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Day 1

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

ASIL Electronic Resource Guide (guide on online international law resources)

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.

Hein Online (UN/US treaties, journals, and other resources)

UN Treaty Collection (treaties, status, 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

Organization of American States (treaties, case law, etc.)

Council of Europe Treaty Office

Europa (all things European Union, treaties, legislation, official documents, etc)

KluwerArbitration (BITs, conventions, annotated NY Convention, commentary, and more)

UNCITRAL (treaty, case law, etc.)

UNIDROIT (conventions, explanatory and preparatory texts)

Hague Conference on Private International Law

U.N. Human Rights Council (see link to all Human Rights Bodies)

Simple Guide to UN Treaty Bodies (for Human Rights) (download)

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.

Treaties in Force (treaties to which the US is a party, with citation)

Oxford Reports on International Law decisions and background on international law cases and international law treatment in domestic courts

International Court of Justice

Researching Travaux Preparatoires (drafting history)

UN Diplomatic Conferences

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

Lexis

Lexis.com (intl stuff not on Advance yet)

Area of Law by Topic - International Law

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

Westlaw

Search by Topic - International Law

Other Library Subscription Databases

Other International and Comparative Web Pages

Day 2

Books

Baron (law library material)
Oxford Scholarship Online (thru Richter) full text of treatises published by Oxford.
EBL (thru Richter) e-books full text of treatises
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

Journals

Hein Online law journals, international yearbooks, etc.

International and Comparative Law Quarterly

Oxford Journal of Legal Studies

TDM (Transnational Dispute Management)

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) text of treaties, protocols, and other international agreements.

News

Jurist legal news written mostly by law professors, separate section for world legal news

Global Legal Monitor (Law Library of Congress) worldwide legal news.

ASIL Insights brief news releases related to international law.

International Law in Brief (ASIL) recent developments in international law, including UN resolutions, cases, and other happenings.

International Judicial Monitor articles related to international judiciary and justice.

UN News Centre news about UN activities throughout the world. For more, try the UN Dispatch or sign-up for daily emails from the UN Wire

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