Finding Domestic Legislation on Foreign Investment in multiple countries
Most countries have enacted laws governing foreign investments. Such laws typically provide protections for foreign investors, govern the tax treatment of investments, and set limits on foreign ownership of certain strategic industries.
Foreign Investment Laws
To find domestic foreign investment legislation in almost every country, use the following database:
- Foreign Law Guide (UniMelb staff & student access)
- From the homepage, click on Laws by Subject.
- Select Foreign Investments from the alphabetical list of subjects.
- Select the jurisdiction.
In some cases, you will find a direct link to an open access version of the relevant legislation.
WARNING - while the above database is a handy way to identify relevant laws in multiple jurisdictions, always then go to the legislation provided by official government websites to ensure currency.
- Foreign Law Guide (Brill)The Foreign Law Guide (FLG) is an essential database offering relevant information on sources of foreign law, including complete bibliographic citations to legislation, the existence of English translations and selected references to secondary sources in one virtual destination. Broad in content and global in scope, the FLG is an indispensable resource for comparative law research and a fundamental tool for developing a foreign and comparative law collection. Approximately 190 jurisdictions are systemically covered and updated by a global team of experts.
