International and Comparative Family Law Resources
Professor Ann Laquer Estin

This page is designed to assist students in international, comparative and family law courses at the University of Iowa College of Law. Included below are links to useful sites for international legal materials, links to important government agencies and international organizations, and links to websites for professional groups and law firms involved in this area.

Foreign and Comparative Legal Materials:
FindLaw.com
Foreign Primary Materials (O'Quinn Law Library, University of Houston Law Center)
International Divorce Laws (Morley and Trager, New York)
Legal Information Institute (Cornell University)
LLRX Family Law Research Guide

International Organizations:
Hague Conference on Private International Law
International Child Abduction Database (INCADAT)
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

U.S. Government Agencies:
Office of Children's Issues, Department of State

Professtional Groups and Law Firms:
ABA International Human Rights Committee/Subcommittee on the Rights of the Child
International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
International Society of Family Law
International Divorce Law Office (Morley and Trager)
Hilton House /Hague Abduction Convention (William H. Hilton)
(see also the Committee for Missing Children website)