Resources on International Law

Author(s): EDWARD GROSEK and MARK HAMILTON

Source: GP, Solo & Small Firm Lawyer, Vol. 16, No. 7, Beyond the Border
(October/November 1999), pp. 45-46
Published by: American Bar Association
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 Resources on International Law
BY EDWARD
EDWARD GROSEK
GROSEK AND
AND MARK
MARK HAMILTON
International and comparative law encompassForeign Law Collections is described, with links to official documents, confer

www.law.upenn.edu/library/indb7a.htm
large arenas: international agreements made between ences, and press releases. Also search for reports and
Links to texts of 123 nations' constitutions, most of speeches, by topic New Haven, CT: Yale University
or among nations and intergovernmental organiza
which are displayed in one frame so that searches
tions; constitutions, statutes, case reports, regulations, Library and Social Science Statistical Laboratory.

and declarations of foreign nations; descriptions are

of efficient Philadelphia, PA: University of Penn

countries' criminal justice systems and trade andsylvania

taxa Law School, Biddle Law Library. Internet Resources, Associations, Institutes
tion practices; and official documents, charters, and Academic Council on the United Nations System
resolutions of intergovernmental organizations. Himtan Rights Treaties and Other Instruments www.yale.edu/acuns/index.hmil
The following collections of international lawwww.umn.edu/humanrts'treatiesJitm Links to texts of UN documents, records, reports,
Links to texts of 135 conventions, declarations, and
materials include Internet directories of linls to myri charters, and conventions, as well as to multilateral

ad legal documents maintained by univeraties and

charters on human rights (i.e., the rights of women, treaties among nations; copies of Council newsletters

indigenous peoples, etc.); includes OAU, OAS, and

legal associations and institutes; law school libraries and topic papers. New Haven, CT: Yale University,

that acquire large holdings of foreign law materialsCE conventions. Minneapolis/St Paul, MN: Univer Yale Center for International and Area Studies.
and

sity of Minnesota, Human Rights Library.

intergovernmental organizations' publications; and
contact information for associations and iastitutes. Australian Legal Injbrnuttion Institute
Inteniatioiuil Inter-Governmental Organizations www.ausdii.edu.au/
Internet Resources, Universities Webpage Finder Torts of regulations, court cases, consolidated acts,

Avalon Project Documents, Alphabetic www.libsci.sc.edu/boh/IGOs.htm and commission decisions of Australia's states and

Author/Title List Links to webpages of the United Nations, UN com territories, plus texts of Australia's treaties and
www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/alfalisthtm missions and institutes, interstate and commodity reports on industrial issues. Sydney, Australia: Aus
Texts of documents, charters, treaties, declarations,
organizations, etc., with links to official documents. tralian Legal Information Institute.

Columbus, SC: University of South Carolina.

speeches, and reports from pre-eighteenth century
to the present and relevant to the fields of law. New Europa
Haven, CT: Yale Law School. lntenuitiotuil Trade/Conmtercial Law europa.eu.int/index-en.htm
Monitor: Interiuitional Trade Instnnnents The EUs homepage, with links to its Official Journal <f

Foreign and International Law www.jus.uio.no/lm/toc/x.OO-lm.chronological.html the European Conmnaiities, treaties, case law. Brussels,
www.washlaw.edu/forint/forintmain.html Links to texts of trade treaties and model trade laws: Belgium: European Unioa

current WIPO draft treaties, European contract

Links to sources for foreign nations' commercial

law agreements, NAFTA UNCI 1KAL model

laws, constitutions, and statutes and to descriptions Hieros Gamos: Guide to International Law

of their governments, political systems, courts, laws,

and Patents Cooperation Treaty, etc. Tromso, www.hg.org/hg.html

legislative bodies. Topeka, KS: Washburn Universi

Norway: University of Tromse. Links to texts of treaties, UN records and docu

ty School of Law. ments, work of international organizations, and

Law by Global Source select journals on global issues; plus a guide to

Foreign and International Law Links www.law.cornell.edu/world/ working with intellectual property and litigation.
www.law.indiana.edu/law/v-bh/Tawindex.html (click
Links to texts of foreign nations' statutes and judi Houston, TX: Lex Mundi Association of Indepen
on "foreign and international law"). cial opinions, international trade law materials, dent Law Firms.

treaties, and decisions of the International Court of

Alphabetized links to other international law infor
Justice. Ithaca, NY: Cornell Law School, Legal
mation: gay law, family courts, patent offices, trade Information Resources on International Law
Information Institute.
law boards, intellectual property, bar associations, www.asil.org/infoJitm

liability, divorce law, and more. Bloomington, IN: Links to general sources of international law

Indiana University School of Law Library. Multilaterals Project (treaties, interstate organizations, and law institutes),
www.tufts.edu/fletcher/multilaterals.html Internet resources on issues like economic law, and
Links to texts of multilateral treaties from 1648 to essays by international law experts. Washington,

the present, accessible chronologically or by broad DC: American Society of International Law.
Edward Grosek is an assistant ptvfessor in charge
of United Nations' and other international topic
orgacategory. Medford, MA Fletcher School of
nizations'' publications at Northern IllinoisLaw and Diplomacy.
Uni International Labor Organization
versity in DeKalb, Illinois. He can be reached by www.ilo.org/ (click on "ILO Conventions")
e-mail at c60esgl@corn.cso.niu.edu. Mark
UN Scholars' Workstation at Yale University Texts of all 182 (as of June 1999) International Labor
Hamilton is a j57 Technical Assistant in the Gov
www.library.yale.edu/un/index.html (scroll to Organization conventions, including under forced and
ernment Publications Department at Northern
research superseded agreements. Geneva, Switzerland: Interna
Illinois University Libraries. He can be reached by approaches to UN information).
e-mail at c60mdhl@corn.cso.niu.eda A guide to UN information in which each UN organ tional Labor Office.

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 Resources on International Law
Columbia University School of Law Library Tulane University Law School Library
(Continued from page 45) 435 West 116th Street, New York, NY 10027 6329 Freret Street, New Orleans, LA 70118-5600
International Law Topic Area Acquires UN, ICJ, GATTAVTO, Council of
Depository for UN documents; acquires ICJ, UNC
www.lectlaw.com/tinthtm TAD, ILO, and Economic Commission publications.
Europe, EU, NATO, OAS, and OECD publications.
Divided into world arenas (Western Hemisphere,
Asia and Oceania, Middle East, etc.); each has links University School of Law Library
Fordbam Washington and Lee University School of Law
140ofWest 62nd Street, New York, NY 10023
to summaries of national laws and descriptions Library
Acquires
national criminal justice systems. San Francisco, CA: UN, ICJ, EU, and European, African, Wilbur Hall, Lexington, VA 24450

International Association of Independent LawColombian,

Firms.
Lauterpacht Research Centre for
International Law
www.law.cam.ac.uk/rcil/treaties.htm
Texts of intergovernmental agreements underlying
Singaporean, iMalaysian, and Swiss
national publications.
University of Georgia School of Law Library
225 Herty Drive, Athens, Georgia 30602-6018
Acquires UN, ICJ, UNCTAD, ILO, FAO,
Acquires UNEP, UN, UNCTAD, UNIDO, ILO,
FAO, EU, UNESCO, WHO, GATTAVTO,
Council of Europe, OAS, ICJ, IMF, Canadian
national and Economic Commission publications.
Associations and Institutes

the issue of state responsibility for internationally
wrongful acts (one of Lauterpacht's special con
cerns). Cambridge, England; Lauterpacht Research
Centre for International Law.
NATO Basic Texts
www.nato.int/docu/basics.htm
NATO's website has links to the texts of the Treaty Council of Europe, OAS, ICJ, IMF, and European
UNESCO, WHO, WMO, IMF, GATTAVTO,
ABA Section of International Law and Practice
Council of Europe, EU, OAS, OECD publications.
www.abanet.org/"ndaw/homeiitml
Broad subdivisions of law (like public international
Harvard University Law School Library law); maintains more than 60 committees on specif
1545 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
ic law concerns (such as Eastern European law).
A depository for EU documents; acquires UN,
UNCTAD, ILO, WHO, IBRD, GATTAVTO, American Foreign Law Association
645 Madison Ave., 17th floor, New York, NY 10022

and to 12 supplementary agreements and protocols.and Canadian national publications. Attorneys, jurists, and law professors who work with

Brussels, Belgium: North Atlantic Treaty Organiza global legal issues; has registered nongovernmental
tion Headquarters. Indiana University School of Law Library organization status with the UN; sponsors interna
735 West New York Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202
tional law weekends and projects.
Texts of Treaties Administered by WlPO A depository for UN and OAS documents; acquires
www.wipo.org/eng/iplex UNCTAD, ILO, FAO, GATT/WTO, Council British
of Institute of International & Comparative Law
Texts of multilateral agreements protecting inven Europe, OECD, UNIDO, European national pub
17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR, England
tions, trademarks, integrated circuit designs, and lit lications, and Economic Commission publications.
Meetings, publications, and analysis and training
erary, musical, and artistic copyrights, administered programs, to familiarize lawyers with other countries'
by WIPO. Geneva, Switzerland: World Intellectual University of Iowa College of Law Library legal systems (particularly the European Union).
Property Organization. 276 Boyd Law Building, Iowa City, 1A 52242
Acquires UN, ICJ, GATT/WTO, Council of Hague Conference on Private Intenwtional Law
Law School Libraries Europe, OAS, EU, and European and Canadian 6 Scheveningseweg, NL-2 517 KT, The Hague,
California Western School of Law Library national publications. Netherlands

225 Cedar Street, San Diego, CA 92101 Works for global unification of private international
Acquires UN, ICJ, ILO, GATTAVTO, CouncilNew
of York University School of Law Library law; sponsors intergovernmental conferences on spe
Europe, Asian and European national publications.
40 Washington Sq. South, New York, NY 10012 cific issues (i.e. family law), drafts treaties on those
A depository for EU and GATTAVTO docu issues, then monitors compliance with the treaties.
Case Western Reserve ments; acquires UN, UNCTAD, ILO, IBRD,
University School of Law Library International Law A'ssociation
IAEA, Council of Europe, OAS, OECD, ICJ, L\1F,
11075 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44106 European, Mexican, South American, Central www.ila-hq.org/
Acquires ICJ, Council of Europe, EU, European, American, and Canadian national publications. Lawyers and representatives from 85 countries,
Canadian, Mexican, Caribbean national publications. active in shipping and banking industries; maintains
University of Pennsylvania interest groups on civil rights issues like extradition..

Chicago-Kent College of BiddJe Law Library

Law International Relations Library 3460 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104-3406 Interiuitioiuil Law Institute
565 West Adams Street, Chicago, IL 60661-3691A depository for EU, UN, GATT/WTO, and www.ili.org/
Depository for UN, EU, FAO, ILO, GATT/WTO
OECD documents; acquires Council of Europe,Programs for research and training on legal aspects
and WHO documents; acquires UNCTAD, IMF,ICJ, ILO, UNCTAD, and Asian and Canadian of international business transactions.
IBRD, OECD, UNESCO, WIPO, IAEA, Council
national publications.
of Europe, OAS, UNIDO, WMO, yearbooks ofTemple University School of Law Library World Jurist Association

international law from select foreign nations, and 1719 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122
www.wja-wpdc.org/
Canadian national publications. Acquires UN, ICJ, EU, ILO, OECD, and African
Judges, law professors, jurists, and lawyers from 140

and European national publications. countries, who study each other's legal systems.

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