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Encyclopedias and research guides:
Blue BookBluebook: A Uniform System of Citation - Ref 348.73027 B658bKF245 .U55 2005
Concise Encyclopedia of the United Nations - Ref KZ4968 .L4913 2010
Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law - Ref 340K48 .203 E41eE42 2006
Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives - Ref 340K583 .03 E56eE53 2007
Encyclopedia of the European Union - Ref 341.242203 E56e
Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements - Ref 341KZ4968 .2303 O832e
Encyclopedic Dictionary O84 2002
Handbook of International Law - Ref 341KZ1250 .03 P264p
Handbook of International Law - Ref 341 A923h
R68 2009
Historical Dictionary of the European Union - Ref 341JN15 .242203 R888hR75 2006
International Law. A Dictionary Dictionary - Ref 341KZ1161 .03 B665iB63 2005
Legal Systems of the World - Ref 340.03 L496lK48 .L44 2002
Routledge Handbook of International Law - Ref KZ1250 .R68 2009
Texts and Materials on International Human Rights - Ref K3240 .S57 2010
- ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources in International Law - Research guides from the American Association of International Law (ASIL). A good place to start research. Provides context for areas of international laws with links to legal documents, relevant websites, free databases (and some fee based), bibliographies and more.
- Human Rights
- International Commercial Arbitration
- International Criminal Law
- International Economic Law
- International Environmental Law
- International Intellectual Property Law
- International Organizations
- Private International Law
- Treaties
- United Nations
- These guides are supplemented by the Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL), "a free online database that organizes and provides links to, and useful information on, web resources from the full spectrum of international law."
- Law Library Resources Xchang (LLRX) - Comparative and Foreign Law.
- Articles/Guides on specific countries.
- Guides on specific topics.
- Law School Guides for foreign, international and comparative law- provide context and useful links. New York University -
- Basic Guide to Researching Foreign Law
- New York University GlobaLex -advanced guides to specific topics in foreign/international/comparative law research
- Brooklyn Law School Library- Introduction to International Law Research
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- Law Library of Congress - Access the various Law Library of Congress' databases and guides.
- GLIN - Global Legal Information Network - database of legal documents
- Multinational Collections Database
- GLM Global Legal Monitor - current legal news events.
- World Legal Information Institute - 873 databases from 123 countries and territories.
- Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL), "a free online database that organizes and provides links to, and useful information on, web resources from the full spectrum of international law."
- Public International Law - University of Western Australia. Comprehensive resources, broken down by topics.
- Legal Information Institute - Cornell University
- Global - international resources.
- Foreign & International Law Resources: An Annotated Guide to Web Sites Around the World - Harvard Law School Library
- Legal Research on International Law Issues Using the Internet - University of Chicago
- A Selective List of Guides to Foreign Legal Research - Columbia Law School
- Rutgers Law Guide
- Intute: Social Sciences: Law- Directory created by a consortium of colleges and universities in the UK. Very comprehensive. Breaks down law into many subtopics. Links to and rates hundreds of legal websites.
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- Jurist, World Law - University of Pittsburgh
- Nations of the World - Law Library of Congress. All sorts of legal, governmental and other resources.
- Constitution Finder - University of Richmond
- World Legal Systems - University of Ottawa - identifies legal systems by type and by country.Government Gazettes - University of Michigan.
- Global Courts - Supreme Court decisions from around the world; access to decisions in 129 countries, or a way of finding them.Foreign Primary Law on the Web - O'Quinn Law Library, University of Houston
- Foreign Governments - Constitutions, Laws and Treaties - University of Michigan Documents Center
- FindLaw: Countries
- The Europa World Yearbook - Ref Counter 300.5 E89ePolitical Handbook of the World - Ref Counter 320 P769pJN1 .E85
Treaties/Conventions:
- U.S. Department of State
- Thomas/Treaties from the Library of Congress. The U.S. Senate ratifies treaties. Search across or by Congress (starting with the 90th, 1967) and by topic.
- NAFTA - Canada, Mexico and the United States
- Council of Europe Treaties
- European Union - Treaties at a Glance
- WIPO Administered Treaties
- United Nations Human Rights Treaty Database
- Tufts University Multilaterial Projects provides access to "texts of international multilateral conventions and other instruments." Most of the texts date from 1945 or later, but the collection also includes historical texts." The following topics link to legal documents, treaties and conventions:
- Atmosphere and Space
- Flora and Fauna - Biodiversity
- Diplomatic Relations
- General
- Human Rights
- Marine and Coastal
- Other Environmental
- Trade and Commercial Relations
- Rules of Warfare, Arms Control
- Miscellaneous Historical Documents
- Treaty and Convention Sources - links to relevant websites on the following topics:
- Multinational Collections Database - Law Library of Congress
- EISIL Treaty Collections
- UN Treaty Reference Guide
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