Foreign Law Guide (FLG)

The FLG is the outstanding and comprehensive Foreign Law Guide. It contains the most up-to-date research in non-U.S. law. The FLG also includes lists of books about foreign law topics.

According to its own description, the Foreign Law Guide is “an essential database offering relevant information on sources of foreign law, including complete bibliographic citations to legislation, the existence of English translations and selected references to secondary sources in one virtual destination. Broad in content and global in scope, the FLG is an indispensable resource for comparative law research and a fundamental tool for developing a foreign and comparative law collection. Approximately 190 jurisdictions are systemically covered and updated by a global team of experts”.

The print publication began in the 1990s and moved to the web in 2000. During the life of FLG, it has been under the editorial direction and leadership of Thomas Reynolds and Arturo Flores. In 2012, Brill acquired FLG and “is now launching it on a new platform with improved content organization and structure, upgraded search and browsing functionality, and streamlined and reorganized subject headings.”

Comparative Law Classification

Subjects covered include:

Accounting & Auditing
Administrative Law & Procedure
Admiralty & Maritime
Air & Space
Andean Community
Animals & Animal Welfare
Antitrust, Trade Regulation & Unfair Competition
Arbitration & Mediation
Bankruptcy & Insolvency
Banks & Financial Institutions
Business Associations & Corporations
Census, Standards & Statistics
Citizenship, Emigration, Immigration & Nationality
Civil
Climate Change
Communications, Telecommunications & Satellite Transmissions
Conflict of Laws & Private International Law
Constitution & Politics
Construction, Development, Planning & Property
Consumer Protection
Contracts
Corruption
Courts & Legal System
Crime & Punishment
Cultural Property
Culture, Entertainment & Sports
Currency Control & Foreign Exchange
Customs, Duties & Tariffs
Cybercrime, Data Protection, Information & Internet
Debt Conversion
Defense & National Security
Diplomatic Privileges & Immunity
Disasters
Discrimination
Domestic & Foreign Judgments
Economic Legislation & Privatization
Education
Environment & Natural Resources
European Union
Family
Food Safety & Supply
Foreign Investments
Foreign Trade
Franchising & Licensing
Gambling
Genetic Engineering
Health
Indigenous Peoples
Insurance
Intellectual Property
International & Non-Governmental Organizations
Labor
Language
Mercosur
Notaries
Obligations & Torts
Organ & Tissue Transplantation & Trafficking
Organizations
Pensions, Public Welfare & Social Security
Science & Technology
Securities & Stock Exchange
Shipping & Transportation
Taxation
Tourism
Trusts