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Locating International Decisions

Locating International Decisions. Margaret Clark Reference Librarian FSU College of Law Research Center October 2007. Sources of International Law. Article 38, Statute Establishing the ICJ Primary Sources International conventions International custom General principles

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Locating International Decisions

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  1. Locating International Decisions Margaret Clark Reference Librarian FSU College of Law Research Center October 2007

  2. Sources of International Law Article 38, Statute Establishing the ICJ Primary Sources • International conventions • International custom • General principles Secondary Sources • Judicial decisions • Teachings of publicists

  3. Judicial Decisions Defined by Article 59, ICJ Statute as: • Decisions of international tribunals • Decisions of national courts addressing international law • Keep in mind: • Binding only on the parties • Not precedential

  4. Decisions of International Courts • Tools for identifying and finding cases: • Secondary Sources • Digests • Reporters & Internet sites of specific courts • Multinational sources • Subject-specific compilations

  5. International Courts: Digests • World Court Digest • HUDOC – European Court on Human Rights Portal • International Law Reports(ILR)

  6. International Courts: Digests • International Law Reports • Available only in print • Best source for full text opinions in English • Best source for finding recent decisions • ICJ • International courts and tribunals • Administrative Tribunal ILO • National Courts • From 1919 to present • KZ 199.I58 (1st floor of Library)

  7. International Courts: Internet sites • International Court of Justice • European Court of Justice • Inter-American Court of Human Rights • Special Court for Sierra Leone • Many more listed in handout!

  8. International Courts: Compiled Sources • International Legal Materials • Available in print and electronic • Hein Online (use for browsing) • Lexis, Westlaw (use for searching) • Internet – Table of Contents

  9. International Legal Materials (ILM) In print / Westlaw / Lexis / Internet / HeinOnline

  10. International Courts: Compiled Sources • Journals summarizing decisions • American Journal of International Law • European Journal of International Law • Human Rights Law Journal

  11. International Courts: Subject-specific compilations • Human Rights Cases (Westlaw, Lexis) • International Trade Law Reports • International Environmental Law Reports • Global War Crimes Tribunal Collection

  12. Decisions of national courts • International Law in Domestic Courts(ILDC) Database • Available from Law Library List of Databases • contains English translations from over 65 jurisdictions • Also contains scholarly commentary on important points of international law. • Cases date back to 2000 • can be searched by country, keyword or full text search.

  13. Decisions of national courts GlobalCourts www.globalcourts.com • Supreme Court decisions from 129 countries • Coverage varies among all courts • Keyword and phrase searching

  14. Decisions of national courts • Foreign Law Guide • Not free • Guide to foreign law sources • Library of Congress Nations of the World • Free, Internet • Browse by country • International Legal Materials

  15. Decisions of National Courts • National yearbooks summarize cases • African Yearbook on International Law • British Yearbook on International Law • Chinese Yearbook on International Law and Affairs • Yearbook on United Nations Law • Search online catalog under subject headings: • “international law” + yearbooks • “international law” + yearbooks + [country]

  16. Decisions of national courts • International decisions in U.S. courts • American Law Reports, Federal • West digest • International Law 221 • Treaties 385

  17. Research Guides • ASIL Research Guides - General • Guide to Researching the ICJ – Specific • Cornell Legal Research Engine

  18. Cornell Legal Search Engine

  19. Project on International Courts and Tribunals

  20. Questions?

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