Comparative Law Institutes
The comparative law institutes listed here are affiliated with the ASCL as corresponding institutional members or have expressed an interest in listing their web site.
The British Institute
of International and Comparative Law
Located in London, this institute sponsors conferences and publishes books
as well as the International & Comparative Law Quarterly.
Cardozo
Institute and Electronic Law Bulletin
Located at the University of Trento, this institute sponsors the first
European scholarly electronic law journal.
Institut
suisse de droit comparé
Located
in Lausanne, this institute has one of the world's most extensive collections
of comparative and foreign law published since 1982. Fellowships
available. Online
Catalog
Max-Planck-Institut
für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht
Located in Heidelberg, this institute is a comprehensive European law and
public comparative, foreign, and international law counterpart to the Hamburg
MPI (below). Fellowships available. Online
Catalog
Max-Planck-Institut
für ausländisches und internationales Patent-, Urheber- und Wettbewerbsrecht
Located in Munich, this institute specializes in foreign,
comparative, and international patent, copyright, and competition law.
Fellowships available. Online
Catalog Identify Institute holding at bottom
of search page by BKZ = M1MPPA or Inst. code (Sigel) = M 382.
Max-Planck-Institut
für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht
Located in Hamburg, this institute has the largest comparative law research
staff with the most complete open stack library in comparative and private
foreign and international law. Publishes the Rabels Zeitschrift.
Fellowships available. Online
Catalog Identify Institute holding at bottom
of search page by BKZ = HHMPPR or Inst. code (Sigel) = B 212.
Max-Planck-Institut
für ausländisches und internationales Sozialrecht
Located in Munich, this institute specializes in foreign, comparative,
and international social law. Fellowships available. Online
Catalog
Max-Planck-Institut
für ausländisches und internationales Strafrecht
Located in Freiburg, this institute specializes in comparative, foreign,
and international criminal law and procedure as well as criminology.
Fellowships available. Online
Catalog
Max-Planck-Institut
für europäische Rechtsgeschichte
Located in Frankfurt (Main), this institute specializes in European legal
history. Fellowships available. Online
Catalog
The Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law Located at Columbia University School of Law in New York City, this is the oldest comparative law institute in the United States.