1. 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

2. International Law Foreign Law Comparative Law Transnational Law

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

4. BluebookBluebook

6. Automated Translators

7. http://translation.paralink.com 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.

9. http://www.boeckler.de/cps/rde/xchg/SID-3D0 Google's Automated Translator

11. 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

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

13. china Research guides: on the Web

15. GlobaLex - at NYU's Global Law School Program

16. Research Guides: in law reviews

17. BluebookBluebook

18. Worth the Money $$$

21. Worldlii entries for France

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

24. Info about and links to many gazettes available online http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/gazettes/index.htm

26. 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)

27. http://www.glin.gov/

28. health care benefits

33. Westlaw

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

37. 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.

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

40. InterAm $$$

44. 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!