International and Comparative Law Research Sources

Research Guides

Compiled by Warren E. Burger Law Library staff, these guides will assist your research in international Law.

International Law Library Research Guides

Subscription Databases

BNA

• International Business & Finance Daily
• International Environment Daily
• International Environment Reporter
• International Tax Monitor
• International Trade Daily
• International Trade Reporter
• WTO Reporter

Westlaw

• American Society of International Law (ASIL)
  Combined Treaties (CMB-TREATIES)
  International Legal Materials (ILM)
  International Treatises & Forms (INT-TF)
• International/Worldwide materials directory
• International Law topical directory
• International Law Practice Areas directory

Lexis

• International Law search by sources (which you can also add as a tab):

HeinOnline

• Foreign and International Law Resources database
• Philip C. Jessup Library
• Treaties and Agreements Library
• World Trials Library

Practice Aids

(especially in print)

• A treatise on international law, by William Edward Hall
• Digest of United States practice in international law
• International law : norms, actors, process : a problem-oriented approach, by Jeffrey L. Dunoff, Steven R. Ratner, David Wippman
• Careers in international law: a guide to career paths and internships in international law
• Guide to international legal research
• Accidental tourist on the new frontier: a introductory guide to global legal research, edited by Jeanne Rehberg & Radu D. Popa

Search Library Subject Headings

• International Law
• Comparative Law

Blogs

• OpinioJuris
• Harvard’s International Law Blog
• Georgetown University: Exploring International Law, edited by Professor Anthony Clark Arend, director of the Institute for International Law and Politics
• Law Librarian Blog: International Law
• intlawgrrls.blogspot.com The contributors are a number of female (mostly law school) professors around the world.
• Transnational Law Blog
• Global Voice