Jumpstart Your Foreign and International Research

1. Jumpstart Your Foreign and International Research Anna K. Teller Dee J. Kelly Law Library Texas Wesleyan University School of Law SWALL April 6, 2006

2. Planning Your Strategy Places to Start Secondary Sources or Primary Sources Secondary Sources Commentary Restatement of the Law Third, Foreign Relations Law of the United States Explanations Public International Law In a Nutshell Law Reviews Linda M. Keller, Is Truth Serum Torture?, 20 Am. U. Int’l L. Rev. 521 (2005).

3. Planning Your Strategy Primary Sources Codes Code of India, Children (Pledging of Labour) Act, 1933 Treaties Extradition Treaty between the United States and the United Kingdom, signed 1972 Agreements Agreement Between the USA and the Republic of Estonia on the Protection and Preservation of Certain Cultural Properties

4. Planning Your Strategy Primary Sources Case Law Zino Davidoff SA v. A and G Imports Ltd., et al.,Decision of European Court of Justice Regulations U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Regulation of Food Product Importers under the Bioterrorism Act Customary Law Customary International Humanitarian Law

5. Planning Your Strategy Print and Electronic Finding Aids Print Finding Aids Kavass’ Guide to Treaties in Force Electronic Finding Aids Search Engines Metacrawler http://www.metacrawler.com Invisible Web Searches Librarians’ Internet Index http://www.lii.org Catalogs Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL) http://www.eisil.org

6. Starting Points for Foreign and International Law Research Electronic Resources Harvard Law School Library Guide http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/services/research /guides/international/web_resources/ HierosGamoshttp://www.hg.org/index.html Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) http://www.glin.gov/

7. Harvard Law School Library Guidehttp://www.law.harvard.edu/library/services/research/guides/international/web_resources/

8. Foreign and International Law Resources:An Annotated Guide to Web Sites Around the World

9. Link to International Human Rights Instruments

10. HierosGamoshttp://www.hg.org/index.html

11. Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) http://www.glin.gov/

12. Starting Points for Foreign and International Law Research Print Resources Guide to International Legal Research, George Washington University Law School International Law Review (2005). Mark W. Janis, An Introduction to International Law (4th ed. 2003). Martindale Hubbell International Law Digest (2004).

13. Starting in PrintGuide to International Legal Research

14. Starting in PrintAn Introduction to International Law

15. Quick ReferenceMartindale Hubbell International Law Digest

16. Austria Law DigestIndex

17. Austria Law DigestIntroduction

18. Austria Law DigestComment on Statute of Frauds

19. Selected Conventions from Martindale Hubbell

20. International Law Subject Areas Three focus areas of this presentation: Public International Law refers to the law between or among nations. This area of the law includes treaties, agreements, and conventions. Private International Law covers issues of choice of laws involving private actors across international boundaries. This is generally referred to in the United States as “conflict of laws.” Foreign Law refers to the domestic laws of a particular, non-U.S. country, such as Holland or Japan.

21. International Law Subject Areas Two additional areas: Comparative Law is the study and comparative evaluation of the differences and similarities in several legal systems. Transnational Law refers to law where public international law, private international law and comparative law intersect and overlap.

22. International Law aka Public International Law International Law Defined: Public International Law refers to the law between or among nations. This area of the law includes treaties, agreements, and conventions. Sources Treaties United States Treaties and Other International Agreements (UST) International Legal Materials (ILM) Treaties and Other International Acts (TIAS) Treaties in Force (TIF) Consolidated Treaties and International Agreements (CTIA) International Organizations European Union United Nations

23. International Lawaka Public International Law Electronic Resources Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL) http://www.eisil.org/ International Court of Justice http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/library/RESOURCES/International_Resources/icj/ Yale’s Avalon Project http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm United Nations Treaty Collection http://untreaty.un.org/ American Society of International Law Guide http://www.asil.org/resource/home.htm Eur-Lex Portal to EU Law http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/ World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) http://www.wipo.int/portal/index.html.en

24. Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL) EISIL http://www.eisil.org/ -Developed by American Society of International Law -Goal of site is to help web searchers easily locate the highest quality primary materials, authoritative web sites and helpful research guides to international law on the Internet -Editorial enhancements include legal citations, entry into force and signature dates, amendments and brief descriptions

25. EISIL Homepage

26. Verifying Reliability and Coverage

27. About EISIL

28. Link to General International Law

29. Exploring Basic Sources of General International Law

30. Statute of the International Court of Justice

31. More Information Link

32. EISILEditorial Enhancements

34. Historical Materials

35. External Link to Yale’s Avalon Project

36. List of 19th Century Documents and Search Query Box

37. Query‘+friendship +Switzerland’

38. Results - 13 Documents Sorted by Relevance

39. Convention of Friendship Between the United States and Switzerland, 1850

40. Treaty Collection

41. Primary Documents