EXHIBIT i(1)


              [BALLARD SPAHR ANDREWS & INGERSOLL, LLP LETTERHEAD]


                                            April 2, 2002


AIM International Funds, Inc.
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 100
Houston, TX 77046-1173

                  Re:      AIM International Funds, Inc.
                           Registration Statement on Form N-1A

Gentlemen:

                  We have acted as counsel to AIM International Funds, Inc., a
corporation organized under the laws of the State of Maryland (the "Company")
and registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940
Act"), as an open-end, series management investment company.

                  This opinion is given in connection with the filing by the
Company of Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 to the Registration Statement on Form
N-1A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Amendment No. 27 to such
Registration Statement under the 1940 Act (collectively, the "Registration
Statement") relating to the registration of an indefinite number of Class R
shares of common stock, par value $.001 per share (the "Shares"), of each of AIM
European Development Fund and AIM International Equity Fund (each a "Fund" and,
collectively, the "Funds").

                  In connection with our giving this opinion, we have examined
copies of the Company's Charter and resolutions of the Board of Directors
adopted March 12, 2002, and originals or copies, certified or otherwise
identified to our satisfaction, of such other documents, corporate records and
other instruments as we have deemed necessary or advisable for purposes of this
opinion. We have also examined the prospectuses for the Funds, which are
included in the Registration Statement, substantially in the form in which they
are to become effective (the "Prospectuses"). As to various questions of fact
material to our opinion, we have relied upon information provided by officers of
the Company.

                  Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares
to be offered for sale pursuant to the Prospectuses are, to the extent of the
number of Shares authorized to be




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issued by the Company in its Charter, duly authorized and, when sold, issued and
paid for as described in the Prospectuses, will be legally issued, fully paid
and nonassessable.

                  We express no opinion concerning the laws of any jurisdiction
other than the federal law of the United States of America and the Maryland
General Corporation Law.

                  We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and to the use of our name and to the reference to our
firm under the caption "Investment Advisory and Other Services - Other Service
Providers - Counsel to the Company" in the Statement of Additional Information
for the Funds, which is included in the Registration Statement.


                                      Very truly yours,


                                      /s/ Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP