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Bieber’s – legal abbreviations

“Menz.”

Noble’s – law reporters abbreviations

“M.L.R.”

Montreal law reports

World Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations country-by-country especially helpful if reading many materials from a particular jurisdiction

bundesgesetzblatt

Directories An article refers to an organization as “ICCTA” - what is it?

directory of 1000’s of international organizations

Helpful Tools

Reynolds & Flores

Commercial laws of the middle east

I’m looking for a case decided by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in New Zealand Where are their decisions reported? Does the Law Library have this set? Check GAVEL!!

New zealand law reports

A couple of helpful resources….

Restatement of the Law, 3rd on Foreign Relations

Hague Academy, Recueil des Cours or Collected Courses of the Hague Academy of International Law Location = Rusk Center Library in Rusk Hall “The best-know names in international law have taught at the Hague Academy of International Law. The Academy courses are collected in a publication, the Collected Courses, which appears in five to seven volumes per year.” Note: the courses are published in English and French Note: includes index volumes; also indexed in IFLP.

Yearbooks of International Law

Yearbook and international law

International Legal Materials (I.L.M.)

Excellent resource for timely access to full text of international agreements, domestic legislation, court decisions very selective often translated often w/ commentary

Research Guides check Gavel Web law reviews library literature

Research guides research* and human rights

Research guides: on the Web (e.g.,

GlobaLex - at NYU's Global Law School Program

Sample from GlobaLex guide to researching Dutch Law

Research Guides: in law reviews

Research guides: in library literature