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Transcript of Refugee And Asylum Law Research 2010
RESEARCHING REFUGEE AND ASYLUM LAW
Margaret Clark, Reference LibrarianFSU College of Law Research CenterFebruary 2010
Refugee & Asylum Law Research
Step 1: Choosing a topic Step 2: Pre-emption check Step 3: Background research Step 4: Primary Materials
Step 1: Choosing a Topic Specialized current awareness
Step 1: Choosing a Topic Specialized current awareness
BNA U.S. Law Week
Step 1: Choosing a Topic Specialized current awareness
Sign up for BNA Email
Step 1: Choosing a Topic Specialized current awareness
Step 1: Choosing a Topic Blogs
Online publication tools for posting commentary, news, opinions and debating issues
Step 2: Pre-Emption Check
Determine that nobody else has published on same thesis as yours
Use step-by-step handout Consult cutting-edge resources
Step 2: Pre-Emption CheckScholarly papers
Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
Refugee and Asylum law
Research is challenging!
Field is interdisciplinary Research is found primarily in
reports and working papers Need for current information
Research guides Books and treatises Journal articles Reports / Country Reports News sources
Step 3: Background ResearchSecondary Sources
Step 3: Background ResearchResearch Guides
Use research guides that organize the primary and secondary sources
By Elisa Mason Guide to Forced Migration Resources on the Web Guide to International Refugee Law on the Web
By others Asylum Case Research Guide (Georgetown)
Refugee Protection Research Guide (Georgetown)
Step 3: Background ResearchTreatises Texts
AILA’s Asylum Primer, 3rd ed. The Refugee under International Law Rights of Refugees under International Law
Loose-leafs Immigration Law and Procedure, Lexis Immigration Law Service, West
Step 3: Background ResearchTreatises
FSU Online Catalog WorldCat IndexMaster Digital Libraries Westlaw & Lexis
TOOLS FOR LOCATING TREATISES
Step 3: Background ResearchTreatises - Tools for locating
Digital Libraries
Step 3: Background ResearchTreatises - Tools for locating
Step 3: Background ResearchTreatises - Tools for locating
Step 3: Background ResearchArticles and Law Reviews
LOCATE ARTICLES, after 1980 WESTLAW and LEXIS Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals Index to Legal Periodicals (ILP) Public Affairs International Service
Step 3: Background ResearchArticles and Law Reviews
ARTICLES before 1980 Index Legal Periodicals - Retrospective Hein Online JSTOR
Step 3: Background ResearchReports
Step 3: Background ResearchReports
Step 3: Background ResearchReports
Step 3: Background ResearchCountry Reports
STEP 4: Primary Materials
Treaties and conventions Domestic legislation Case law
FINDING TEXT OF TREATIES
Refugee Treaties – • RefWorld Legal Collection• U Minn Human Rights Library
Status of Refugee Treaties• U.N. Treaty Collection• Ratification – Reservations - Declarations
STEP 4: Primary MaterialsTreaties and conventions
REFLEG – UNHCR Foreign Law Guide Westlaw or LexisNexis
STEP 4: Primary MaterialsDomestic Legislation
Refugee Cases
Final Words Give yourself plenty of time. Review published research guides or
review Pathfinder. Develop a research strategy and keep a
journal of what you’ve searched and where.
Lots on the Web but NOT EVERYTHING. ILL process may take a week or more Please ASK for help from Librarians!
Questions?