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

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).

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

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

Planning Your Strategy Print and Electronic Finding Aids Print Finding Aids Kavass’ Guide to Treaties in Force Electronic Finding Aids Search Engines Metacrawler Invisible Web Searches Librarians’ Internet Index Catalogs Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL)

Starting Points for Foreign and International Law Research Electronic Resources Harvard Law School Library Guide /guides/international/web_resources/ HierosGamos Global Legal Information Network (GLIN)

Harvard Law School Library Guide s/international/web_resources/

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

Link to International Human Rights Instruments

HierosGamos

Global Legal Information Network (GLIN)

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 (4 th ed. 2003). Martindale Hubbell International Law Digest (2004).

Starting in Print Guide to International Legal Research

Starting in Print An Introduction to International Law

Quick Reference Martindale Hubbell International Law Digest

Austria Law Digest Index

Austria Law Digest Introduction

Austria Law Digest Comment on Statute of Frauds

Selected Conventions from Martindale Hubbell

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.

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.

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

Electronic Resources Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL) International Court of Justice Yale’s Avalon Project United Nations Treaty Collection American Society of International Law Guide Eur-Lex Portal to EU Law World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL) EISIL - 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

EISIL Homepage

Verifying Reliability and Coverage

About EISIL

Link to General International Law

Exploring Basic Sources of General International Law

Statute of the International Court of Justice

More Information Link

EISIL Editorial Enhancements

Historical Materials

External Link to Yale’s Avalon Project

List of 19 th Century Documents and Search Query Box

Query ‘ +friendship +Switzerland’

Results - 13 Documents Sorted by Relevance

Convention of Friendship Between the United States and Switzerland, 1850

Treaty Collection

Primary Documents