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International Legal Research

Discover publicly available sources, such as WorldLII and LawCite, for international legal cases and legislation. Learn effective search methods, including Boolean operators, and explore collections of resources and human rights materials. Additional research methods and resources are also discussed.

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International Legal Research

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  1. International Legal Research Publically available international legal resources Allie Lustigman

  2. What we’ll be covering: • Publically available sources for finding cases and legislation • The resources and how to search them • Subject case searching • Which sources, how to search, boolean operators • Collections of international legal research resources and guides • Human Rights publically available resources • Further methods • Questions

  3. Publically available sources for finding cases and legislation

  4. Publically available sources for finding cases and legislation • World Legal Information Institute (Wordlii) http://www.worldlii.org/ • Combines resources from 120 jurisdictions. • Covers cases, legislation and articles • Utilise the search functions to increase chances of finding relevant cases

  5. Publically available sources for finding cases and legislation • Lawcite http://www.worldlii.org/LawCite/ • Part of Worldlii • Over 4 million cases, law reform documents and articles • Not completely comprehensive but has some excellent research functions

  6. Publically available sources for finding cases and legislation • Lexadin http://www.lexadin.nl/wlg/ • Main legislation for specific countries • Europa http://europa.eu/index_en.htm • European legislation and treaties

  7. Subject case searching

  8. Subject case searching • Worldlii http://www.worldlii.org/ • Use the Help link to see a list of Boolean operators and the best ways to search • Always go into Advanced Search • Try to narrow down your search as far as possible, by database and keywords

  9. Subject case searching • Lawcite http://www.worldlii.org/LawCite/ • Use the articles search, no keyword search for cases • Key cases will be cited in articles

  10. Subject case searching • Lexology http://www.lexology.com/default.aspx? • Free resource of briefings and articles from lawyers globally • Similar to Lawcite - search for articles on a subject and you should then find some relevant cases. • Google Scholar http://scholar.google.co.uk/ • Search journal articles on your topic area and find references to relevant and key cases • Easy Google search functionality

  11. Collections of international legal research resources

  12. Collections of international legal research resources • Jurist http://www.jurist.law.pitt.edu/world/index.htm • Individual country links with information on their constitutions, Human Rights information, Parliamentary information, and new or key legislation for that country • Cornell University http://www.law.cornell.edu/world/ • Split up by jurisdiction and country • Links to Constitution, key political figures, key legislation and other legal research resources • Law Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide/nations.php • A host of linked information and resources collated together • Legal guides, country profiles, articles and reports, judicial information

  13. Collections of international legal research resources SPECIAL MENTION: • Access to Law http://www.accesstolaw.com/index.php • Excellent site collating all publically available sources for international legal research, cases and legislation • Provides a summary of each source • Split up into sections by country, jurisdiction, and subject area

  14. Human Rights publically available sources

  15. Human Rights publically available resources • US Department of State Human Rights Reports http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/ • In depth reports for a range of countries on their Human Rights laws and status • Globalex http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/ • Provides online guides to international, foreign and comparative law research.

  16. Further methods of research

  17. Further methods of research

  18. Further methods of research • Libraries • Books on international legal subjects including Media law for example • Law reports and journals • Examples – Insitute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) and School of African and Oriental Studies (SOAS)

  19. Further methods of research • Westlaw and Lexis pro bono offerings • Westlaw International is ‘free’ if you subscribe to their other offerings • Lexis founded the International Law Book Facility which provides legal texts to pro bono organisations around the world www.ilbf.org.uk • Happy to allow you to use Lexis Resources for pro bono work such as for MLDI • Reduced subscription rates for charities

  20. Further methods of research • Mailing lists • Lislaw • Email list mainly for law librarians. • Often used to provide obscure cases and articles or information on where to find them • Sign up via the JISCMail site http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/ • Int law • Email list for international law librarians • Lots of international legal research enquiries • Sign up here http://listserver.ciesin.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=Int-Law

  21. Any questions?

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