Foreign Law Research Guide: Westlaw, Lexis & Bloomberg

Currently, Westlaw has the best foreign law coverage of the three databases. Most are practice-oriented.

From Westlaw's home page, select Practical Law to locate the following foreign law resources:

• Select the Resource Types tab > then select Global Guides and Cross-Border Topics
  • Global Guides
  • Cross-Border Topics
• Select Global Home from the top of the Practical Law page
  • Select Practice Areas,
  • Featured Countries or
  • All Countries or
  • Global In-house Resources
  • Country Q & A comparison tool
• Tip: Use "Related Content" when available
• Tip: Search in both Global Home and Global Guides

For links to Foreign primary and secondary material:

• From WESTLAW EDGE Home page, click on International Materials
• Search by Jurisdiction or Content.
• Additional materials on far right (International Arbitration, Journals, etc.

Lexis provides good international news coverage for all countries and some primary source coverage for a few countries.

• International tab > select View All Countries

Search by legal topic or law review articles:

• Practice Area tab > International Law
• Select Secondary Sources >Treatises, Practice Guides, etc.
  • Select All International Law Treatises, etc.
  • Getting the Deal Through
  • Lex Mundi series
• Select Secondary Sources > All International Law Reviews

Bloomberg Law also has the series Getting the Deal Through

Begin by clicking on Browse in upper left:

• Secondary Sources >Search Reference materials > Sources "Browse all materials"
• Scroll down to Getting the Deal Through > click the adjacent box > click the green Search button
• Scroll by topic by clicking Select More in the Filters Box on the left.

For a comprehensive collection of materials on International Trade

• From Home, click on Browse, then
• Practice Centers, then select
• International Trade