Research and Law Drafting Best Practices for Connected and Cooperative Parliamentary libraries

The increasing demand for comparative law analysis by national regulators (such as parliaments) requires comparativists and other researchers the availability of efficient information search tools. While the Internet provides access to infinite data sources, it is not always possible for the researcher to find valid, current and accurate foreign legal information, and clearly originated in a specific political, ideological, economic and social context. This document contains a proposal in order to create an electronic information search tool of a collaborative nature, between researchers from different jurisdictions. Its aim is to facilitate the elaboration of adequate and reliable comparative analysis, as a useful input for regulatory bodies’ decision making.