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Cuban Law Research: Books

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To find an item in UIC's collection that is not listed at right, please use UIC'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, 1927-2016

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 UIC system (and the Illinois I-Share consortium), use the WorldCat database. 

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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Cuban Codes in English-Language Translation (Print)

Lawrence Publishing (Baton Rouge, LA) offers a 4-volume set in English-language translation that contains various Cuban codes, including civil and commercial.   

Reference Books

eBooks for UIC patrons

WWW Book Repositories

There are several Web-based initiatives that serve as online repositories for books:

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

Spanish/English Law Dictionaries

Digital Library of the Caribbean

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 (Biblioteca Nacional de Cuba José Martí) and the University of Florida, for collections specific to Cuba. 

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