Tag: Legal Research
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Online Legal Research Resources
Online Legal Research Resources This resource was created by committees of experienced and dedicated legal information professionals, and were officially released at the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Conference in July 2011. General Legal Research Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School (http://www.law.cornell.edu) LII, a non-profit institute started by Cornell Law School in 1992,…
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International Trade Law
International Trade Law International Instruments (Conventions, Treaties, Protocols, etc.) Individual Agreements North American Free Trade Agreement (from the NAFTA Secretariat): Also available on Westlaw and on Lexis Tratado de Asunción (from the Mercosur Secretariat): Includes subsidiary agreements in both Spanish and Portuguese. Stockholm Convention (from the European Free Trade Association) Treaty of Montevido (from the…
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United Nations
United Nations Directories Official Web Site Locator for the UN (from the UN): Good way to locate other UN organizations and home pages. Websites in the UN System (from the UN): Geographical representation of UN system entities and the websites. Research Tools Lawi United Nations platform: Index of current and retrospective United Nations documents and…
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Terrorism
Research Relating to Terrorism Reference Works Title: Encyclopedia of Terrorism (Book) Date Published: 2002 Author: Cindy C. Combs and Martin Slann Publisher: Facts on File Inc. Description: This work is organized in alphabetical order and includes descriptions of notable persons, groups, regions and events in the history of terrorist attacks in the world. Descriptions are…
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Immigration Law
Immigration and Asylum Law International Instruments (Treaties, Conventions, Protocols, etc) International Instruments from Refworld (from the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees) United Nations Reports and Resolutions Relating to Migration (International Organization for Migration). IGOs International Organization for Migration. Aims to be the gateway to migration-related information on the internet. Includes many links to articles…
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Library Catalogues
Library Catalogues United Stateds Library Catalogues RLG Union Catalog: (HOLLIS–Harvard Only) contains information about more than 45 million books, periodicals, recordings, scores, archival collections, and other kinds of material held in libraries and research institutions. WorldCat: (HOLLIS–Harvard Only) Union catalog of records of any type of material cataloged by over 8,000 OCLC member libraries, primarily…
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Guide to Researching Foreign Law on the Internet
Guide to Researching Foreign Law on the Internet Introduction The internet is becoming one of the most popular methods used by governments for dissemination of legal information. Unfortunately there are many factors which impede a legal researcher’s ability to find this information online: Some governments lack sufficient technological capability; Some materials are presented in the…
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How to Find a US Case by Name
How to Find a United States Case by Name This guide provides instruction on finding case citations by name from print sources. If you have the name of a case, but not the citation, one method of locating the citation is to use the Table of Cases in a Digest. Determine the approximate date and the…
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How to Find a US Case by Topic
How to Find a U.S. Case by Topic There are several ways of researching case law by topic; one way is by using digests. Digests exist for many areas of law, both jurisdictional (e.g., by state or federal courts) or topical, (e.g., bankruptcy). The purpose of a digest is to let you see a very brief summary…
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International Environmental Law
International Environmental Law Resources International Instruments (Conventions, Treaties, Protocols, etc.) Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators Project (from the Center for International Earth Science Network and others) Environmental Legal Instruments (from UNEP) International Environmental Law Documents (INTLENVL) [Westlaw: password required] Treaties Deposited with the FAO (from the Food and Agriculture Organization) ECOLEX (from the World Conservation…