Open access to African legislation, judgments, legal commentary, and partner legal-information institutes.
- Best for
- Regional legal discovery while checking the source jurisdiction and publication status.
- Region
- Africa
- Access
- Open access
- Languages
- EN · FR · PT
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Valuable for analysis, advocacy, and discovery; trace material claims to primary records when possible.
Official U.S. legislative information, bills, resolutions, committee reports, nominations, and the Congressional Record.
- Best for
- Legislative text, status, sponsors, actions, and related documents.
- Region
- United States
- Access
- Open access
- Languages
- EN
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Official for the issuing institution’s own acts and records; it may still contain attributed claims about external actors.
A nonprofit legal database of U.S. opinions, dockets, oral arguments, and citation networks.
- Best for
- Discovery and analysis; confirm controlling documents with the issuing court where necessary.
- Region
- United States
- Access
- Open access
- Languages
- EN
API Downloads Reviewed Aug 2, 2026
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Valuable for analysis, advocacy, and discovery; trace material claims to primary records when possible.
Official access to European Union law, treaties, case law, preparatory acts, and the Official Journal.
- Best for
- Authoritative EU legal research with multilingual texts and document identifiers.
- Region
- Europe
- Access
- Open access
- Languages
- MULTILINGUAL
API Downloads Reviewed Aug 2, 2026
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Official for the issuing institution’s own acts and records; it may still contain attributed claims about external actors.
A searchable informational presentation of U.S. rules, proposed rules, notices, and presidential documents.
- Best for
- Discovery and API access; verify legally controlling text through the official edition on GovInfo.
- Region
- United States
- Access
- Open access
- Languages
- EN
API Downloads Reviewed Aug 2, 2026
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Official for the issuing institution’s own acts and records; it may still contain attributed claims about external actors.
Official guidance, agency contacts, annual-report data, and request-routing information for U.S. FOIA.
- Best for
- Understanding the request process and locating the correct agency; avoid submitting personal data through this directory.
- Region
- United States
- Access
- Open access
- Languages
- EN
API Downloads Reviewed Aug 2, 2026
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Official for the issuing institution’s own acts and records; it may still contain attributed claims about external actors.
Authenticated U.S. government publications, congressional material, public laws, and the official Federal Register edition.
- Best for
- Primary federal publications, package identifiers, and authenticated source files.
- Region
- United States
- Access
- Open access
- Languages
- EN
API Downloads Reviewed Aug 2, 2026
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Official for the issuing institution’s own acts and records; it may still contain attributed claims about external actors.
The European Court of Human Rights database of judgments, decisions, communicated cases, and legal summaries.
- Best for
- Primary ECHR case law and procedural records.
- Region
- Europe
- Access
- Open access
- Languages
- MULTILINGUAL
API Downloads Reviewed Aug 2, 2026
How to use this source
Check procedural posture, jurisdiction, later history, and whether the text is authoritative in the relevant legal system.
Official reports, cases, precautionary measures, hearings, and thematic material from the IACHR.
- Best for
- Inter-American human-rights records and institutional findings.
- Region
- Americas
- Access
- Open access
- Languages
- EN · ES · FR · PT
Reviewed Aug 2, 2026
How to use this source
Authoritative for institutional positions and documents, not automatically independent corroboration of disputed events.
Official cases, judgments, orders, pleadings, press releases, and court information.
- Best for
- Primary ICJ case material and procedural status.
- Region
- Global
- Access
- Open access
- Languages
- EN · FR
Reviewed Aug 2, 2026
How to use this source
Check procedural posture, jurisdiction, later history, and whether the text is authoritative in the relevant legal system.
The official repository for United Nations documents, including resolutions, reports, and meeting records.
- Best for
- Locating authoritative UN document symbols, versions, and official texts.
- Region
- Global
- Access
- Open access
- Languages
- MULTILINGUAL
API Downloads Reviewed Aug 2, 2026
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Official for the issuing institution’s own acts and records; it may still contain attributed claims about external actors.
Searchable UN documents, voting data, speeches, maps, and bibliographic records.
- Best for
- Researching document history, voting, speeches, and related records.
- Region
- Global
- Access
- Open access
- Languages
- MULTILINGUAL
API Downloads Reviewed Aug 2, 2026
How to use this source
Official for the issuing institution’s own acts and records; it may still contain attributed claims about external actors.
Treaty texts, status information, registration records, and depositary notifications.
- Best for
- Checking treaty participation, reservations, declarations, and official text.
- Region
- Global
- Access
- Open access
- Languages
- MULTILINGUAL
API Downloads Reviewed Aug 2, 2026
How to use this source
Official for the issuing institution’s own acts and records; it may still contain attributed claims about external actors.