1. Global Legal Research, Part II Lyonette Louis-Jacques Foreign and International Law Librarian and Lecturer in Law D’Angelo Law Library, University of Chicago Law School November 8, 2011

2.  “Foreign” law  Civil law / Common law  Muslim law / Customary law/ Mixed legal systemsMixed legal systems  Comparative law  “International” Law  Public international law  Private international law World legal systems

3. Foreign & International Law: Major Databases

4. LexisNexis

5. LexisNexis: International Law

6. LexisNexis: China Law Database

7. LexisNexis: Russia (Garant) & Israel

8. Westlaw & WestlawNext

9.  International/Non- U.S. law journals  Foreign and International Law Resources Database (FILRD)  Israel Law Reports/Israel Law Review  United Nations Law Collection (U.N.T.S., L.N.T.S.)  Treaties and Agreements Library (U.S.T., I.L.M., TIAS)  World Constitutions Illustrated HeinOnline

10. HeinOnline: Treaties

11. HeinOnline: Constitutions

12. International Law Reports (Justis)

13. Oxford Reports on International Law

14. vLex Global (134 jurisdictions!)

15. Foreign & International Law: Free Websites

16. Legifrance

17. French codes in English translation

18. German Law Archive (iuscomp)

19. UN Treaty Collection

20. UN Resolutions/Documents

21. Official Document System (UN)

22. AVL (UN International Law Library)

23. Eur-Lex (European Union Law)

24. WTO Documents Online

25. World Legal Information Institute

26. Foreign & International Law: Research Aids & Citation Tools

27. Foreign Law Guide (Reynolds/Flores)

28. Globalex

29. The Bluebook: Foreign/International

30. International Comparative Legal Guide

31. International Encyclopaedia of Laws

32. Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations

33. ASIL Electronic Resource Guide

34. Peace Palace Library

35. Books & Journal Articles  Law Journals Law Journals  WL/WLNext TP-ALL, JLR  LexisNexis journals  Non-Law Journals Non-Law Journals  JSTOR  Articles Plus  Google Scholar Google Scholar  Books  Google Books Google Books  Google Web Google Web  Open WorldCat Open WorldCat  Max Planck EPIL Max Planck EPIL  Parry & Grant IL Dictionary Parry & Grant IL Dictionary IL Research Nutshell Some research tips

36. Questions? Don’t forget to: Ask-A-Law-Librarian! Lyonette Louis-Jacques Foreign and International Law Librarian and Lecturer in Law llou@uchicago.edu