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International and Foreign Law Research: Legal Systems

This guide is intended to assist students in the International & Foreign Legal Research class at Florida State University locate important resources.

Where to Start

CIA World Factbook
Foreign Law Guide
JURIGLOBE: World Legal Systems
Law and Judicial Systems of Nations
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Legal systems of the world: a political, social, and cultural encyclopedia
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Modern legal systems cyclopedia
A Primer on the Civil Law System
Religious Legal Systems: A Brief Guide to Research and Its Role in Comparative Law

E-Journals

Treatises

Great Legal Traditions: Civil Law, Common Law, and Chinese Law in Historical and Operational Perspective by John W. Head
Call Number: Law K583.H43 2011
ISBN: 978-1-59460-957-2
Publication Date: 2011
The civil law tradition : an introduction to the legal systems of Europe and Latin America by John Henry Merryman and Rogelio Pérez-Perdomo
Call Number: K585.M467 2007
Comparative Law in a Global Context by Werner F. Menski
Call Number: K559.M46 2006
ISBN: 0521858593
Publication Date: 2006-03-30
Comparative Legal Traditions by Mary Ann Glendon; Paolo G. Carozza; Colin B. Picker
Call Number: K560.G43 2008
ISBN: 9780314184283
Publication Date: 2008
A Concise History of the Common Law by Theodore F.T. Plucknett
Call Number: KD671.P68 1956
Major Legal Systems in the World Today by Rene David; John E. Brierly
Call Number: K559.D3M3
ISBN: 0029076102
Publication Date: 1978
The Origins and Evolution of Islamic Law by Wael B. Hallaq (Contribution by)
Call Number: Strozier Library - KBP55.H35 2005
ISBN: 0521803322
Publication Date: 2004
Law and Judicial Systems of Nations, 4th ed. by World Jurist Association
Call Number: K583.W6 2002
ISBN: 2004-615283

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