Charles B. Sears Law Library
SUNY Buffalo
International Legal Research
Selected Sources
Online Catalogs
 BISON--UB Online Catalog
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/bison/
 WorldCat
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/lml/e-resources/worldcat.html
Periodical Indexes
 Legal Resource Index on LEXIS & Westlaw (LRI))
 Index to Legal Periodicals (also on LEXIS and Westlaw)
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/law/eresources/ilp.html
 Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/law/eresources/iflp.html
 Public International Law (Ref JZ5 P83)
 PAIS- Public Affairs Information Service (on Westlaw)
 Other relevant DIALOG databases on Westlaw
Other subscription databases
Click on “Databases by Subject” from Law Library homepage
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/subject.html
Consult databases listed under any relevant categories: Law &
Legal Studies, Political Science, Business, History, Women’s
Studies, etc.
LEXIS/Westlaw
Full text Law Reviews
Primary and Secondary sources
NEWS sources
Periodical Indexes
To find out if a source is included in LEXIS or Westlaw, use
LEXIS-NEXIS Searchable Directory of Online Sources
http://web.nexis.com/sources/
and
Westlaw Database List (IDEN) or Westlaw Find a Database Wizard
Internet
 ASIL guides http://www.asil.org/resource/home.htm
 LLRX Guides http://www.llrx.com/international_law.html
 Links from Law Library Homepage
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/law/remotesites/subject.html
 Google
http://www.google.com
 other search engines
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/search/searchint.html
 Websites of relevant IGOs
http://www.unsystem.org/
http://www.asil.org/resource/intorg1.htm
 Websites of relevant NGOs
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/lml/e-resources/galeassc.html
http://www.hurisearch.org/
http://www.hri.ca/organizations/
Treaty Sources
 UN Treaty Collection website (password required--see librarian)
http://untreaty.un.org/
 Other multinational treaty sources
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/law/guides_handouts/treaties1.html
 US Treaty sources (Treaties In Force…)
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/law/guides_handouts/ustreaties.html
 International Legal Materials (Ref JX68 I5)
also on LEXIS, Westlaw
 Subject treaty collections
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/law/guides_handouts/treaties2.html
Cases
 International Law Reports (INT 03.94 I63)
 LEXIS, Westlaw: US cases, foreign, international
 ASIL Guide: International Criminal Law
http://www.asil.org/resource/crim1.htm
 Specialized reporters and looseleaf services
 IGO websites
United Nations Sources
 Yearbook of the United Nations (Ref JX1977.A37 Y4)
 UN Website http://www.un.org
Including but not limited to:
Global issues on the UN Agenda
http://www.un.org/partners/civil_society/agenda.htm
International Law
http://www.un.org/law/index.html
 ASIL Guide: United Nations
 United Nations Scholars’ Workstaion
http://www.library.yale.edu/un/index.html
 Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements
(Ref KZ 4968 084 2003 )
Foreign and Comparative Law Sources
 Szladits' Bibliography on Foreign and Comparative Law (Ref K38
.B536)
Foreign law: Current Sources of Codes and Basic Legislation in
Jurisdictions of the World (Reynolds and Flores) (Ref K38 .R49 1989)
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/law/eresources/foreignlawguide.html
 Germain's Transnational Law Research: a Guide for Attorneys
(Ref 85 G471991)
 International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law (Ref K530 .I57 1973)
 Modern Legal Systems Cyclopedia (Ref K530 .M62 1984)
 Selected Websites
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/law/remotesites/foreign.html
including but not limited to:
Harvard: Foreign and International Law Resources
http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/ref/ils_ref/annotated/
Washburn: Foreign and International Law
http://www.washlaw.edu/forint/
Other Sources
 Encyclopedia of Public International Law (Ref JX1226 .E5 1992)
 Restatement (Third) of Foreign Relations Law (Reserve KF4651 .R47 1987)
(also on Westlaw)
 CIS Index (Ref Desk KF49 .C62)
also on Congressional Universe database
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/lml/e-resources/cis.html
also on LEXIS
 United States Digests of State Practice
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/law/guides_handouts/digests.html
*Be sure to consult footnotes, endnotes and bibliographies in sources located
for additional relevant materials.
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