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Global Legal Research, Part II Lyonette Louis-Jacques Foreign and International Law Librarian and Lecturer in Law D’Angelo Law Library, University of Chicago Law School November 8, 2011 World legal systems “Foreign” law Civil law / Common law Muslim law / Customary law/ Mixed legal systems Comparative law “International” Law Public international law Private international law Foreign & International Law: Major Databases LexisNexis LexisNexis: International Law LexisNexis: China Law Database LexisNexis: Russia (Garant) & Israel Westlaw & WestlawNext HeinOnline International/NonU.S. law journals Foreign and International Law Resources Database (FILRD) Israel Law Reports/Israel Law Review United Nations Law Collection (U.N.T.S., L.N.T.S.) Treaties and Agreements Library (U.S.T., I.L.M., TIAS) World Constitutions Illustrated HeinOnline: Treaties HeinOnline: Constitutions International Law Reports (Justis) Oxford Reports on International Law vLex Global (134 jurisdictions!) Foreign & International Law: Free Websites Legifrance French codes in English translation German Law Archive (iuscomp) UN Treaty Collection UN Resolutions/Documents Official Document System (UN) AVL (UN International Law Library) Eur-Lex (European Union Law) WTO Documents Online World Legal Information Institute Foreign & International Law: Research Aids & Citation Tools Foreign Law Guide (Reynolds/Flores) Globalex The Bluebook: Foreign/International International Comparative Legal Guide International Encyclopaedia of Laws Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations ASIL Electronic Resource Guide Peace Palace Library Some research tips Books & Journal Articles Law Journals WL/WLNext TP-ALL, JLR LexisNexis journals Non-Law Journals JSTOR Articles Plus Google Scholar Books Google Books Google Web Open WorldCat Max Planck EPIL Parry & Grant IL Dictionary IL Research Nutshell Questions? Don’t forget to: Ask-A-Law-Librarian! Lyonette Louis-Jacques Foreign and International Law Librarian and Lecturer in Law [email protected]