Reference Internet Resources

Subject Reference

Law — Constitutions

Constitution Finder

http://confinder.richmond.edu/

Comprehensive listing of constitutions, charters, amendments and other related documents.

Constitutions, treaties, and declarations

www.psr.keele.ac.uk/const.htm

Contains collections of various documents including: treaties, conventions regarding human rights, warfare and arms limitations, international trade and environment. Links to EU internet resources.

ICL - International Constitutional Law

www.oefre.unibe.ch/law/icl/index.html

Solon Law Archive

www.solon.org/

Contains Canadian constitutional documents. Also provides links to other constitutions.

Subject Reference

Law — International

Avalon Project at Yale Law School: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy

www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm

Provides access to primary source materials in the fields of law, history, economics, politics, diplomacy and government. Coverage: Pre 18th century - present.

Canada Treaty Information

http://www.treaty-accord.gc.ca

This site contains data concerning treaties to which Canada is signatory or Party and the text of many of these treaties. This information is compiled by the Treaty Section of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). The information provided on treaties includes references to published treaty sources (e.g Canada Treaty Series).

Canado-American Treaties

www.lexum.umontreal.ca/ca_us/index_en.html

Provides free access to the full text of all bilateral treaties established between the United States of America and Canada. Coverage: 1783 - .

Fletcher-Ginn Multilaterals Project

http://fletcher.tufts.edu/multilaterals.html

Project at The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University to make available the texts of international multilateral conventions and other instruments. Project was initiated to improve public access to environmental agreements. Also includes treaties in the fields of human rights, commerce and trade, laws of war and arms control, and other areas. Coverage: 1900-.

Global Legal Information Network

www.glin.gov/

Maintained by the Law Library of Congress Library, the Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) provides a database of international laws, regulations, and other complementary legal sources. Law Library of Congress also provides a Guide to Law Online, an annotated guide to sources of information worldwide on government and law.

Library and Archives Canada - Foreign Legal and Constitutional Information

www.collectionscanada.ca/services/005-1140-e.html

Selective collection of links maintained by Library and Archives Canada to both official and non-official Web sites providing access to primary legal materials (legislation and case law) as well as secondary materials such as research guides.

LLMC Digital (access limited to LAC on-site users)

http://ets.umdl.umich.edu/l/llmc/

Searchable, digitized collections of legal and government documents.

LLRX -- Guide To European Legal Databases

www.llrx.com/features/europenew.htm

Contains an extensive guide to European web-accessible legal resources.

WorldLII - World Legal Information Institute

www.worldlii.org/

Provides access to databases of legal information from over 20 countries as well as databases of decisions of international courts and tribunals. WorldLII Catalog provides links to over 15,000 law-related web sites in many countries of the world.

Subject Reference

Law — USA

Guide to Law Online: United States

www.loc.gov/law/guide/us.html

Comprehensive hot-linked guide to all aspects of U.S. law and legislation maintained by the Law Library of Congress.

THOMAS (Library of Congress)

http://thomas.loc.gov/

Legislative information from the Library of Congress. Provides access to the full texts of bills and laws from the United States Congress, the daily Congressional Record, relevant proceedings and proposed legislation, committee reports, and roll call votes, variously available from the present back to the 93rd Congress (1973).

United States Code

http://uscode.house.gov/

From The Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Links to Code of Federal Regulations. Another version of the US Code is available from the Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute.