SECTION 1: RESEARCH GUIDES/REFERENCE AND BACKGROUND SOURCES
RESEARCH GUIDES
1. Germain, Claire M. Germain's Transnational Law Research: A Guide for Attorneys. 1992-.Location: Ready Ref Collection, 2nd Floor, MLIC, K85.G36
2. Guide to International Legal Research (5th ed.). 2006.
This set has a very useful section which lists web sites for international legal research.
Location: 1st copy available in Ready Ref Collection, 2nd Floor, MLIC, KZ1234.G84 2006
Location: 2nd copy available in Comparative and International Law Center, 1st Floor, MLIC, KZ1234.G84 2005
REFERENCE AND BACKGROUND SOURCES
1. Encyclopedia of Public International Law. 5 volumes. Under the direction of Rudolf Bernhardt. 1992-2000.
Location: Comparative and International Law Center, 1st Floor, MLIC, KZ1160. E5296
2. Fox, James. R. Dictionary of International and Comparative Law, 3rd edition. 2003.
Location: Reference Collection, 2nd Floor, MLIC, KZ1161.F69 2003
3. Glenn, H. Patrick. Legal Traditions of the World: Sustainable Diversity in Law, 2nd ed. 2004.
Location:1st Floor, MLIC, K559.G8545 2004
4. International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law. 14+ volumes.
Issued under the auspices of the International Association of Legal Science. Editorial Committee R. David ( and others). 1972-
Location: Comparative and International Law Center, 1st Floor, MLIC, K530.I57
5. International Encyclopaedia of Laws. Contracts. Editor, Jacques Herbots. 1993-
Location: Reference Collection, 2nd Floor, MLIC, K 48.I5826 7 volumes.
6. International Encyclopaedia of Laws. Civil Procedure. Editor, Paul Lemmens. 1994-
Location: Reference Collection, 2nd Floor, MLIC, K 48.I58 4 volumes.
7. International Encyclopaedia of Laws. Cyber Law. Editor, Jos Dumortier. 2004-
Location: Reference Collection, 2nd Floor, MLIC, K 48.I582 2 volumes.
8. International Encyclopaedia of Laws. Energy Law. Editor, R. Blanpain. 1996-
Location: Reference Collection, 2nd Floor, MLIC, K 48.I58 2 volumes
9. International Encyclopaedia of Laws. Environmental Law. Editor, Marc Boes. 1996-
Location: Reference Collection, 2nd Floor, MLIC, K 48.I586 9 volumes
10. International Encyclopaedia of Laws. Family and Succession Law. Editor, W. Pintens, 1997-
Location: Reference Collection, 2nd Floor, MLIC, K48.I587 4 volumes.
11. International Encyclopaedia of Laws. Intellectual Propery. Editor, H. Vanhees. 1997-
Location: Reference Collection, 2nd Floor, MLIC, K 48.I588 5 volumes.
12. International Encyclopaedia of Laws. Intergovernmental Organizations. Editors, M. Eyskens and K. Wellens. 1996-
Location: Reference Collection, 2nd Floor, MLIC, K48.I587 3 volumes.
13. International Encyclopaedia of Laws. Medical Laws. Editor, Herman Nys. 1993-
Location: Reference Collection, 2nd Floor, MLIC, K48.I587 5 volumes.
14. International Encyclopaedia of Laws. Private International Law. Editor, B. Verschraegen. 1993-
Location: Reference Collection, 2nd Floor, MLIC, K48.I594 1 volume.
15. International Encyclopaedia of Laws. Sports Law. Editor, Frank Hendrickx.. 2004-
Location: Reference Collection, 2nd Floor, MLIC, K 48.I599 1 volume.
16.International Law and World Order: Basic Documents. Edited by Burns H. Weston. 1994-
This is an excellent multi-volume collection of general documents organized within several topical divisions in chronological order. Serves as a basic general reference source for the text of international documents.
Location: Comparative and International Law Center 1st Floor, MLIC, KZ169.I5738
17. Hoffman, Marci, and Mary Rumsey.International and Foreign Legal Research. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. 2008.
New publication by 2 outstanding international, comparative, and foreign law librarians that covers all of the bases including a chapter on english translations.
Location: Reference Collection, 2nd Floor, MLIC K85.H64 2008
18. Introduction to International Organizations. Edited by Lyonette Louis-Jacques and Jeanne S. Korman. 1996.
Location: Reference Collection, 2nd Floor, MLIC, JZ5603.I57 1996
19. Merryman, John Henry. The Civil Law Tradition Europe, Latin America, and East Asia. John Henry Merryman, David S. Clark, John O. Haley. 1994.
Provides introduction to legal systems common to Europe, Latin America, and East Asia.
Location: Comparative & International Law Center, 1st Floor, MLIC, K585.M366 1994.
20. Modern Legal Systems Cyclopedia. General Editor, Kenneth Robert Redden. 1984-
Location: Reference Collection, 2nd Floor, MLIC, K530.M62
21. Oppenheim, Lassa Francis Lawrence. Oppenheim's International Law. 9th ed. 1992.
This is a two volume treatise on international law.
Location: Reserve, 2nd Floor, MLIC, KZ3264.A3 I58
22. Reynolds, Thomas H. Foreign Law: Current Sources of Codes and Basic Legislation in Jurisdictions of the World. Thomas H. Reynolds, Arturo A. Flores. 1989-
This set is useful for identifying the primary legal sources of various jurisdictions.
Location: Comparative and International Law Center, 1st Floor, MLIC, K38.F39
The print version of this title in no longer updated (as of mid-2007). We have acquired the electronic version: http://foreignlawguide.com/ip/
23. Rosenne, Shabtai. The Law and Practice of the International Court 1920-2005 (4th edition.) 2006.
Location: Reference Collection, 2nd Floor, MLIC, KZ6275.R67 2006 4 volumes.
24. Treaties and Other International Agreements: The Role of the United States Senate. Congressional Research Service, January, 2001.
The MLIC has the full text of this publication (S. Prt. 106-71) as part of its microfiche collection: Congressional Information Service Congressional Publications. The CIS number is: 2001-S382-5.
Location: Reference Collection, 2nd Floor, MLIC, KF4989.A25 2001
Microforms, 1st Floor, Cabinet 14. ( Arranged by year and then CIS number: 2001-S382-5)
25. Zwirn, Jerrold. Congressional Publications and Proceedings: Research on Legislation, Budgets, and Treaties. 2nd ed., 1988.
Location: Reference Collection, 2nd Floor, MLIC, JK1067.Z85 1988.
26. Berring, Robert C. Legal Research for the 21st Century: Advanced Research International Law & Legal Research for the 21st Century: Advanced Research: Foreign Law. West Publishing, 2001. (Videotape).
Location: Reserve Collection, 2nd Floor, MLIC:
Law Media-Reserve K85.B4 2001 Tape 1 International Law
Law Media-Reserve K85.B4 2001 Tape 2 Foreign Law
Two very informative and at times entertaining videotapes (about 45 minutes in length) by the well respected Director of Libraries at the University of California Berkeley serving as good introductions to international and foreign law.
27. Rumsey, Mary. Introduction to Foreign Legal Research. CALI, 2003.
This CALI (Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction) Lesson by Mary Rumsey, Foreign, Comparative, and International Law Librarian, at the University of Minnesota Law School gives a great introduction to foreign legal research. The lesson takes about 30 minutes.
http://www2.cali.org/index.php?fuseaction=lessons.lessondetail&lid=764
(See a Reference Librarian for instructions on logging on to CALI.)
Note: Mary Rumsey updated her guide to foreign legal research in December, 2006:
http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Foreign_Law_Research1.htm
28. Hoffman, Marci, and Katherine Topulis. International Legal Research Tutorial. 2005.
The International Legal Research Tutorial (http://www.law.duke.edu/ilrt) is a wonderful introduction to the structure and alphabet soup of international, foreign, and comparative law. Marci Hoffman, Berkeley Law Library, and Katherine Topulis, Duke Law Library jointly produced this web based tutorial.