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1. GLIN (Global Legal Information Network)
(Law Library of Congress)
http://www.glin.gov/search.action
The Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) is a public database of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international organizations. These GLIN members contribute the official full texts of published documents to the database in their original language. Each document is accompanied by a summary in English and subject terms selected from the multilingual index to GLIN. All summaries are available to the public, and public access to full texts is also available in participating jurisdictions.
2. GUIDE TO LAW ONLINE:
Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/multiref.html
Reference Sources for Nations and Regions. Aggregates links to Constitutions, Executive, Judicial, Legislative information for many nations, research strategies for international law, and general information on the legal systems and governments of nations around the world.
3. GLOBAL LEGAL MONITOR
http://www.loc.gov/law/public/glm/index.html
This electronic publication of the Law Library of Congress is intended for those who have an interest in legal developments from around the world. This online publication will be updated frequently, drawing upon information selected from the Global Legal Network, official national legal publications, and reliable press sources. Occasionally, a special section may be added to include lectures, conferences, symposia, and exhibits on timely legal topics sponsored by the Law Library of Congress.
4. HURIDOCS
(Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems, International)
HuriSearch
HURIDOCS is "a global capacity-building network of organisations that uses documentation techniques, monitoring methods, information management systems and available technologies in the defence of human rights and the prevention of abuses." HuriSearch is the orgainzations' "comprehensive search engine specialised in human rights information," with direct access to the content of over 3000 human rights websites.
"Possible ways to use HuriSearch:
- To search for information on the fate of an individual, the human rights situation in a country, or information about any human rights issue or theme.
- To search the content of a particular website, perhaps even your own! HuriSearch will probably offer you a more powerful way of searching your own website than the search engine provided by your ISP. HURIDOCS can make a dedicated search box available to webmasters on request.
- To look for newsletters on a particular topic (just type "newsletter" and the name of your topic), RSS feeds, or even job vacancies."
5. Cornell University Law School Foreign and International Law
http://library.lawschool.cornell.edu/guides/foreign.aspIncludes links to:
- Asylum and Convention Against Torture Appellate Clinic
- Australia
- Chile Declassification Project
- European Union
- Foreign and International Law Guide
- French Law in Action
- Germain's French Law Guide
- Germain's Int'l Court of Justice Guide
- International Commercial Arbitration Guide
- International Intellectual Property Guide
- International Labour Organization Guide
6. ForIntLaw
http://www.washlaw.edu/forint/forintmain.html
(Washburn University School of Law Library)
"The foreign and international law web is a service of the Washburn University School of Law Library. Our goal is to provide links to primary foreign and international legal resources, research aids, and sites useful in conducting research in these areas of the law."
7. American Society of International Law
http://www.asil.org/system/asilex.htm
ASILEX is a searchable bibliographic index devoted exclusively to ASIL publications, including:
- American Journal of International Law from 1990 to present
- International Legal Materials -- from 1990 to the present
- ASIL Proceedings from 1990 to present
- ASIL Newsletter -- from 1990 to present
- and selected books and occasional papers from 1964 to present.
8. Center for International Environmental Law
"The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) is a nonprofit organization working to use international law and institutions to protect the environment, promote human health, and ensure a just and sustainable society. "
9. Electronic Information System for International Law
"EISIL has been developed, with the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, by the American Society of International Law (ASIL), a scholarly association that has been a leader in the analysis, dissemination and development of international law since 1906.
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"EISIL offers the international law expert the depth of resources for sophisticated legal research. At the same time, EISIL can provide the novice researcher with the information needed to undertake a successful search. The comprehensive scope of EISIL enhances its potential as a research and teaching tool."
10. European Journal of International Law
"Each issue of the EJIL provides a forum for the exploration of the conceptual and theoretical dimensions of international law as well as for up-to-date analysis of topical issues. Additionally, it is the only journal to provide systematic coverage of the relationship between international law and the law of the European Union and its Member States."
11. GlobaLex
from Hauser Global Law School Program
http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/
"GlobaLex is an electronic legal publication dedicated to international and foreign law research. Published by the Hauser Global Law School Program at NYU School of Law, GlobaLex is committed to the dissemination of high-level international, foreign, and comparative law research tools in order to accommodate the needs of an increasingly global educational and practicing legal world.
"The information and articles published by GlobaLex represent both research and teaching resources used by legal academics, practitioners and other specialists around the world who are active either in foreign, international, and comparative law research or those focusing on their own domestic law. The guides and articles published are written by scholars well known in their respective fields and are recommended as a legal resource by universities, library schools, and legal training courses. The tools available in GlobaLex will continue to expand to cover international law topics, countries and legal systems thus providing a coherent and encompassing research tool for all constituencies."
12. Hieros Gamos International Law
http://www.hg.org/internat.html
"This section deals only with the principal international documents, treaties and governmental agencies. Specific treaties, laws, or agencies for a specific practice area have been placed in the appropriate area for your ease of use. The principal practice areas related to private and public international law are trade, commercial, human rights, war & peace, intellectual property, and litigation."
13. International Law Institute
"Since its founding as part of Georgetown University in 1955, the ILI has provided training and technical assistance to find practical solutions to the legal, economic and financial problems of developing countries training over 14,000 officials, managers, and practitioners from more than 185 countries since its first seminar in 1971. Since 1983, ILI has been an independent, non-profit educational institution serving an international constituency of government officials, legal and business professionals and scholars from its headquarters in Washington, D.C."
14. Foreign Information by Country
http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/govpubs/for/foreigngovt.htm
Links to many different country profiles as well as to the homepages of different governments. From the University of Colorado at Boulder.