Comparative Criminal Procedure   Tags: comparative_criminal_procedure, comparative_law, criminal_law, criminal_procedure, legal_research  

For those who are not fluent in the language of the jurisdiction which is the subject of their study, one of the challenges in doing a comparative study of laws from foreign jurisdictions is finding the relevant codes and cases in translation.  This guide includes links to finding aids for foreign domestic law, as well links to relevant comparative law treatises in the Pace Law Library collection.

Increasingly, countries are making statues, and in some instances, cases, available to the public via the Internet. A good finding aid for locating the foreign domestic law of a particular country will provide an overview of the organization of law in that country, as well as links to online sources of foreign domestic law, and citations to print sources of foreign domestic law for that country. Here are some websites which feature finding aids for the location of foreign domestic law.

LexisNexis and Westlaw have limited availablity of foreign domestic legal materials.  Some government and non-profit organizations are making foreign domestic law freely available online.  You may find that the best approach is to use a combination of resources. For example, if you were researching Australian law, you could search Australian cases on LexisNexis or Westlaw, but you would have to use another source, such as the Australian Legal Institute to find relevant statutes.