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Reference Tools & Secondary Sources F Dictionaries, Citation Guides F Directories, Encyclopedias, Yearbooks F Research Guides & Bibliographies
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Bieber’s – legal abbreviations
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“Menz.”
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Noble’s – law reporters abbreviations
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“M.L.R.”
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Montreal law reports
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World Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations country-by-country especially helpful if reading many materials from a particular jurisdiction
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bundesgesetzblatt
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Directories An article refers to an organization as “ICCTA” - what is it?
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directory of 1000’s of international organizations
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Helpful Tools
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Reynolds & Flores
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Commercial laws of the middle east
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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!!
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New zealand law reports
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A couple of helpful resources….
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Restatement of the Law, 3rd on Foreign Relations
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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.
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Yearbooks of International Law
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Yearbook and international law
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International Legal Materials (I.L.M.)
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Excellent resource for timely access to full text of international agreements, domestic legislation, court decisions very selective often translated often w/ commentary
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Research Guides check Gavel Web law reviews library literature
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Research guides research* and human rights
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Research guides: on the Web (e.g., www.llrx.com)
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GlobaLex - at NYU's Global Law School Program
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Sample from GlobaLex guide to researching Dutch Law
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Research Guides: in law reviews
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Research guides: in library literature
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