Legislative Overviews
- Guide to Law Online: Nations of the World -- Library of CongressThis is a great place to start when researching the legislative landscape in a particular country. These quick guides provide overviews of the structure of government, process of legislation and enforcement, and sources.
- Foreign Law by Jurisdiction -- NYU Law LibraryA comprehensive guide to online sources for researching law in countries around the world. Note that some sources will not be accessible to Carleton users. Check with your librarian for help.
Country Profiles
- CIA World Factbook This link opens in a new window
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Information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities. - CQ Political Handbook of the World This link opens in a new window
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Political history, current issues, recent election trends and results, media information, and key demographic and economic facts. - Europa World Plus This link opens in a new window
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Combines the Europa World Year Book and the nine-volume Europa Regional Surveys of the World series. Provides up-to-date political and economic information for more than 250 countries and territories.
- State Department Background NotesThe State Department profiles each country's economy, history, geography, demographics, and recent political history.
Search Legal Literature/Scholarship
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Traditional legal materials (reported cases, statutes, government regulations, academic law reviews, commercially produced law journals and magazines, and classic treatises), historical, governmental, and political documents, legislative debates, legislative and executive branch reports, world constitutions, international treaties, military history, and reports and other documents of international organizations. - Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
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Access to the full text of newspapers (foreign and domestic), as well as business, legal, medical, and reference publications.
