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Global Legal Research, Part II Lyonette Louis-Jacques Foreign and International Law Librarian and Lecturer in Law D’Angelo Law Library, University of Chicago Law School November 8, 2011

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Global Legal Research, Part II

Lyonette Louis-JacquesForeign and International Law Librarian and Lecturer in LawD’Angelo Law Library, University of Chicago Law SchoolNovember 8, 2011

“Foreign” law Civil law / Common law Muslim law / Customary law/

Mixed legal systems Comparative law “International” Law

Public international law Private international law

World legal systems

Foreign & International Law:

Major Databases

LexisNexis

LexisNexis: International Law

LexisNexis: China Law Database

LexisNexis: Russia (Garant) & Israel

Westlaw & WestlawNext

International/Non-U.S. law journals

Foreign and International Law Resources Database (FILRD)

Israel Law Reports/Israel Law Review

United Nations Law Collection (U.N.T.S., L.N.T.S.)

Treaties and Agreements Library (U.S.T., I.L.M., TIAS)

World Constitutions Illustrated

HeinOnline

HeinOnline: Treaties

HeinOnline: Constitutions

International Law Reports (Justis)

Oxford Reports on International Law

vLex Global (134 jurisdictions!)

Foreign & International Law:

Free Websites

Legifrance

French codes in English translation

German Law Archive (iuscomp)

UN Treaty Collection

UN Resolutions/Documents

Official Document System (UN)

AVL (UN International Law Library)

Eur-Lex (European Union Law)

WTO Documents Online

World Legal Information Institute

Foreign & International Law:

Research Aids & Citation Tools

Foreign Law Guide (Reynolds/Flores)

Globalex

The Bluebook: Foreign/International

International Comparative Legal Guide

International Encyclopaedia of Laws

Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations

ASIL Electronic Resource Guide

Peace Palace Library

Books & Journal Articles Law Journals

WL/WLNext TP-ALL, JLR LexisNexis journals

Non-Law Journals JSTOR Articles Plus Google Scholar

Books Google Books Google Web Open WorldCat Max Planck EPIL Parry & Grant IL Dictionary

IL Research Nutshell

Some research tips

Questions?

Don’t forget to: Ask-A-Law-Librarian!

Lyonette Louis-JacquesForeign and International LawLibrarian and Lecturer in [email protected]