Subject Guides: Law: Foreign and International Law

Foreign and International law

HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
International legal database with a large number of international journals in full text. Also including some American legal sources, legal classics and the sections “Foreign and International Law Resources” and “Index to foreign legal periodicals”.
Oxford Academic This link opens in a new window
Academic journals and books in many different subjects. A new platform that includes Oxford Scholarship Online and Oxford Handbooks Online. The law collection includes over 30 handbooks on subjects such as human rights law, trade law, investment law and comparative law.

Oxford Public International Law (OPIL)
Access to Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts and Oxford Reports on International Courts of General Jurisdiction, covering public international case law, reporting on international courts, domestic courts and ad hoc tribunals, as well as the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, containing peer-reviewed articles on every aspect of public international law.

Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
Cross-searchable database of reference books from Oxford University Press covering all subject areas including law.
Westlaw Edge UK This link opens in a new window
(Formerly Westlaw UK, Edge is an updated version of the database.) Legal database with legislation, case-law and articles, mainly from the United Kingdom. When using Westlaw Uk for the first time, you need to type your name and email directly after logging in with your user-ID/student-ID.
Westlaw International This link opens in a new window
A collection of legal and regulatory information dealing with all aspects of law. Covers most areas of the world and also international organisations such as EU, United Nations, WTO and international tribunals.

Council of Europe Treaty Series (CETS)
The conventions of the Council of Europe and related documents 1949-.
Guide to Law Online – Library of Congress
Gateway to legal resources from all over the world.
N-Lex
Portal with national legislation from the EU member states.

Congress.gov

U.S. federal legislative information and documents from the House of Representatives, the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, the Government Publishing Office etc.
GovInfo - US Government information
Official documents and publications related to the U.S. Federal Government.
Legislation.gov.uk
UK legislation.
UK Parliament

The UK parliament, with British legislation and preparatory documents.

Courts of Denmark
Some information in English, for example an overview of the judicial system.
Folketinget – The Danish Parliament
Most of the documents are only available in Danish. Some English translations, for example of the Constitution.
FINLEX
Database for Finnish law. Most of the documents are only available in Finnish and Swedish. Some translations of Finnish acts and decrees are also available in English and other languages. Case-Law in legal literature database is also available in English.
Lovdata
Database for Norwegian law. Access only to the freely available parts of the database. Some documents are available in English, most only in Norwegian.
Stortinget – The Parliament of Norway
Most of the information is only available in Norwegian.