To find an item in Loyola's collection that is not listed at right, please use Loyola's online catalog. Some suggested Library of Congress Subject Headings for titles on Latin American law are:
Law--Latin America
Rule of Law--Latin America
Civil Law--Latin America
Human Rights--Latin America
Judicial Process--Latin America
Justice, Administration of--Latin America
Latin America--Politics and Government
To locate books on individual countries, substitute "Latin America" with the name of the country (e.g., Law--Chile).
To locate books in libraries outside the Loyola University Chicago system, use the WorldCat database. Loyola Chicago Law School patrons should use ILLiad to request materials from non-Loyola libraries.
The following book provides a good introduction to specialized Spanish legal terminology:
Dahl's Law Dictionary: Spanish-English/English-Spanish
by Bilingual Spanish/English legal dictionaries are located in the 3rd Floor Reference Section in the K52 range.
Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture
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Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History
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Courts and Power in Latin America and Africa
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Courts in Latin America
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Latin American Company Law, 2 volumes
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Latin American Constitutionalism,1810-2010
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Latin American Investment Protections
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Latin American Law: a History of Private Law and Institutions in Spanish America
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Latin American Lawyers: a Historical Introduction
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Law and Society in Latin America
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Making Constitutions: Presidents, Parties, and Institutional Choice in Latin America
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Oquendo's Latin American Law, 2d
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Same-Sex Marriage in Latin America
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Prepared in the summer of 2009, updated in February 2012, this 23-page guide offers instructions and tips on how to research foreign, comparative, and international law at the LUC Law Library. The annotated guide lists print reference sources, subscription databases, free websites, and current awareness sources that may be useful when approaching foreign, comparative, and international law questions.
The following are edited versions of PowerPoint presentations that were prepared for the annual LUC Law School course, "Comparative Law Seminar: Legal Systems in the Americas."
