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	Researching International Law
	Guides for researching laws in a selected group of larger industrialized countries and on international law topics including human rights, environment, trade, crime, and treaties.
	*ASIL Electronic Resource Guide* [American Society of International Law] http://www.asil.org/resource/Home.htm
	*LLRX.com Resource Guide: International & Foreign Law* http://www.llrx.com/international_law.html
Ref JX1226 B57	*International Law Dictionary*. 1987 Topical arrangement of terms with extensive definitions, including the significance of each item.
Ref K3239.3 G53	*Dictionary of International Human Rights Law*. 1996
	Web Directories
	*Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases* [NYU School of Law] http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/foreign_intl/
	*Guide to Law Online* [U.S. Library of Congress] http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/
	*International Relations Resources* [Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts U] http://fletcher.tufts.edu/inter_resources/Default.htm From this Web page choose from the many links on international law including such topics as Comparative & Foreign Law, Documents & Treaties, Human Rights Law, International Property Law, Public International Law, Regional Integration Law, and Research in International Relations and International Law.
	*International Law Organizations and Other Key Resources* http://www.InternationalLawHelp.com/links_page.htm
	*Social Science Information Gateway: International Law* [SOSIG] http://www.sosig.ac.uk/roads/subject-listing/World-cat/intlaw.html
	Treaties & Agreements
	*Researching U.S. Treaties and Agreements* [Marci Hoffman] http://www.llrx.com/features/ustreaty.htm Essay differentiating treaties from agreements; bibliography of research sources for background information and finding aids, in print and/or online.
Ref KZ236 A93	*American Treaties and Alliances*. [CQ Press] 2000 Covers 750 treaties, historical and current of the "greatest significance" to the United States. Current treaties covered include the areas of Arms Limitation, War Crimes & Rules of Warfare, Criminal Law, Diplomatic Relations, International Dispute Resolution, Rights & Duties of States, Terrorism, U.S. as Peacemaker, Human & Political Rights, and Environment. Full text of treaties are not included, but rather, date signed, signatories, when enforced, significance, discussion and references.
Ref KZ235 T74	Treaties in Force: A List of Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States in Force [U.S. Department of State] Annual 1967- Latest print edition available in Reference stacks. Earlier editions from 1967 - in 4th floor STACKS. Latest edition also available online: http://www.state.gov/s/l/c8455.htm "Lists treaties and other international agreements of the United States on record in the Department of State as of [January 1, 2001] which had not expired by their terms or which had not been denounced by the parties, replaced or superseded by other agreements, or otherwise definately terminated." - From the publication An index to treaties. Arranged by country and by subject. Provides brief description of treaty, date of signature, date of enforcement, a citation for the publication in which the full text can found, amendments, related agreements.
KZ235.3 U55	United States Treaties and Other International Agreements. [U.S. Department of State] 1950- Provides full text of treaties.
JX236 1968 A5	*Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States of America, 1776-1949. [Bevans] 13v. Provides full text* of treaties.
JX21 A32	*Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States of America, 1776-1863. [Miller] 8v. Provides full text* of treaties.
Ref JX17 I535	*International Law: The Essential Treaties and Other Relevant Documents*. 1985 Sections on General International, Diplomatic & Consular, Law of the Sea, Air & Space, Human Rights, Environment, and Peace & Security.
	*Major Documents in Public and Private International Law* http://www.InternationalLawHelp.com/documents_page.htm Links to full text of treaties and documents arranged by topics.
	*Multilaterals Project* [Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts U] http://fletcher.tufts.edu/multilaterals.html
	*EUR-Lex: The Portal to European Union law* http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/index.html
	*Council of Europe Treaties* http://conventions.coe.int/Default.asp
	*Treaties from the United Nations* Cook Library does not subscribe to this proprietary database. There is free access to a limited number of recent multilateral treaties at http://untreaty.un.org/English/treaty.asp Access treaties from the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights at http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/index.htm Also their Treaty Document Database can be searched by country, committee, and document at http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf
	*United Nations Conventions and Declarations* Against Terrorism http://untreaty.un.org/English/Terrorism.asp (Conventions) http://www.un.org/terrorism/declarations.htm (Declarations)
	*United Nations Office for Drug Control & Crime Prevention: Documentation* [ODCCP] http://www.odccp.org/crime_cicp_documentation.html http://www.odccp.org/resolutions.html
	UN Information System on the Question of Palestine [UNISPAL] http://domino.un.org/unispal.nsf
	UN Convention on the Law of the Sea & Related Agreements http://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/convention_overview_convention.htm
	International Human Rights Instruments [UN Treaties] http://www.unhchr.ch/html/intlinst.htm Full text access to UN human rights treaties.
	International Humanitarian Law [ICRC] http://www.icrc.org/ihl Searchable database of full text treaties and documents, conventions and protocols.
	Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators [ENTRI] http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/entri/index.jsp Full text access to global environmental treaties. Provides an overview of the role of nation- states in developing environmental policy and the interplay with politics and economies.
	Constitutions
	*Constitution Finder* [T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond] http://confinder.richmond.edu/
	*International Constitutional Law* http://www.oefre.unibe.ch/law/icl/index.html
	Issues
	*American Society of International Law* http://www.asil.org/
Ref KZ4968 O84	*Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements*. 4v. 2003 Explanation of the essential concepts, philosophies, and role of the U.N. in international affairs, including its committees and peacekeeping activities and work with NGOs. Provides selected text from major international treaties, conventions, pacts, protocols, and declarations.
	United Nations: International Law http://www.un.org/law/ Portal to UN divisions that deal with international law. Be sure to check Other Legal Areas at http://www.un.org/law/legalareas.html for links to relevant materials by topic.
Ref JX1977 A37Y4	*Yearbook of the United Nations*. 1947/48 - Latest 3 years in Reference, additional volumes in the Stacks.
	See also International Relations Sources at http://www.towson.edu/~sara/interrel.htm Check out the additional Web sites that provide policy analysis such as the Brookings Institute. These are listed under the sections on Violence, Peace, & Conflict, Human & Women's Rights, and Issues.
	Human Rights
	*International Commission of Jurists* http://www.icj.org/ International, non-governmental organization which focuses on human rights issues.
	*Human Rights First* http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/
	*European Court of Human Rights* http://www.echr.coe.int/
	*International Criminal Court: Resources in Print and Electronic Format* [Lyonette Louis-Jacques] Last updated 8/2003 http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/~llou/icc.html
	*Coalition for an International Criminal Court* http://www.igc.org/icc/ Up-to-date country-by-country ratification status report of the ICC.
	*Human & Constitutional Rights* [Columbia Law School] http://www.hrcr.org/ Links to basic documents of humanitarian law, hot topics, country reports and regional resources.
	*International Humanitarian Law* [ICRC] http://www.icrc.org/eng/ihl Background information on humanitarian law. Searchable database of full text treaties and documents, conventions and protocols. FULL TEXT DOCUMENTS
	Online Databases Available through http://cooklibrary.towson.edu Click on By Database Title.
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	*LexisNexis Academic* Search under Legal Research. Primary resources include Canadian legislative materials, statutes and regulations, European Union law [CELEX], and International Case Law. Secondary resources include legal news and law reviews.
	*Academic Search Premier* 1990- Search for citations, abstracts and some full text articles from magazines and journals in various disciplines including Political Science, Law and History.
	*Social Sciences Abstracts.* 1983- Search for citations, abstracts and some full text articles from periodicals in various disciplines including Political Science, Law, Geography and Economics.
	*Historical Abstracts* Search for abstracts of articles from scholarly journals in History and social sciences. Focus on the world excluding North America.

See also:
International Relations Resources at http://pages.towson.edu/sara/interrel.html
Country Information Sources at http://pages.towson.edu/sara/countryinfo.html

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