This guide lists essential print and online sources for researching foreign law. NOTE: First 4 tabs list important general sources that might not be repeated in the dropdown tabs.
Contains machine-produced English translations of the legislation of Belgium. Warning: Machine-based translations should not be relied upon in important documents and writings.
Multilingual (French, Flemish, and German) case law database. Contains the decisions of the Cour constitutionnelle, Cour de cassation, along with limited decisions from the lower appellate courts and courts of first instance.
For older cases, full text may not be available but may include citations for where case was published.
Summaries of rulings from 1964 to the present and full-text of rulings from 1990. Rulings are in French or Dutch, according to the language used in the procedure, and posted 2 weeks after their public reading. Links to the Official Gazette and legislation (searchable).
Pasicrisie Belge archives contains digitized copies of the Pasicrisie belge dating back to 1791.
Pasicrisie contains judgments of the Supreme Court (Cour de Cassation), courts of appeal (cours d'appel), and lower courts (tribunaux). Decisions are in French only.
