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Jumpstart Your Foreign and International
ResearchAnna K. Teller
Dee J. Kelly Law LibraryTexas Wesleyan University School of Law
SWALL April 6, 2006
Planning Your Strategy
Places to StartSecondary Sources or Primary Sources
Secondary SourcesCommentaryRestatement of the Law Third, Foreign Relations
Law of the United StatesExplanationsPublic International Law In a NutshellLaw ReviewsLinda M. Keller, Is Truth Serum Torture?, 20 Am. U. Int’l L. Rev.
521 (2005).
Planning Your StrategyPrimary SourcesCodesCode of India, Children (Pledging of Labour) Act,
1933TreatiesExtradition Treaty between the United States
and the United Kingdom, signed 1972AgreementsAgreement Between the USA and the Republic
of Estonia on the Protection and Preservation of Certain Cultural Properties
Planning Your StrategyPrimary SourcesCase LawZino Davidoff SA v. A and G Imports Ltd.,
et al., Decision of European Court of Justice
RegulationsU.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Regulation of Food Product Importers under the Bioterrorism Act
Customary LawCustomary International Humanitarian
Law
Planning Your Strategy Print and Electronic
Finding AidsPrint Finding Aids
Kavass’ Guide to Treaties in Force
Electronic Finding AidsSearch Engines
Metacrawler http://www.metacrawler.comInvisible Web Searches
Librarians’ Internet Index http://www.lii.orgCatalogs
Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL) http://www.eisil.org
Starting Points for Foreign and International
Law ResearchElectronic Resources
Harvard Law School Library Guide http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/services/research/guides/international/web_resources/
HierosGamoshttp://www.hg.org/index.html
Global Legal Information Network (GLIN)
http://www.glin.gov/
Harvard Law School Library Guide
http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/services/research/guides/international/web_resources/
Starting Points for Foreign and
International Law ResearchPrint Resources
Guide to International Legal Research, George Washington University Law School International Law Review (2005).
Mark W. Janis, An Introduction to International Law (4th ed. 2003).
Martindale Hubbell International Law Digest (2004).
International Law Subject Areas
Three focus areas of this presentation:
Public International Law refers to the law between or among nations. This area of the law includes treaties, agreements, and conventions.
Private International Law covers issues of choice of laws involving private actors across international boundaries. This is generally referred to in the United States as “conflict of laws.”
Foreign Law refers to the domestic laws of a particular, non-U.S. country, such as Holland or Japan.
International Law Subject Areas
Two additional areas:
Comparative Law is the study and comparative evaluation of the differences and similarities in several legal systems.
Transnational Law refers to law where public international law, private international law and comparative law intersect and overlap.
International Law aka Public International Law
International LawDefined: Public International Law refers to the law between or among nations. This area of the law includes treaties, agreements, and conventions.
SourcesTreaties
United States Treaties and Other International Agreements (UST)
International Legal Materials (ILM)Treaties and Other International Acts (TIAS)Treaties in Force (TIF)Consolidated Treaties and International Agreements
(CTIA)
International OrganizationsEuropean UnionUnited Nations
International Lawaka Public International
LawElectronic Resources Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL)
http://www.eisil.org/
International Court of Justicehttp://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/library/RESOURCES/International_Resources/icj/
Yale’s Avalon Projecthttp://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
United Nations Treaty Collectionhttp://untreaty.un.org/
American Society of International Law Guide
http://www.asil.org/resource/home.htm
Eur-Lex Portal to EU Lawhttp://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)http://www.wipo.int/portal/index.html.en
Electronic Information System for International
Law (EISIL)EISIL http://www.eisil.org/
-Developed by American Society of International Law
-Goal of site is to help web searchers easily locate the highest quality primary materials, authoritative web sites and helpful research guides to international law on the Internet
-Editorial enhancements include legal citations, entry into force and signature dates, amendments and brief descriptions