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RESEARCHING REFUGEE AND ASYLUM LAW

RESEARCHING REFUGEE AND ASYLUM LAW. Margaret Clark, Reference Librarian FSU College of Law Library February 2006. Refugee & Asylum Law Research. Choosing a topic Cutting-edge resources Where to start research Secondary sources Primary sources. Choosing a Topic.

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RESEARCHING REFUGEE AND ASYLUM LAW

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  1. RESEARCHING REFUGEE AND ASYLUM LAW Margaret Clark, Reference Librarian FSU College of Law Library February 2006

  2. Refugee & Asylum Law Research • Choosing a topic • Cutting-edge resources • Where to start research • Secondary sources • Primary sources

  3. Choosing a Topic • Legal and major newspapers • News Aggregators • Press releases or news from IGO and NGO web sites • Loose-leaf services (online) • BNA’s U.S. Law Week • M-B Immigration Bulletin

  4. Choosing a Topic - Newspapers • Westlaw • ALLNEWS; PAPERSMJ • IMMNEWS; IMMIGRBRIEF

  5. Choosing a Topic – News Aggregators • Google News • Yahoo News

  6. www.worldrefugee.com

  7. Loose-leaf publications online BNA’s U.S. Law Week

  8. Loose-leaf publications online M-BImmigration Bulletin

  9. KF4802 .B46

  10. Cutting Edge Sources • Alerting services • Scholarly papers • Interpreter Releases

  11. Cutting Edge Sources • Alerting Services • CISNEWS Center for Immigration Studies • Scholarly papers • Interpreter Releases

  12. Cutting Edge Sources • Alerting Services • CISNEWS Center for Immigration Studies • Migration News UC Davis • Scholarly papers • Interpreter Releases

  13. Cutting Edge Sources • Alerting Services • Scholarly papers • CIAO database • Google Scholar • Interpreter Releases

  14. Cutting Edge Sources • Alerting Services • Scholarly papers • Interpreter Releases • Weekly publication • Summarizes fed & adm decisions • “Hot Topics” • Establish WestClip account • Also in print KF 4802 .I68

  15. Refugee and Asylum law Research is challenging! • Field is multidisciplinary • Research is found primarily in gray literature • Need for current information

  16. Where to start? Use research guides that organize the primary and secondary sources By Elisa Mason • Guide to Forced Migration Resources on the Web • Guide to International Refugee Law on the Web By others • Research Guide to Aliens and the Law • Asylum Case Research Guide

  17. Secondary Sources • Books and treatises • Journal articles • Gray literature • News sources • Statistics • Country Reports

  18. Important Treatises • Overview • AILA’s Asylum Primer, 3rd ed. • Immigration Law and Procedure in a Nutshell • Loose-leafs • Immigration Law and Procedure, by Matthew Bender • Immigration Law Service, by West

  19. Tools for locating books • Library Catalog • WorldCat • IndexMaster • netLibrary • Digital Libraries

  20. Accessing Aleph

  21. 45 hits

  22. WorldCat What is WorldCat? • Online catalog of books, periodicals, and electronic materials in libraries worldwide. • Most comprehensive resource for bibliographic information – • offers 52 million bibliographic records. • spans 4000 years of knowledge • represents 400 languages

  23. WorldCat identifies materials… …owned by other libraries. • …you may want to obtain through Interlibrary Loan.

  24. Access WorldCat by visiting FSU Libraries @ www.lib.fsu.edu

  25. Digital Libraries • UNHCR Library(17,000 records) • Refugee Studies Centre Library (36,000 records)

  26. Locate articles 1980-to-date • Westlaw • Lexis • Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals • Index to Legal Periodicals (ILP)

  27. Locate articles pre-1980 • ILP Retrospective • Hein Online • JSTOR

  28. Locate articles in the Social Science with these tools: • FSU E-Resources by Subject • International Studies • Political Science • PAIS International • Social Science Citation Index • Wilson OmniFile

  29. What is Gray Literature? • Academic papers • Conference proceedings and papers • Corporate documents • Government documents • Policy briefs • Technical reports • Theses and dissertations • Working papers

  30. Locate gray literature with these tools: • CIAO Columbia International Affairs Online • Forced Migration Online • U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees site

  31. Country Reports • Many organizations publish reports on country conditions. • In order to apply for asylum, persons must demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution. Find reports on country conditions to verify a claim using objective background information. • Handout:Country Reports and Conditions

  32. Tools for locating statistics • Statistical Universe - LexisNexis Academic • United States Committee for Refugees • Handout: Statistical Sources

  33. Primary sources • Treaties and conventions • National legislation • Case law • Declarations, recommendations, resolutions

  34. Treaties and Conventions Two Elements to Treaty Research • Finding Text • authoritative? • most recent? • Determining Status • who has signed and ratified treaty? • entered into force? • changed by subsequent protocols or amendments?

  35. Treaties and Conventions Finding Text • General Online Collections • UN Treaty Collection • Status of Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General

  36. Treaties and Conventions Finding Text • Refugee Treaties – • EISIL • U Minn Human Rights Library • Recent Treaties • International Legal materials ILM • Lexis INTLAW lib; ILM file • Westlaw ILM database

  37. National legislation • Search Westlaw or LexisNexis • REFLEG - UNHCR • Foreign Law Guide Aleph online (Login: IP Authentication) Aleph print -- K38 .R49 1989 United States Immigration legislation

  38. Locating case law • Judicial and Administrative Decisions handout • World LII’s International Courts & Tribunals Project • Refugee Caselaw U. of Michigan • Gender Asylum Case Law UC Hastings

  39. Locating resolutions Both GA and SC Resolutions • Official Document System of the United Nations • UNBISNET • Access UN GA Resolutions: NOT legally binding • General Assembly Resolutions • U.N. Documentation: GA Research Guide SC Resolutions: Binding on members • Security Council Resolutions

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