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Guide to international legal research
Guide to international legal research - 5th - Francisco Lexis Nexis 2003 - 5-261 xxiv
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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
OF MAPS, STORIES, AND TAPESTRIES: RESEARCHING
INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC LAW IN THE AGE OF
GLOBALIZATION
§ 1.01 Introduction: The Peutinger Map and Globalization, Old and New
§ 1.02 What is International Law?
[1] Tenninology
[2J Sources of International Law
§ 1.03 International Law's Story
[1] Why History Matters
[2] The Law of Nations in the Ancient and Classical Periods
[3] From the. Middle Ages to Westphalia
[4] The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
[5] The Twentieth Century to Today
§ 1.04 Sources and Resources in International Legal Research
[1] Treaties
[2] Customary International Law
[3] Customary Rules and Treaties
[4] "General Principles"
[5] Case Law of International Tribunals
[6] Case Law of Municipal Courts
[7] "Soft" Law
§ 1.05 Conclusion: From a Map to a Tapestry?
CODIFIED LAW
CHAPTER 2
PRIMARY SOURCES
§ 2.01 Constitutions
[1] Foreign Constitutions: A Research Primer for the International Lawyer
[a] About Constitutions
[b] Proving Constitutions in Court
[c] Researching National Constitutions
[i] Identifying Useful Materials
[ti] Locating Constitutions
[iii] Research by Time Frame
[iv] Research-Simplified and Summarized
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[A] Primary Research
[B) Secondary Research
[2] Annotated Bibliography of Constitution Collections
[a] The Major Collections
[b) Constitutions Before World War II
[c) Constitutions Between World War II and the Late 1970s (by
Region)
[i) Africa/Asia
[ii] Australia
[iii] Europe
[iv] Latin AmericanlNorth America
[d) Communist Constitutions
[e) Comparative and Analytical Studies
[t] Miscellaneous Collections
§ 2.02 Treaties
[1] Sources of Information on Treaty Research
[2] Indexes to Treaties and Treaty Collections
[a] Bibliographies of Collections
[b) Indexes to Comprehensive Collections
[c) Indexes to Select Treaty Collections
[3] Non-Collection Treaty Sources
[a] Gazettes
[b) Other Sources
[4] Collection of Treaties
[a] Historical Collections
[b) Multilateral Collections
[i) United Nations
[ii] Western Hemisphere
[iii] Western Europe
[iv] Other Regions
[c) National Collections
[d) Specialized Collections
[5] Status of Treaties
[6] United States Treaty System
[a] Treaty Sources
[b) Indexes
[c) Other Sources of Information
§ 2.03 Statutes
§ 2.04 Supplemental Legislative Materials/Legislative History
[1] Legislative History References
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[a] General Accounting Office
[b] Union List
[c] Congressional Prints
[d] United States Code Congressional and Administrative News
[e] Digest of Public General Bills and Resolutions
[f1 Congressional Information Service
[g] Congressional Record Index
[h] Congressional Quarterly Almanac
[i] American Landmark Legislation
[j] Legislative Histories Indexed Guide
[k] Major Legislation of the Congress
[1] House Calendars
[2] The Legislative Process
[a] Forms of Legislation
[i] Bills
[ii] Joint Resolutions
[ill] Resolutions
[iv] Concurrent Resolutions
[b] Tracking Legislation
§ 2.05 Administrative and Regulatory Materials
[1] Administrative Regulation Reporters
[2] Administrative Regulation Gazettes
[3] Decisions of the United States Federal Administrative Agencies
[a] Maritime and Aviation Law
[b] Taxation
[c] Patents and Trademarks
[d] Miscellaneous
CASE LAW
§ 2.06 Overview
§ 2.0!:,.Decisions of International Tribunals
§ 2.0S' becisions of National Courts
§ 2.09 Arbitration
§ 2.10 United States Case Law
CHAPTER 3
SECONDARY SOURCES
SERIALS
§ 3.01 Mass Media
[1] Television
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[2] Daily Newspapers
[3] Mass Circulation Periodicals
§ 3.02 Bulletins and Newsletters
[1] General
[2] Geographic
[a] Asia and Australia
[b] Eastern Europe and the Fonner Soviet Union
[c] Latin America
[d] Middle East
[e] United States
[f] Western Europe
[3] Subject
[a] International Trade
[b] Copyright
[c] Legal Education and Studies
[d] Taxation
[e] Unification of Private Law
§ 3.03 Periodicals
§ 3.04 Periodical Indexes
§ 3.05 Annuals
[1] Annual Collections
[2] Proceedings
[3] Yearbooks
§ 3.06 Loose-Leaf Services
[1] General Loose-Leaf Services
[a] Foreign Legal Systems
[2] Topical Loose-Leaf Services
[a] Banking law
[b] Competition Law
[c] Constitutions
[d] Copyright Law
[e] Design Law
[f] Environmental Law
[g] Patent Law
[h] Securities Law
[i] Tax Law
[i] Comprehensive Services
[ii] Regional Services
[A] Africa
[B] Asia and the Pacific
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[C) Europe
[D) Latin America
[iii] National Services
[j] Telecommunications
[k] Trade and Investment
[1] Trade Secrets
[m] Trademarks
en] Miscellaneous
[3] Regional and National Loose-Leaf Services
§ 3.07 Digests
[1] United States
[2] Great Britain
[3] Switzerland
[4] France
ANALYTICAL TOOLS
§ 3.08 Textbooks, Casebooks, and Classics
[1] Classics
[2] Standard Texts
[3] Other Texts
[4] Documentary Supplements
[5] Restatement of Foreign Relations Law
§ 3.09 Legal Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
[1] Dictionaries and Encyclopedias Dealing Specifically with International
Law
[a] Comprehensive Sources
[i) Encyclopedias of International Law
[ii] Dictionaries of International Law
[iii] Additional Sources on International Law
[b) Specialized Dictionaries and Encyclopedias on International Law
[i) Private International Law
[ii] Public International Law
'. [iii] Other Specialized Sources on International Law
I.;' [2] General Legal Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
[a] Legal Dictionaries
[b) Legal Encyclopedias
[i) Post-World War IT Encyclopedias
[ii] Older Legal Encyclopedias
[3] Diplomacy, International Affairs, and Political Science
[a] Diplomacy
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[iJ The Language of Diplomacy
[iiJ Dictionaries of Diplomacy
[iiiJ Dictionaries for Diplomats and Consuls
[ivJ Dictionaries for Conferences
[b J International Affairs and Political -Science
[iJ International Affairs
[iiJ Political Science
[iiiJ Social Science
[4 J General Sources
[5J Additional Resources on International Law
raj Citators
[b J Additional Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
[ c] Almanacs
CHAPTER 4
RESEARCH TOOLS
PRACTICE AND RESEARCH AIDS
§ 4.01 Practice Manuals and Formbooks
[lJ International Business Law
raj Patent and Trademark Law
[b] General Business Law
[2] Foreign Court Systems
[3] Miscellaneous
§ 4.02 Handbooks, Manuals, and Guides
[1] General Manuals and Guides
[2] Non-Current Manuals and Guides
[3] Foreign Affairs, International Relations, and Diplomacy
[4] Government
raj Publications
[b J Other Sources
§ 4.03 Bibliographies of International Law
[1J Bibliographies of Bibliographies
[2] General Bibliographies
[3] Current Bibliographies
[4] Non-American National Bibliographies
[5] Subject Bibliographies
[6] Related Bibliography
REFERENCE SOURCES
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§ 4.04 Organizations
[1] United States Government Agencies
[2] Private Organizations
[3] The Library of Congress and University Libraries
[a] Library of Congress
[b) University Libraries
§ 4.05 Document Systems: United States Government
[1] Guides to Finding Government Documents
[2] Congress
[3] Judiciary
[a] Reporters
[i) Federal Courts
[ii] State Courts
[iii] Federal Agencies
[b) Digests
[i) Federal Digests
[ii] State Digests
[4] Executive Branch
[a] The President
[b) The Executive Departments
[c) Government Periodicals and Subscription Services
[i) From the Supreme Court of the United States
[ii] About the Congress
[iii] From the White House
[iv] Executive Branch Regulations
[v] About the Diplomatic Community in the United States
[vi] Treaties
[vii] About Trade Matters
[viii] About Economics and Business
[ix] About International Relations and Foreign Affairs
[x] Catalogs and Checklists
[d) Selected List of Government Documents, Bibliographies, and
Manuals
. GOMPUTER DATABASES AND THE INTERNET
§ 4.06 Searching the Internet
§ 4.07 International Legal Resources
[1] General Resources
[a] General Lists of Treaties/Statutes/Constitutions
[b) Lists of International Law Links
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[c] United States Government Resources
[2] Areas of Law
[a] Armed Conflict
[b] Criminal Law
[c] Development
[d] Diplomatic Relations
[e] Environmental
[n Human Rights
[g] Immigration and Asylum Law
[h] Intellectual Property
[i] Maritime
[j] Trade and Commerce
[3] Journals and Law Reviews
[a] Lists of Publications
[b] Student-Edited Publications
[c] Other Publications
CHAPTER 5
GEOPOLITICAL REGIONS
RESEARCH BY GEOGRAPHIC-GEOPOLITICAL REGIONS
§ 5.01 Africa: Focusing on Nigeria
[1] Primary Sources
[a] Constitutions
[i] Print Material
[ii] Internet Sources
[iii] Focusing on Nigeria
[A] Print Material
[B] Internet Sources
[b] Treaties
[i] Print Material
[A] Indexes
[B] Text
[ii] Internet Sources
[iii] Focusing on Nigeria
[c] Legislation
[i] Print Material
[ii] Internet Sources
[d] Administrative Regulations
[i] Print Material
[ii] Internet Sources
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[e] Case Law
[i] Print Material
[A] Official Reporters
[B] Unofficial Reporters
[ii] Internet Sources
[2] Secondary Sources
[a] Print Materials
[i] Mass Media
[ii] Periodicals
[iii] Annuals
[iv] Analyses, Bibliographies, Dictionaries, Histories, Hornbooks,
Methodologies, Textbooks
[v] Business and Investment
[b] Internet Sources
§ 5.02 Asia
[1] General Asian Sources
[a] Print Material
[b] Internet Sources
[2] Japan
[a] Primary Sources
[i] Constitutions
[ii] Treaties
[iii] Legislation
[A] Criminal Code (Keibo)
[B] Code of Criminal Procedure (Keiji soshoho)
[C] Civil Code (Minpo)
[D] Code of Civil Procedure (Minju Soshoho)
[E] Commercial Code (Shoho)
[F] Uncodified Statutes
[G] Agency Laws
[iv] Case Law
[A] Pre-1947 Case Reports
[B] Casebooks/Commercial Reporters
[C] Books Containing English Translations of Cases
[v] Administrative Agencies
[vi] Competition Law
[vii] Business law
[b] Secondary Sources
[i] Media
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[iiI Bulletins, Newsletters, Periodicals, Annuals, Loose-Leaf:
Services, and Digests
[iii] Encyclopedias
[iv] Treatises
[v] Internet Resources
[3] The Republic of Korea
[a] Primary Sources
[il Constitutions
[iiI Treaties
[iii] Legislation
[iv] Case Law
[vI Competition and Business Law
[b] Secondary Sources
til Media
[iij Periodicals
[iii] Treatises
[iv I Internet Sources
§ 5.03 South Asia: Focusing On India and China
[1] Historical and Political Background
[2] Legal Background
[3] India
[a] Primary Sources
til Constitution
[iij Legislation
[AJ Print Sources
[B] Internet Sources
[iii] Case Law
[AJ Print Sources
[BI Internet Sources
[b] Secondary Sources
[il Newspapers
[iiI Treatises
[iii] Internet Resources
[4] China, including Hong Kong
[a] Primary Sources
[iJ Constitutions (Xian Fa)
[iiI Treaties
[iii] Legislation
[ivJ Case Law
[v] Internet Sources
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[b) Secondary Sources
[i) Media
[ti] Bulletins, Newsletters, Periodicals, Annuals, Loose-Leaf
Services, and Digests
[iii] Treatises, Books, and Other General Materials
§ 5.04 Russia and the Former Soviet Union
[1] Legal Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
[a] Current Sources
[b) Historical Sources
[2] Primary Sources
[a] Constitutions
[i) Books
[ti] Internet Sources
[iii] Historical Materials
[b) Treaties
[c) Legislation
[i) General Sources
[ti] Historic Materials
[iii] Legislative Materials
[A] Newspapers
[B) Other Sources
[d) Administrative and Regulatory Materials
[e) Case Law
[i) Primary Sources
[ti] Books
[iii] Historical Materials
[3] General Secondary Sources
[a] Mass Media
[b) Periodicals
[c) Analytical Tools
[i) Topical
[A] Historical Legal Analysis
[B) International Law
[C] Specialized Topics
[ti] Bibliographies
[d) Treatises
[e) Databases
[f] Internet Sources
§' 5.05 The European Union
I [1] Depository Libraries '
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[2] General EU Information
[a] European Union Centers
[b] Office for Official Publications
[c] The European Commission's Washington Delegation
[3] Treaties
[a] Founding Treaties
[b] Amendments
[4] Legislation
[a] Researching the Legislative Process
[b] Legislative Institutions
[i] The European Commission
[ii] The Council
[iii] The European Parliament
[iv] Economic and Social Committee
[v] Committee of the Regions
[c] Official Journal
[d] Legislative Documents
[e] Directory of Community Legislation in Force
[5] Electronic Databases
[a] EUR-Lex
[b] CELEX
[c] PreLex
[d] European Parliament Legislative Observatory: OEIL
[e) SCADPlus
[6] European Institutions
[a] European Council
[b) European Court of Justice
[c) European Court of Auditors
[d] European Investment Bank
[e] European Ombudsman
[7] Sources
[a] Web sites of the Commission
[b] Agencies
[c) Newsletters
[d) Books
[e] Internet Sources
§ 5.06 International Organizations
[1] General Guides
[2] The United Nations
[a] Introduction
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[i] General Assembly
[ii] Security Council
[iii] The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
[iv] Trusteeship Council
[v] International Court of Justice
[vi] Secretariat
[b] Identification of Documents
[i] The Sales Code
[ii] Official Records Designation
[A] Meeting Records
[B] Annexes
[C] Supplements
[D] International Court of Justice and Secretariat Documents
[iii] Symbols
[A] Leading Elements:
[B] Secondary Elements
[c] Locating U.N. Documents
[i] Indexes
[ii] Press Releases
[d] Secondary Sources
[i] Handbooks, Manuals, and Guides
[A] United Nations
[B] League of Nations
[ii] Internet Sources
[3] Regional Organizations
[a] The Organization of American States (OAS)
[i] Structure
[ii] Reference Sources and Document Systems
[A] OAS Technical Reports
[B] OAS Informational and Technical Publications
[C] OAS Official Records
[iii] Internet Sources
[b] African Union
[i] Structure
[ii] Publications
[iii] Internet Resources
[c] Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
[i] Structure
[ii] OECD Publications
[iii] Internet Sources
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[d] Asia: Association of South East Asian Nations and Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation
[i] Internet Sources
[4] International Tribunals
[a] Decisions of International Tribunals
[b] Arbitration
[c] General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
[d] North American Free Trade Agreement
[5] Secondary Sources
[a] Bulletins
[b] Yearbooks
[c] General Loose-Leaf Services
[d] Practice Manuals and Formbooks
§ 5.07 The Middle East
[1] Constitutions, Laws, and Treaties
[2] Select Introductory Texts on Islamic Law
[3] Middle East Periodicals
[4] Egypt
[a] Primary Sources
[i] Constitution
[ii] Treaties
[iii] Legislation
[iv] Administrative Regulations
[v] Case Law
[b] Secondary Sources
[i] Mass Media
[ii] Business and Investment Laws
[A] Loose Leaf
[B] Books
[iii] Studies in Egyptian Law
[5] Iran
[a] Primary Sources
[i] Constitutions
[ii] Treaties
[iii] Legislation
[iv] Case Law
[b] Secondary Sources
[i] Mass Media
[ii] Business and Investment Laws
[iii] Studies of Iranian Law
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[6] Israel
[a] Primary Sources
[i] Constitutions
[ii] Treaties
[iii] Legislation
[iv] Case Law
[b] Secondary Sources
[i] Mass Media
[ii] Bulletins and Periodicals
[iii] Bibliographies, Indexes, and Introductions to Israeli Law
[iv] Business and Investment Laws
[v] Studies in Israeli Law
[7] Saudi Arabia
[a] Primary Sources
[i] Constitution
[ii] Legislation
[iii] Administrative Regulations
[iv] Case Law
[b] Secondary Sources
[i] Mass Media
[ii] Studies in Saudi Arabian Law
[iii] Business and Investment Laws
[A] Loose-Leaf
[B] Books and Internet Sites
§ 5.08 Latin America: Focusing on Mexico and Brazil
[1] Primary Sources
[a] Constitutions
[i] Mexico
[ii] Brazil
[b] Treaties
[c] Legislation
[i] Mexico
[d] Case Law
[i] Mexico
[il] Brazil
[e] Business and Competition Laws
[i] Mexico
[f] Administrative Agencies
[i] Brazil
[2] Secondary Sources
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[a] Mass Media
[b) Bulletins, Newsletters, Periodicals, Handbooks, Annuals, LooseLeaf Services, and Digests
[c) Yearbooks
[d) Dictionaries
[e) Miscellaneous Materials on Latin America
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