But Can I Get It in English? Finding Foreign Law Anne Burnett, J.D., M.L.I.S. Foreign & International Law Librarian University of Georgia School of Law Law Library Athens, Georgia

International Law Foreign Law Comparative Law Transnational Law

may not exist almost certainly not official or authoritative accuracy??? often untimely might have to pay A Word re translations

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automatically back-translates The court should assure equal treatment and reasonable opportunity for litigants to assert or defend their rights. El tribunal debería asegurar el tratamiento igual y la oportunidad razonable de litigantes para afirmar o defender sus derechos.

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Translations for a fee The National Law Center for InterAmerican Free Trade will do on-demand translations for a fee (also legislative research) Berlitz provides on-demand translations

Getting Started Where are new laws published? Are there codifications? Where are court decisions reported? civil law, common law, muslim, tribal, hybrid???

china Research guides: on the Web

GlobaLex - at NYU's Global Law School Program

Research Guides: in law reviews

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Worldlii entries for France

French Civil Code, in English, on the French gov't site

Info about and links to many gazettes available online

Available on the morning of 10/24/05: the Belgian gazette with a ministerial decision from 10/21/05 (amending a 2003 decision re measures to control outbreaks of avian flu)

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Law review articles may include a translation or summary: search Lexis or Westlaw and include “translation” as one of your search terms

Additional Tips use the Interparliamentary Union site to locate official legislative sites Hieros Gamos also provides links to gov't resources contact the U.S. embassy in another jurisdiction or that jurisdiction's embassy in the U.S.

Is there an international organization for the subject? Check their publications for compiled legislation or other documents

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Document Authentication how do you prepare notarized documents so other jurisdictions will recognize them? Multiple seals, certifications, gold ribbons and lots of express mail packages!