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Encyclopedias
United States
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- Concise Encyclopedia of the United Nations - Ref KZ4968 .L4913 2010
- Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law - Ref K48 .E42 2006
- Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives - Ref K583 .E53 2007
- Encyclopedia of the European Union
- Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements - Ref KZ4968 .O84 2002
- Handbook of International Law - Ref KZ1250 .R68 2009
- Historical Dictionary of the European Union - Ref JN15 .R75 2006
- International Law. A Dictionary - Ref KZ1161 .B63 2005
- Legal Systems of the World - Ref K48 .L44 2002
- Routledge Handbook of International Law - Ref KZ1250 .R68 2009
- Texts and Materials on International Human Rights - Ref K3240 .S57 2010
Research Guides
United States
- Legal Information Institute - Cornell University
- Library of Congress Guide to Law
- How are Laws are Made - From the Library of Congress
- LLSDC's Legislative Source Book - Law Librarians' Society of Washington D.C.'s comprehensive guide.
International
- 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 GlobaLex -advanced guides to specific topics in foreign/international/comparative law research
- Brooklyn Law School Library- Introduction to International Law Research
- 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 ChicagoRutgers Law Guide
- Public International Law - University of Western Australia. Comprehensive resources, broken down by topics.
- Legal Information Institute - Cornell University Global - international resources.
Databases and pathways
- World Criminal Justice Library Electronic Network - From Rutgers School of Criminal Justice Library
- 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.
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- LexisNexis Academic (linked from Electronic Resources by Title) - Supreme Court briefs; superior cases by state; Federal/state regulations/statutes/codes; landmark cases,law reviews, legal reference.
- Supreme Court Decisions - from 1937 to 1975 via FDsys
- U.S. Court Opinions- 2004 to the present.
- Official site of the U.S. Supreme CourtCourt
- ProQuest Congressional - (linked from Electronic Resources by Title)
- New Jersey law
- Atlantic Reporter - 1885-2004
- NJ Reports 1985 onward
International
- European Court of Human Rights - home page
- European Court of Human Rights HUDOC - free online access to the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights, the European Commission of Human Rights and the Committee of Ministers. Type in the name of the plaintiff (first name that appears: smith v. adams) in the "Case Title" box and click search.
- International Court of Justice - Cases - "List of All Cases" is comprehensive.
- Permanent Court of International Justice
- Reports of International Arbitral Awards (RIAA) - search tip: don't know which volume to search? try searching "By State parties to a dispute" instead.
- International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
- European Court of Justice - search cases - search by "Names of parties:"
- EUR-Lex for European Union legislation and case law - registration is required, but access is free.
- High Court of Australia Judgements includes international cases
- Canada
- Hong Kong – Courts – Basic Law Decisions
- United Kingdom
- Vatican (Holy See) - The Roman Curia
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- World Legal Information Institute - 873 databases from 123 countries and territories.
- FindLaw: Countries - Excellent source for finding case law by country.
- GLIN (Global Legal Information Network) search page - "The Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) is a public database of official texts of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international organizations."
- Global Courts - Supreme Court decisions in 129 countries, or a way of finding them (some sites are fee based).
- Nations of the World - Law Library of Congress. All sorts of legal, governmental and other resources.
- International Law Materials, from American Society of International Law
International Organizations
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- Institute of Advanced Legal Studies - IALS Eagle-i links - comprehensive coverage for the following organizations.
- Council of Europe
- European Court of Human Rights
- European Court of Human Rights HUDOC - free online access to the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights, the European
- European Free Trade Association
- European Union. See also:
- EUR-Lex for Eurpean Union legislation and case law and European Court of Justice - search page for cases
- Europa for general information about the European Union
- G8 Summit of Industrialised Nations
- International Court of Justice
- International Labour Organisation
- United Nations
- World Bank
- World Intellectual Property Organisation
- World Trade Organisation
- Union of International Associations
- Court of Justice of the European Communities
- International Court of Justice
- Organization of American States
- Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation
- Center for International Security and Cooperation
- Inter-American Development Bank
- International Law Commission (UN)
- Documents - including Yearbooks, Annual Reports, Analytical Guides and more.
- International Organization for Migration
- Organisation Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
- Universal Postal Union
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- LexisNexis Academic > Legal - law reviews, treaties, court cases and more.
- Proquest Criminal Justice
- Academic Search Premier
- Columbia International Affairs Online - public policy and think tank papers.
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts - scholarly articles. International scope.
- ProQuest Political Science - scholarly articles. International scope.
- ProQuest Congressional - U.S. legislation. Provides some legislative histories. See also THOMAS, from the Library of Congress
- PAIS International - Indexes international political science research.
Related links
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- Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations - "Legal abbreviations can be a puzzle to both new students and experienced professionals. This web-based service allows you to search for the meaning of abbreviations for English language legal publications, from the British Isles, the Commonwealth and the United States, including those covering international and comparative law."
- U.S. Embassies and Missions worldwide listed in FindLaw: International Resources
- Foreign Law Translations - French, Germany, Italian, Austrian and Israeli legal materials translated into English.
- Primer on the Civil-Law System
- Drew Semester on the United Nations
- Website of National Parliaments
- Contact a librarian: Beth Patterson epatters@drew.edu ext. 3480. Reference Department, Drew Library.