (New York University Law Library)
- International Constitutional Law (external link) (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht)
- WIPO Lex (external link) (World Intellectual Property Organization)
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- Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Diplomatic List (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Executive Institutions / Instituciones Ejecutivas (external link) (Georgetown University Political Database of the Americas)
Judicial
- Judicial Institutions / Instituciones Judiciales (Georgetown University Political Database of the Americas)
- International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (external link)
Legislative
- Comparative Civil Procedure: A Guide to Primary and Secondary Sources (external link) (New York University Law Library)
- Electoral Laws (external link) (Georgetown University Political Database of the Americas)
- ECOLEX: Environmental Law Gateway (external link) (UNEP/ICUN)
- FAOLEX (external link) (United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization)
- Customary IHL (external link) (International Committee of the Red Cross)
- Legislative Institutions / Instituciones Legislativas (external link) (Georgetown University Political Database of the Americas)
- NATLEX (external link) (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
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- WIPO Lex (external link) (World Intellectual Property Organization)
Legal Guides
- In Custodia Legis Blog: Global Law (Law Library of Congress)
- Law Library of Congress Legal Topics
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- Arab Laws Online for citations and descriptions of laws; full-text requires subscription
- AsianLII: Asian Legal Information Institute (external link)
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- Canadian Legal Information Institute (external link)
- Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations (external link)
- CommonLII: Commonwealth Legal Information Institute (external link)
- CYLAW: The Cyprus Source of Legal Information (external link)
- Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL) (external link) (American Society of International Law)
- EUR-Lex (external link) (European Union)
- FAOLEX (external link) (United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization)
- Finding Foreign Law Online (external link) (University of Chicago Law Library)
- Foreign and International Law Resources (external link) (University of Texas School of Law, Tarlton Law Library)
- Foreign and International Law Gateways (external link) (Harvard University Law Library)
- Foreign Collections by Jurisdiction (external link) (New York University Law Library)
- Foreign Official Gazette Database (external link) (Center for Research Libraries)
- ForIntLaw (external link) (Washburn University Law Library)
- GlobaLex (external link) (New York University School of Law Hauser Global Law School Program)
- Internet Law Library (external link) (LawGuru)
- Judicial Assistance (U.S. Dept. of State)
- JURIST: Legal News (external link) (University of Pittsburgh Law School)
- Law School Addresses (external link) (Hieros Gamos)
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- World Law Index (external link) (WorldLII)
- World Legal Materials (external link) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
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- Country Studies (Library of Congress)
- Handbook of Latin American Studies (Library of Congress)
- World Digital Library: Countries (Library of Congress/UNESCO)
- Africa News Online (external link)
- Africa South of the Sahara (external link) (Stanford University)
- BBC World Service (external link)
- Canada. Immigration and Refugee Board. National Documentation Packages (external link)
- Columbia University. Middle East Area Studies (external link)
- Consular Information Sheets: Country-Specific Information (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Consular Information Sheets: Current Travel Alerts (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Countries and Regions (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (U.S. Dept. of State)
- EurasiaNet.org (external link) (Central Eurasia Project of the Open Society Institute)
- The European Library: Contributors (external link)
- FAO Country Profiles (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
- A Guide to Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations (U.S. Dept. of State. Office of the Historian)
- Human Rights by Country (external link) (Amnesty International)
- International Religious Freedom, Annual Report to Congress (U.S. Dept. of State)
- List of National Libraries (external link) (Wikipedia)
- National Libraries and Union Catalogs (external link) (San Jose State University)
- RefWorld (external link) (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Library)
- U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets (U.S. Dept. of State)
- U.S. Dept. of Labor. International Labor Affairs Bureau: Countries
- U.S. Embassies, Consulates, and Diplomatic Missions (U.S. Dept. of State)
- UNESCO World Heritage Centre: World Heritage List (external link)
- World Bank: Countries (external link)
- World Factbook (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- World Health Organization: Countries (external link)
- World Food Programme: Countries (external link)
Last Updated: 10/13/2017
