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Encyclopedia of Pubic International Law (short entries written by experts)

Library Material on Human Rights

Oxford Scholarship Online (thru Richter) full text of treatises published by Oxford.

EISIL (Amer. Society of Int'l Law) provides basic texts,explanations and links on various international law topics. There are several related sections, such as General International Law, International Organizations, etc.

U.N. Offical Document System full text of General Assembly resolutions back to 1946 and other documents since 1993. Many documents are reprinted in the Yearbook of the United Nations

Human Rights Council session publications and other related Council work.

Human Rights Center (Univ. of Minnesota) large collection of human rights documents, meta-search engine that searches several human rights databases at one time, material from regional human rights bodies, and more.

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights cases, reports, etc.

Hein Online (treaties, journals, and other resources)

Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals - indexes articles from more than 450 legal periodicals from 1985 to the present. The Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals covers international law (public and private), comparative law, and municipal law of countries other than the United States, British Isles, and British Commonwealth.

International Legal Materials (available in print and Westlaw, Hein Online, and LexisNexis)

Lexis

Area of Law by Topic - International Law
Add/Edit Tabs: International Law, International Trade

Includes U.S. treaties, human rights cases, international decisions, news, and law journals.

Westlaw

Search by Topic - International Law

Other Library Subscription Databases

Other International and Comparative Web Pages

Foreign & Comparative Resources

Powerpoint

• Foreign & Comparative Resources - ppt

Abbreviations

• Prince's Bieber's Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations - book
• World Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations - book
• Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations - electronic

Citations

• The Bluebook - book
• Example - Chile
• Guide to Foreign and International Legal Citations - book
• Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities - electronic

Dictionary

• English/Spanish and Spanish/English legal dictionary - book

Books to Get You Started

Mary Ann Glendon, et al., Comparative Legal Traditions: Text, Materials and Cases on Western Law, 3d

Mary Ann Glendon, Comparative Legal Traditions in a Nutshell, 3d ed

Claire Germain, Germain's Transnational Law Research: a guide for attorneys

Marci Hoffman and Mary Rumsey International and Foreign Legal Research: a Coursebook

Modern Legal Systems Cyclopedia

John Henry Merryman, The Civil Law Tradition: An Introduction to the Legal Systems of Europe and Latin America

CALI Lessons    (Authorization Code)

Research Guides to Get You Started

• Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London
• LLRX.com
• GlobaLex
• BerkeleyLaw Library
• Duke Law - Library & Technology

Legal Systems

• JuriGlobe-World Legal Systems

Country Reports

• Lexis News & Business / Country & Region (excluding U.S.) - Subscription
• Library of Congress
• CIA World Factbook

Links To Sites

Law Library of Congress - Guide to Law Online

Country-by-Country Guide to Foreign Legal Research - Yale

Foreign Law Sites - Cornell

Foreign Law Guide Reynolds and Flores - Subscription

World Legal Information Institute

Law Digests

Martindale-Hubbell International Law Digests - Martindale.com

Martindale-Hubbell International Law Digests - Lexis.com Subscription

Baron

Journals

Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals - subscription

• Baron
• HeinOnline

HeinOnline Subscription

• Subscription Databases

Political Database of the Americas - Georgetown University

GLIN - Global Legal Information Network

Constitution of the Countries of the World - Subscription

• Foreign law resources

Constitution Finder - University of Richmond

Government Gazettes Online - University of Michigan

Lexis - Legal: Find Laws by Country or Region Subscription

Westlaw - Add a Tab Subscription

Current Awareness

Library of Congress - Global Legal Monitor