COUNTRY LAW
The Government Information & Law Department has United States and Ohio laws, but no laws from other countries.
The U.S. and Ohio law material is generally not in brief/summary form, but consists of the full-text of the actual
law or detailed analysis.
Possible resources:
United States Law
American Jurisprudence GOV LAW KF 154 .A42
West's Encyclopedia of American Law GOV REF KF 156 .W47 1998 v.
United States Code GOV LAW KF 62.5 .W45
Other Resources
Martindale-Hubbell International Law Digest KING REF K 526.5 .M37
Legal Systems of the World: a Political, Social, and Cultural Encyclopedia. KING REF K 48 .L44 2002 v.1-4
The World Factbook of Criminal Justice Systems (U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics)
Miami University Libraries Catalog
Possible search strategies include subject searches by country name with subdivision "law" ("country name - law"), type of law with subdivision by country name (such as COMMERCIAL LAW - GREECE or ENVIRONMENTAL LAW - GREECE), or keyword search on country name and law. OhioLINK often has additional resources on these subjects, altho additional time would be required to request materials.
Journal articles -- select Research by Subject from the MiamiLINK main menu, then select subject categories that match the subject area of law (such as business indexes for business law) and search the various indexes listed in that category. Law is also a possible subject category, altho law journal articles are often more technical.
Contains Canadian law resources. Law Review articles may discuss other countries.
FindLaw International Resources
Guide to Law Online (Library of Congress)
Internet Search Engines, such as Google