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Foreign Legal Research Country by Country: Books

This guide provides legal research sources for specific countries.

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About

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 related to Cuban law are: 

Law--Cuba

Rule of Law--Cuba

Cuba--History

Castro, Fidel, 1927-

Civil Law--Cuba

Human Rights--Cuba

Cuba--Foreign Relations--United States

Elections--Cuba

Judicial Process--Cuba

Justice, Administration of--Cuba

Cuba--Politics and Government

Trade Regulation--Cuba

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. 

Trinidad, Cuba

LLMC-Digital

LLMC-Digital (Law Library Microform Consortium) is currently digitizing Cuban materials to add to its own database and the Digital Library of the Caribbean (see above).  The content of the initiative, which is called the Cuban Patrimony Project, includes various Cuban constitutions, treatises, and legislation. The Law Library has a subscription to LLMC-Digital

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Legal Spanish

Spanish/English Law Dictionaries

Bilingual Spanish/English legal dictionaries are located in the 3rd Floor Reference Section in the K52 range.  

Cuban Codes in English Translation (Print)

The Law Library owns a 3-volume set in English-language translation that contains various Cuban codes, including civil, commercial, and family.  There is also a 2019 supplement. 

Reference Books

Circulating Books

Digital Library of the Carribbean

The Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) is a Web-based platform and database for materials related to Caribbean countries.  There is an ongoing digitization initiative, involving the Cuban National Library and the University of Florida, for collections specific to Cuba. 

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Book Repositories

HathiTrust:  HathiTrust is a partnership of over 50 major research institutions and libraries. Works that are in the public domain contained in the HathiTrust database are available to all researchers. Many search options are offered, including full-text.

Google Books:  Books contained in Google Books come from two sources:  1)  The Library Project and 2)  The Partner Program.  Books included from the partnered Library Project that are no longer in copyright may be viewed in full text, while only snippets of books still in copyright are available.  Only previews of books are available through the Partner Program.

Google Book Search