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.