Legal Resources in the Library: How to Find Them, How to Use Them
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Legal resources in the Library: how to find them, how to use them Badia Fiesolana (Theatre), and ZOOM Wednesday 30 September 2020 1 Can’t I just Google it? • Why is it important to use the library catalogue and legal databases? • Information Literacy: ‘to know when and what information is needed; where and how to obtain that information; how to evaluate it critically and organise it once it is found; and how to use it in an ethical way.’* • Information is selective, organized, classified, cross-referenced * IFLA Media and Information Literacy Recommendations, 2011. 2 General starting points • Library catalogue to search books and journals on specific topics: keyword search, limit by format, modify and filter by language and time span. • Articles+ to search the contents of our e-journals and e-books • Publication Finder: to search all e-journals and e-books • Google Scholar for academic materials see instruction page for accessing it. • SSRN: working papers and articles on all areas of law 3 Catalogue and Articles +: author search 4 Catalogue and Articles+: keyword search 5 SSRN: Legal Scholarship Network search by author, title, keywords EUI Law WPs are part of this NB Register for full-text access (free) Write to [email protected] to receive a subscriber account 6 Primary sources, secondary sources, reference guides PRIMARY SOURCES SECONDARY SOURCES REFERENCE WORKS RESEARCH GUIDES International law Treaties Books/articles Research guides Int. court cases Encyclopedias Dispute settlement European law EU legislation Books/articles Reference works EU case law Comparative law National legislation and Books/articles Research guides case law Constitutions Legal theory Books/articles 7 Primary sources: International law – Treaties • Oxford Historical Treaties (1648 – 1919) • UN Treaty Collection (1919- present, free website) – International courts cases • List of law reports shelved on the upper top floor, shelf mark CAS, and online • Oxford Reports on International Law: decisions on public international law from international law courts, domestic courts and ad hoc tribunals • Westlaw International: ICA, ICJ, ICTR, ICTY, Iran/US, WTO • Annotated leading cases of International Criminal Tribunals: ECCC, ICC, ICTR, ICTY, SCSL, SPSC, STL (with commentaries) 8 Oxford Public International Law Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL) is a comprehensive online resource containing peer-reviewed articles on every aspect of public international law. Written and edited by a team of over 800 scholars and practitioners, published in partnership with the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, and updated throughout the year, this major reference work is essential for anyone researching or teaching international law. Oxford Reports on International Law Oxford Reports on International Law (ORIL) reports on international courts, domestic courts and ad hoc tribunals. Case reports contain the full text of each decision, headnote, as well as analytical commentary and English translations of a number of key non-English decisions. With reports on over 5,500 cases Oxford Law Citator tool to • find a definitive citation for a piece of legal information • find references to other documents referring to it (e.g. a case, or a legislative or treaty provision) • links to reliable full text of relevant sources, on OUP services or the wider web Oxford Historical Treaties • comprehensive collection of treaties of all nations concluded from 1648 through 1919 • All treaties concluded after 1919 are freely accessible on the UNTS website 9 New trial: Oxford scholarly authorities on international law • Available until 20 October 2020 • More than 200 reference works and treatises published by Oxford University Press, including Oppenheim, and the Oxford Commentaries on International Law. • Send comments to [email protected] 10 Oxford Public International Law 11 Westlaw International • International courts & tribunals, GATT/WTO, NAFTA: under heading «Arbitration materials» 12 Primary sources: International Dispute Settlement – International dispute settlement • ICC Dispute Resolution Library: articles, reports and bulletins on international arbitration issued by the ICC International Court of Arbitration • Investment Arbitration Reporter: news service tracking cross-border arbitrations between foreign investors and their host governments • Investment Claims: Arbitration awards and decisions with case reports and analysis; Bilateral and multilateral investment treaty sets; monographs; English translations of key portions of non-English decisions. • Investor-State Law Guide: database of investment treaty law (subject, article navigation) • Trade Law Guide: provides comprehensive research tools for WTO law • WorldTradeLaw.net: comprehensive legal research tool for WTO dispute settlement 13 Primary sources: European law • European Union Information Research Guide points you at all relevant resources: legislation, case law, preparatory documents • Training session: EU law databases and registers of documents, 28 October, 13:30 (hybrid) 14 Primary sources: Comparative and national law National legal databases • Juris: German legislation and case law • IUSExplorer : Italian legislation and case law (De Jure database) • Lex Polonica: Polish legislation and case law • Lexis 360: French legislation and case law (first time register with EUI email address) • Westlaw International: Anglo-American legislation and case law (including Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Korea) • World Constitutions Illustrated: constitutions of all countries annotated 15 Secondary sources: E-books subscriptions and packages • Bloomsbury (Hart) • Cambridge Core • Oxford Scholarship Online • Springer (Law and Criminology) NEW E-BOOKS DISPLAY 16 Secondary sources: international law International law – Treatises • Hague Academy Collected Courses online: individual chapters are indexed in the catalogue. International, comparative and national law – Articles and books • Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals: index to legal journals covering areas outside the Anglo-American world. Direct link to Hein online full-text and FSX link to EUI resources. Part of Heinonline Law Journal Library • IBSS: index of social science journals and books, compiled at the LSE • Peace Palace Library: includes a weekly e-mail alerting service on recent acquisitions in the various areas of international law • Max Planck Institute (MPIL) Library 17 Hague Academy Collected Courses Founded in 1923, the Hague Academy of International Law has for decades served as a global centre for research about and teaching of public and private international law. Each summer the Academy organizes in its building located on the premises of the Peace Palace a six-week course at which well-recognized international law scholars present lectures and seminars in French and English on a wide range of current topics to young lawyers from throughout the world. These lectures are then published in the Academy’s Collected Courses published by Brill. Many individual chapters are indexed in the Library catalogue 18 Hague Academy Collected Courses 19 HeinOnline LAW JOURNAL LIBRARY: over 2800 full-text journals INDEX TO FOREIGN LEGAL PERIODICALS- ILFP: 700 indexed journals an ever growing number of legal journals, coverage from inception, often with embargo on recent years, providing citation figures, also in languages other than English 20 HeinOnline: Law Journal Library 21 Journal TOCs • Create an account • Search and Browse • Follow journals to receive email alerts • Check against library holdings (full text access on more than 2,800 journals) 22 Secondary sources: European law • ECJ Library catalogue: indexes all articles on EU law from around 1000 journals and chapters/books. SEARCH BY SUBJECT (classification scheme) • Case notes in Curia or EUR-Lex: click on Document information and scroll down to Doctrine of an individual ECJ case 23 Secondary sources: European law FIND-eR: searches across European Commission Libraries e-collections and check against the EUI Library’s holdings… 24 European law: full-text legal journals • Kluwer law online • Westlaw International: World journals>UK journals (many EU-oriented journals). • Guide on how to search WestlawNext 25 Shelf order Law Collection: Steiner Classification Scheme • Comparative Law • Legal theory • Fa9 – Comparative law in general • Ba9- Philosophy of law in general • Ga9 – Comparative law in Europe • Bf9- Law and morals • Fd9 – Administration of justice • Bqj9 – Rights • Ff9 – Constitutional law • Bs9 – Legal method • Fgg9 – Human rights • BCa9 – the state, constitutionalism • Fj9 – Administrative law • BEa9 – Law and society • Fn9 – Criminal law • BGa9 – Law and economics • Fr9 – Labour law • BJa9 - Criminology • Fs9 – Private law • Fuk9 – Contract law • Fv9 – Commercial law • Fx9 – Private international law 26 Reference works and research guides International law • Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL) linked to Oxford Reports on International Law • Research guides of the Peace Palace Library, continuously updated Comparative and national law, legal theory • Globalex research guides on national jurisdictions compiled at NYU Law School • Foreign Law Guide: important reference tool for finding national legal sources 27 Library home page 28 Legal resources in the Library: how to find them, how to use them Badia Fiesolana (Theatre), and ZOOM Wednesday 30 September 2020 29.