Research Guides: Copyright Law Research: Foreign and International Law

Online International and Foreign Copyright Resources

There are many great resources available for researing international copyright law. In addition to the resources below, a good place to start your research is the International Intellectual Property Law Research Guide from The American Society of International Law.

WIPO Lex
WIPO Lex is a one-stop search facility for national laws and treaties on intellectual property (IP) of WIPO, WTO and UN Members. It also features related information which elaborates, analyzes and interprets these laws and treaties. Many English translations are available. Choose a jurisdiction and then choose Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights) as the subject area.
Collection of National Copyright Laws (UNESCO)
This is a full-text database of copyright statutes, browsable in a region/country structure. The statutes are provided by the member states in official translation to any one of the official languages of UNESCO, but the indexing and information about the statutes is always provided in English, French, and Spanish. In addition to the statutes, the website of the country’s copyright or IP office is provided.
Foreign Law Guide
A web version of a loose-leaf service which has links to hundreds of URLs containing reprints or translations of legislation as well as citations to secondary sources featuring commentary and analysis.

Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
The SLU Law Library subscribes to the Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals. It is a multilingual index to articles and book reviews appearing in over 500 legal journals published worldwide. It provides in-depth coverage of public and private international law, comparative and foreign law, and the law of all jurisdictions other than the US, UK, Canada, and Australia.

Copyright Throughout the World
Available through WestlawNext by searching for Copyright Throughout the World, then clicking on Copyright Throughout the World when it asks "Are you looking for this?"

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Copyright throughout the World is a guide to the copyright law of a variety of nations and is useful for copyright practitioners working with the Internet and other media and academics researching comparative laws. It summarizes the important features of copyright law, related rights, and moral rights from countries throughout the world. Topics covered include registration and formalities, scope of protection, presumptions of ownership, transfers, collective rights management, remedies, circumvention of technological measures and rights management information, secondary liability, and conflict of laws rules. The format permits the reader to easily find answers to questions and compare the laws of different countries.
International Copyright Law and Practice
Available on LexisAdvance by typing International Copyright Law and Practice in the search box.

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International Copyright Law and Practice integrates the global analysis of international copyright with in-depth chapters on national laws.

Copyright Treaties

These are the major international copyright-related treaties and agreements. There are others. Each treaty and related material are freely available online.