Ressources juridiques anglo

Transcript Ressources juridiques anglo

International law resources at the BFD

Geneva academy of international humanitarian law and human rights September 28th and October 1st, 2009

Program

 Tools of the UNIGE libraries  Official websites in international law  International law resources at the BFD  General databases  Visit of the BFD International law resources at BFD 29.9.2009, 1.10.2009

Websites

 BFD website – www.unige.ch/biblio/droit (French only)  Dedicated webpage – www.unige.ch/biblio/droit/adh2009_en.html

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Réro and Geneva catalogs

Catalogs at two different levels

 Réro catalog – opac.rero.ch/gateway?lng=en – Most of academic libraries in Western Switzerland (universities, BCUs, BPUs)  Geneva catalog – opac.rero.ch/gateway?skin=ge&lng=en – Part of réro, only for Geneva libraries – UNIGE, BGE but not the city's and international organisations' libraries 29.9.2009, 1.10.2009

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Search

  Identical in both catalogs Of a known reference –

Browse an index

: Author or Title  For documents about a subject – –

Quick search

: Google-like (!! Non-pertinent results !!)

Advanced

by keyword

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Documents' localisation

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Items

– Only in Geneva catalog –

Location

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Call number

the shelves = where the document is found on –

Status

= availablity of the document International law resources at BFD 29.9.2009, 1.10.2009

Other tools

 Interlibrary loan – With réro libraries or other  Patron folder – To renew loans 29.9.2009, 1.10.2009

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Other tools of the UNIGE libraries

Databases directory

 http://www.unige.ch/biblio/plus/ressources/rep2.php

(only in French)  300 databases, in all disciplines – ~30 legal ones  150 online dictionaries and encyclopedias – 5 legal ones  Search database name, keyword or by library – !! No search IN databases !!

– → Important to select the good one(s) 29.9.2009, 1.10.2009

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A-Z e-Journals list

 http://resolver.rero.ch/unige/az  More than 30'000 e-journals (all disciplines) – More than 2000 legal ones  Search by title words – !! No search IN journals !!

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VPN (Virtual Private Network) software

 Download on the Informatics Division website ( – www.unige.ch/dinf

Services aux étudiants

- French only) – – –

Catalogue de services Accès aux réseaux Travailler à distance

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Official websites in international law

Treaties

United Nations Treaty Collection

 Treaties registred with the United Nations Secretary-General  Paper version at the BFD : D 3 b TRSU (1946-1983)  Online (1946-) : treaties.un.org

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Search

 Select UNTS database  Search by – Name of the treaty – Words of the title – Participant – Full-text 29.9.2009, 1.10.2009

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Jurisprudence of international courts

International Court of Justice

     Paper version at the BFD : D 4 d CIJ/A (1947-) Jurisprudence on the ICJ website ( www.icj-cij.org

) – > Cases > List of All Cases All cases since 1946, with a lot of related documents Chronological search only In Westlaw International too (1957-) – International/Worldwide Materials > Multi-National Materials > Court & Tribunal Cases International law resources at BFD 29.9.2009, 1.10.2009

European Court of Human Rights

   Paper version at the BFD : D 18.2 d READ (1961-) Jurisprudence on the ECHR website ( www.echr.coe.int

) – > Case-Law > HUDOC Search through the search engine only – Text – Respondent State – Application Number – Article of the Convention – Date – Keywords 29.9.2009, 1.10.2009

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International Criminal Court

 Jurisprudence on the ICC website ( www.icc cpi.int

) – > Situations and cases > Cases  Search by country only  Lots of procedure documents International law resources at BFD 29.9.2009, 1.10.2009

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

 Jurisprudence on the ICTY website ( www.icty.org/ ) – > the Cases   Search by

Accused name

– For pending cases included or (indictements, transcripts, etc.)

Case number

Cases-law and lots of related documents  In Westlaw International too (1995-) – International/Worldwide Materials > Multi-National Materials > Court & Tribunal Cases 29.9.2009, 1.10.2009

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International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

 Jurisprudence on the ICTR website ( www.ictr.org

) – > Cases > Status of Cases   Search by accused name only Cases-law and lots of related documents (indictements, transcripts, etc.) – For pending cases included  In Westlaw International too (1995-) – International/Worldwide Materials > Multi-National Materials > Court & Tribunal Cases 29.9.2009, 1.10.2009

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Special Court for Sierra Leone

 Jurisprudence on the SCSL website ( www.sc-sl.org

) – > Cases  Search by case name only  Cases-law and lots of related documents (indictements, transcripts, etc.) – For pending cases included 29.9.2009, 1.10.2009

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International law databases

Collected Courses of the Hague Academy of International Law

http://www.nijhoffonline.nl/pages/recueil-courses Access limited to UNIGE

Content

 Paper version at the BFD : D 9 f RECO  Online version identical to it  Documents on specific themes in international law

 Warning : UNIGE has no subscription to International Law and Human Rights and Humanitarian Law series 29.9.2009, 1.10.2009

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Browse

– Author – Date – Title 

Advanced search

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Results

 On the left, possibilty to refine results  PDF documents only => no way to browse search terms  Print and download in Acrobat Reader 29.9.2009, 1.10.2009

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International Law Reports

http://www.justis.com/ Access limited to UNIGE

Content

 Print version at BFD : D 4 d LAUT  Online version identical to the print one  Jurisprudence, in English, of national tribunals relative to international law

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Search

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Search In

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Parties Full-text Citation Court Year Subject Headnote

Cases

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Browse

– By year 29.9.2009, 1.10.2009

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Boolean operators and wildcards

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 Print, send by e-mail and download with buttons in the upper left corner

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International Law in Domestic Courts

http://www.oxfordlawreports.com/ Access with a password

Content

 Warning : Subscription only to

International Law Reports

 Selected domestic cases concerning international law  Original text with English translation and commentary International law resources at BFD 29.9.2009, 1.10.2009

Search

 Browse by country (homepage) 

Advanded search

, with combinable fields – In full-text – Limited to a subject – By country – By party name – By date International law resources at BFD 29.9.2009, 1.10.2009

Results

 Table of contents in the left column  Case references in upper box  Print options at the start of page

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Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals

http://www.annotatedleadingcases.com/ Access with a password

Content

 Print version : D 19.1 d ANLC 1999/...  Online version identical to the print one  Commentary of the more pertinent cases judged in International Criminal Tribunals International law resources at BFD 29.9.2009, 1.10.2009

Search

 Search by – Court (browsing possible) – Case number – Name of the accused (browsing possible) – Volume (browsing possible) – Author (browsing possible) – Keyword – Date – Full-text  Fields can be combined 29.9.2009, 1.10.2009

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Results

 Possibility to refine the search in the left column  Links to related documents  Print and download options in Acrobat Reader International law resources at BFD 29.9.2009, 1.10.2009

Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law

http://www.mpepil.com/ Accès par mot de passe

Content

 Print version at BFD : D 1 a ENPI 1992  Online : updated version of the print one, but still in development  Definitions of terms and concepts in international public law International law resources at BFD 29.9.2009, 1.10.2009

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 By index – Title (

Alphabetically

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by Subject

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by Author

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Results

 Articles in HTML – With links to other articles in the MPEPIL – Print option in upper left corner

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General databases

LexisNexis University

www.lexisnexis.de/e-solutions/KSH/en/index.html

Access limited to UNIGE

Legal content

 American legisation and jurisprudence  British legisation and jurisprudence  Legal journals ("law reviews")  Legal documents of a few other countries – South Africa, Argentina, Australia, Brunei, Canada, China and Hong Kong, Scotland, France, Hungary, India, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Italia, Malaysia, Mexico, New-Zealand, Russia, Singapore, European Union 29.9.2009, 1.10.2009

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 5 thumbnails – >

Legal Information

 3 search modes –

General Search

 All types of documents –

Law Journals

 Only "law reviews" –

Get a Case

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Law Journals

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Enter Search Terms

boolean operators : keywords with – By default, operator is "or" 

Select Sources

–  : sources to search in lists the journals – Most complete : US and International Law Reviews & Journals 

Specify Date

: to limit the search in time (publication time) 29.9.2009, 1.10.2009

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exact phrase

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Results

  Button

Hits

to browse search terms Page numbers not always present – >

[*xxx]

if available  Options –

Show

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Sort

: by date or relevance

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Westlaw International

Dynamic URL, use a link Access limited to UNIGE

Legal content

 American legislation and jurisprudence  British legislation and jurisprudence  Legal journals ("law reviews")  Documents in international arbitration law  Legal documents of other countries – Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, European Union International law resources at BFD 29.9.2009, 1.10.2009

Search

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International Directory

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World Journals and Law Reviews

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Terms and connectors

: keywords with boolean operators –

Natural language

: question or text in "human language" -> less effective International law resources at BFD 29.9.2009, 1.10.2009

Terms and connectors

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Search

: keywords 

Dates

to limit the search in time 

Fields

to look for keywords in a specific field

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Boolean operators, wildcards and limitation by field 60

  Boolean operators are listed under the search field –

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: replace a single character : replace any number of characters, only at the end of words Limitation by field –

TI(y)

: title –

AU(y)

: author –

PR(y)

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Thesaurus

 To add synonyms of search terms

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Results

    Browse the search terms with the arrows under the document Page numbers are shown with * – Ex:

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Options – –

Result list Related info

article – –

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: other useful documents related to the selected : modify search

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HeinOnline

www.heinonline.org

Access with a password

Legal content

 American legislation  British legislation and jurisprudence  Legal journals ("law reviews")  International law periodicals 29.9.2009, 1.10.2009

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Law Journal Library

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Foreign & International Law Resources Database

– Browse by title –

Search > Field Search

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Field search for

: keywords 

Subject OR [Journals]

: limit to a subject or a journal 

Date

: limit by date 29.9.2009, 1.10.2009

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Boolean operators and wildcards

 Help in

Search Tips

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NOT

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Results

 Browsing page by page  Access to the table of contents (thumbnail

Table of Contents

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Print Current section

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