Foreign, International & Transnational Law Resources
ASIL's Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law
Includes guides for Human Rights, International Commercial Arbitration, International Criminal Law, International Economic Law, International Environmental Law, International Intellectual Property Law, International Organizations, Private International Law, Treaties, and United Nations.
European Union Internet Resources
Maintained by University of California Berkeley.
European Union Research Guide
The Duke Law Library collects both primary and secondary materials about the European Union. These materials are accessible through the online catalog.
Foreign and Comparative Law Guides
LLRX is a depository of research guides for topics such as immigration law, Islamic law, refugee law, parliamentary procedure, and cultural property.
Foreign Law Guide
Great background information into every country's history and legal system. Also listed in the Country-by-Country Guide above. FLG is a comprehensive list of primary and secondary sources in print and on the Internet. This is the electronic version of Foreign Law: Current Sources of Codes and Basic Legislation in Jurisdictions of the World - Z675.L2 A23 no. 33 - L1 - F/I Reference - (*database available via Yale network only)
Guide to Foreign and Comparative Law Research at Yale
This document outlines the best approach to starting your foreign law research at Yale; it provides links to the most commonly used and best resources available, many of which are listed elsewhere on this web page.
ICC -- Article 98 Research Guide
This guide lists the Article 98 agreements published in Treaties in Force and any additional agreements posted to the most recent edition of Treaty Actions. The full-text agreements are from the U.S. Dept. of State's Reporting International Agreements to Congress under Case Act website. They are listed alphabetically by country; all documents are in pdf format
International and Foreign Law Research Guides (GlobaLex)
Research guides on a variety of countries and international topics.
International and Foreign Law Research Guides (LLRX)
Research guides on a variety of countries and international topics.
International Comparative Legal Guides
The ICLG series provides current and practical comparative legal information on a range of practice areas. Selective contents are free upon registration.
International Research Guides
GlobaLex at NYU - Many research guides on different aspects of international law research
Latin American Collection
Guide to the Latin American Collection at Yale University; the Subject Guides are especially helpful
Research Guide on International Tax Law
"This research guide, based on International Tax Law: A Legal Research Guide (Buffalo: Hein, 2011) by Christopher C. Dykes, is designed to provide a starting point for those interested in international tax research. This guide will focus on international tax law from the global perspective, but will also list information and sources for those interested in U.S. international taxation. This research guide will also discuss model income tax conventions, tax treaties, customary international law, and general principles of law. Secondary sources such as selected treatises, practice guides, and journals as well as online sources and research guides will also be covered." - from the guide's introduction
Tax Research -- Foreign and International
Yale's guide to locating relevant print and electronic, foreign and international tax research resources.
United Nations Resources and Research Tools
Not your ordinary guide; nice chart with searching hints and tools tailored to specific research needs (also available in pdf).
Africa Action
The oldest human rights organization focused exclusively on Africa. Find a variety of documents and positions papers from the oldest organization in the U.S. working on African affairs whose mission is to change U.S.-Africa relations to promote political, economic and social justice in Africa.
African Human Rights Resource Center
Find African human rights instruments and related documents from the University of Minnesota Human Rights library
African International Courts and Tribunals
For each international court or tribunal substantially touching Africa, find an overview of the court, any recent news, the basic documents, a selected bibliography, biographies of its judges, and related jurisprudence from member states
African Legal Affairs
This website is maintained by the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (Organisation pour l'Harmonisation en Afrique du Droit des Affaires -- OHADA). It features OHADA's activities as well as provides documentation on this issue. This website is in French (English version is under construction).
African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States
Reports on the work of the ICP, including treaties and agreements
AllAfrica.com
News from a variety of African countries and sources - Yale access via Westlaw
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
COMESA aims to turn Eastern and Southern Africa into a "fully integrated, internationally competitive regional economic community with high standards of living for all its people ready to merge into an African Economic Community"
Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Find the TRC final and popular reports, images, video testimony, national vision for Sierra Leone, research data, legal resources, bibliography, and extensive links.
vLex Global
World-wide legal database containing legislation, jurisprudence, commentary, forms, legal news, and more from many countries (extensiveness of each collection varies) including Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Chile (Search in English or the vernacular; materials in the vernacular with some translation capabilities) (Yale access only).
- Multijurisdictional
- Treaties
- United Nations
- International Tribunals
- Human Rights
- Environment & Energy
- Business, Investment, Labor, Trade & Tax
- Regional Harmonization
American Foreign Relations since 1600
32 chronologically organized chapters that combine bibliographies, biographies, and analysis written by scholars in the field, and conclude with examinations of every part of the world or nation addressed by the United States during that period; includes 18,000+ primary and secondary sources that cover the breadth of American history from the 17th century to the present.
Avalon Project
A Yale-based project to provide documents in law, history and diplomacy back to the 18th century and earlier.
Biblioteca Jurídica Virtual
Created by the Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), this virtual library contains over 35 online, full-text foreign and international journals, including several indexed in IFLP.
Digest of United States Practice in International Law
A record of the views and practice of the Government of the United States in public and private international law compiled by the U.S. Department of State
EISIL
American Society of International Law's (ASIL) Electronic Information System for International Law is a comprehensive database for primary documents, websites, and research guides - a great first-stop for finding international agreements; search by title, subject, keyword // has a human rights section
International Law in U.S. Courts (i.lex)
Select U.S. court cases and related materials designed to serve as a practical resource for the judiciary and other legal professionals to identify and understand how international law is interpreted and applied by U.S. courts at both the federal and state level
International Law Video Library
An interactive library of video clips of well-known persons discussing various topics in international law; you can also visit sites of importance to the study of international law
International Legal Materials
Search ASIL's compilation of international laws, treaties, decisions, and declarations on Westlaw (database: ILM), Lexis (file-name: ILM), and HeinOnline. American Society of International Law, Washington, DC, 1962-Present.
Kluwer Law International Journals
A variety of business, arbitration, environmental, tax, and trade law titles (Yale access only).
Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International law
A pre-eminent and comprehensive work covering the central and essential topics in international law.*
For Islamic Law reference tools, see International law, Regional developments: Islam, by Mohammad Fadel.
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
Searchable library catalogue and articles database; full-text Yearbook of United Nations Law (Vol.1 1997-current); many full-text articles in the Electronic Journals Library
Oxford Reports on International Law: ORIL
Oxford Reports on International Law is intended to be a single point of reference for all international law jurisprudence, providing serious researchers access to the widest possible range of international law jurisprudence. All reported decisions have a headnote, the full text of the decision, and are linked to the Oxford Law Citator. We subscribe to all five modules: International Courts of General Jurisdiction, International Criminal Law, International Human Rights Law, International Investment Claims, and International Law in Domestic Courts.
Peace Palace Library
At the Hague, this library is one of the greatest resources for international law; search their catalogue, receive alerts of new titles and articles, find RSS feeds, ask-a-librarian, search for electronic newspapers, read the international law blog, find EU commercial law cases, and review up-to-date bibliographies on topics such as Terrorism and International Law, Water Resources and International Law, International Criminal Law, World Trade Organization, Sports Law, The Philosophy of Law, International Humanitarian Law, International Investment Law, and The Cultural Heritage of Mankind
Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS)
Index to economic, political, and social issues; 1600 periodicals and journals, books, directories, reports, government documents; Yale Links connects to some full-text - Yale access only
Recueil de Cours / Collected Courses
Since 1923 The Hague Academy of International Law organizes Collected Courses, prestigious post-university summer courses in private and public international law; the courses are published in the book series "The Hague Academy Collected Courses", now comprising over 320 volumes, online, and searchable; also in print - KZ 3092 .R43
B'tselem Information Sheets
Monthly B’tselem bulletin of the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories; website includes other publications
Courier
World politics and international relations; published quarterly by the Stanley Foundation, whose website contains many more on-line, open-access publications.
Forum
Quarterly newsletter of the Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries, Iran & Turkey, "an independent regional network of economists, policymakers, and business"
Human Rights Watch
NGO - Publications include an annual world report and other reports by theme and region; reports on country conditions; most available on line as well
Novedades
This monthly publication by the National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade compliments our InterAm database
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
This Brazilian law firm's Legal Letter contains updates on Brazilian legislation and business practices; this and other publications available in the firm's virtual library; website also in English.
Policy Dialogue Brief
"Critical thinking from Stanley Foundation conferences;" published irregularly by the Stanley Foundation, whose website contains many more on-line, open-access publications; world politics
The United States Institute of Peace Journal
USIP is "an independent institution established by Congress to strengthen the nation's capacity to promote peaceful resolution of international conflicts;" the print journal we have was published six times per year from 1990 - 1994; it is not available on-line. The USIP website includes many more on-line, open access journals
WTO Press Releases
Irregularly published news releases by the WTO, whose website contains WTO documents and many more on-line, open-access WTO publications
CISG and International Commercial Law Database
The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) is the uniform international sales law of countries that account for two-thirds of all world trade. As a service to the world trade community, the Pace University School of Law offers an annotated electronic library on the CISG on the World-Wide Web.
Global Arbitration Review
One of the leading sources of information for international arbitration professionals, our subscription includes access to the digital GAR journal; the GAR website also provides news, surveys, and interviews (Yale network access only).
Keesing's
Keesing's was founded in 1931 with the intention of creating a lasting archive of original, accurate, and objective articles on the world's political, social, and economic events. Our team of experienced news writers and editors (based in Cambridge, UK) create a series of concise, clear articles which we publish every month, providing our readers with a digestible but detailed summary of global news.
Kluwer Arbitration
Kluwer Arbitration offers worldwide coverage of commercial and investment arbitration; includes case law, commentary, conventions, legislation and rules.
Transnational Dispute Management
TDM is an international commercial arbitration legal and regulatory journal (articles, studies, newsletter) and database (Knowledgebank - modern energy laws, arbitral awards, treaties, voluntary guidelines). You can also join the OGEMID (oil, gas, energy, mining, infrastructure) listserv and browse its archives.*
World News Connection
Monitor non-U.S. media sources; material provided to the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) by the Open Source Center (OSC); analysts from OSC domestic and overseas bureaus monitor timely and pertinent open-source materials - Yale access only
