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Law

The Graduate Library law collection is primarily a collection about law and how it relates to society. The Law Library has a more comprehensive collection.

Finding Sources of Foreign Law

Foreign Law Guide
An online database continuing the reference work created by Reynolds and Flores this database provides information on sources of foreign law, including complete bibliographic citations to legislation, the existence of English translations and selected references to secondary sources. Approximately 190 jurisdictions are systemically covered.

Foreign Law Documents

LLMC Digital
Digitized collection of the Law Library Microfiche Consortium. Jurisdictions include: Canada, China, Cyprus, Egypt, Ghana, Iraq, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Malaysia, Malta, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, France, India, Oman, and the U.K. Access limited to authorized UM users (through validated sign-on).
Nations of the World
Links to foreign law documents from the Law Library of Congress.

Constitutions of the World

World Constitutions Illustrated (HeinOnline)
Contains the current constitution of every country in the world (193 countries) in its original language. For countries where multiple original-language versions exist, each language is provided. At least one English translation will also be provided.