1. Introduction to Foreign and International Legal Research Comparative and International Law (Walsh) April 2010 Mary Whisner

2. Overview Basic introduction – Foreign – International Research exercise due next week Want to learn more? E579 International and Foreign Law Research

3. Definitions Foreign Law Comparative Law International Law

4. Thoughts on Research Strategy Preliminary analysis Secondary sources Nonlegal materials Challenges

5. Research Guides Gallagher: http://lib.law.washington.edu/ref/fcil.html http://lib.law.washington.edu/ref/fcil.html ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources in International Law, http://www.asil.org/resource/home.htmhttp://www.asil.org/resource/home.htm Globalex (NYU), http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/ http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/

6. Overview of a Foreign Country’s System Modern Legal Systems Cyclopedia Foreign Law Guide – Gallagher > Find a Legal Database Martindale-Hubbell International Law Digest – Lexis > Legal > Find Laws by Country or Region > Search International Law Digests

7. Class exercise Use Foreign Law Guide and MH Int’l Law Digest Compare entries for South Africa – legal history, structure of govt? – info about taking depositions? – bankruptcy? – regulation of smoking?

8. Constitutions Constitutions of the Countries of the World Constitution Finder, U. Richmond, http://confinder.richmond.edu http://confinder.richmond.edu

9. Finding Foreign Legal Materials Online: Commercial LexisNexis Westlaw Other services

10. Finding Foreign Legal Materials Online Law Lib. Cong. Guide to Law Online, http://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide.php http://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide.php Globalex, http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex Class exercise: choose a country (Costa Rica, Israel, Sudan) and compare.

11. International Law Examples Public international law Private international law

12. Sources of International Law International conventions International custom, as evidence of a gen. practice accepted as law General principles of law recognized by civilized nations Judicial decisions and teachings of the most highly qualified publicists of the various nations

13. Piracy Books: library cataloglibrary catalog Articles: LegalTrac American Society of International Law, www.asil.org www.asil.org

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