Foreign Law Guide (FLG), part of Brill Online, covers around 190 jurisdictions. For each one, it provides citations to legislation, including translations, gives an overview of the legal system and main legal publications, and lists selected secondary sources.
Access
Foreign Law Guide is available onsite to all academic members of IALS Library.
Offsite access is available to IALS and SAS staff, fellows and students, and University of London law staff and postgraduate students.
Content
For each jurisdiction, there is information about the government and legal system; primary sources of law; other print and online sources; and citations to specific laws, arranged by subject.
Browsing
FLG can be browsed by jurisdiction or subject, using tabs on the home page.
Searching
Basic and advanced search facilities are available at the top of the screen.
Basic search defaults to finding all of the words entered. To find alternative words, use an ‘OR’ connector (in capital letters): for example, oil OR gas.
To restrict your search to a single jurisdiction, use Advanced Search and put the name of the jurisdiction in the field marked ‘With this title or heading’. Enter key words in ‘Search for’; the default is ‘All of these words’, but you can use the drop-down menu on the right to change this to ‘Some of these words’, or ‘This exact phrase’.
Reading and emailing
Content on FLG is provided online in HTML format.
A page can be emailed using the envelope icon on the vertical menu bar on the right of the screen.
Help
There is a Help menu at the top of each page, providing general information about the Brill Online platform.
Accessibility
View Brill Online's accessibility information
The Brill Online platform complies with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, and provides the majority of its content in accessible formats.
Brill also offers an ‘Accessibility on Demand’ service which allows individuals to request content in accessible formats where this is not already available.