AREA OF LAW BY TOPIC :  INTERNATIONAL  LAW  


Databases
Selection of databases providing access to materials on International Law
Treaties 
Fulltext access to international  treaties
Courts and Case Law
International Courts and Tribunals and case law
Legal Commentaries and Guides
Fulltext online materials 
Journals 
Specialist Journals dealing with international law 
United Nations
Access to UN organs and documentation
Reference Materials
Encyclopediae, dictionaries
 

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  • Avalon Project Yale Law School resource which contains digitised versions of current and historical documents relevant to American Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. Documents date from pre-18th century, and cover treaties, legislation, books
  • International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda This database provides access to over 1,800 documents from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). Included are cases, testimonies from expert witnesses and other ICTR publications
  • International Humanitarian Law.  Full text treaties and documents concerning international humanitarian law from the International Committee of the Red Cross. The 1949 Conventions and 1977 Protocols are included.
  • International Law Library - search across a wide variety of international legal documents, including case law, treaties, journals, declarations and decisions.
  • Nuremberg Trials Project: A Digital Document Collection. The Harvard Law School Library has approximately one million pages of documents relating to the trial of military and political leaders of Nazi Germany before the International Military Tribunal and to the twelve trials of other accused war criminals before the United States Nuremberg Military Tribunals
  • Official Documents of the United Nations including resolutions from the General Assembly and the Security Council
  • RefWorld Access is available via the Davis Law Library only. Provides access to a wide range of information on international and national law and practice; current country conditions from a variety of sources including governmental, intergovernmental, and non-governmental organizations; policy guidelines and manuals; as well as an extensive collection of bibliographic references and research contacts
  • EUROPA provides access to the websites of the European Commission ; the Council of the European Union ; the European Parliament including the daily Parliamentary agenda, the President's website
  • United Nations Treaty Collection 

Treaties Top of page

Courts and Case Law Top of page

Transnational Materials

Commentaries and Guides on International Law Top of page

See also:

  • Voyager there's a wealth of literature in the University Library system
  • The Davis holds a extensive selection of titles on International Law under the classification KC

Journals

There is an extensive range of legal journals and yearbooks devoted to International Law. Check on Voyager  to find the complete range held in hard copy in the Davis. Check also for other legal journal articles on the databases listed on our Legal Journals Articles page. 

United Nations Top of page

Reference Materials Top of page

  • Countries of the World - 13 years of world facts from the USA CIA World Factbooks,
    the United Nations Statistical Office,The Library of Congress Country Studies & other sources.
  • Online Legal Reference links to Davis page listing a variety of legal dictionaries
  • WorldLII World Legal Information Institute
  • World Maps

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Last updated: November 11, 2010