Primary Sources - LAW 736B - Global Public Health Law (Prof. Brady - Fall 2023) - Research Guides at Emory University Libraries

Foreign Laws

As part of your research, you may want to find foreign laws related to your topic. Below are resources that can help you find laws from other countries:

Foreign Law Guide
Contains primary and secondary sources of foreign law for more than 170 jurisdictions, including major nations, crown colonies, semi-independent states, and supra-national regional organizations.
WorldLII
WorldLII contains links to laws and cases from many countries. While WorldLII does have a search function, I recommend going to the "All Countries" link on the left-hand side. This allows you to find the laws of a particular country more quickly.
GlobaLex
This site is a compilation of research guides on foreign jurisdictions. The guides often include information on where to find English translations of foreign laws.

For more information on foreign laws and how to cite them, visit Amy Flick's guide on Foreign and Comparative Law Basics.

U.S. Laws

The United States Code, United States Code Annotated and United States Code Service, in print, are arranged by subject and located on the 3^rd floor of MacMillan Law Library.

Online access is also available through Lexis, Westlaw, and Bloomberg Law. Free online access to the United States Code is available via govinfo, Cornell LII, and the U.S. House - Office of the Law Revision Counsel.

Titles of the U.S. Code with topics related to health include:

Constitutions

Many countries list a right to health or something similar in their constitutions. If you are interested in including constitutional provisions in your paper, here are some places you can find foreign constitutions:

World Constitutions Illustrated (HeinOnline)
Constitute
- Shortcut: On Constitute's homepage, use the menu to go to Topics. Scroll down to "Constitutional Topic Pages" and expand Rights and Duties. Then expand Social Rights and select right to health care. This will show you all the world constitutions that include this right.
- Constitute has a comparison tool where you can compare different countries' constitutions

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