Search results for: “list of international legal indexes databases”

  • United Nations

    Introduction to United Nations United Nations (UN), international organization of countries created to promote world peace and cooperation. The UN was founded after World War II ended in 1945. Its mission is to maintain world peace, develop good relations between countries, promote […]

  • United Nations

    Introduction to United Nations United Nations (UN), international organization of countries created to promote world peace and cooperation. The UN was founded after World War II ended in 1945. Its mission is to maintain world peace, develop good relations between countries, promote […]

  • Periodical

    Periodical in Law Libraries The follow definition of Periodical is of use in law library research: A publication that is produced at regular intervals, or "periodically", and is intended to appear indefinitely. Generally, the frequency of publication is weekly, monthly, quarterly. […]

  • Periodical

    Periodical in Law Libraries The follow definition of Periodical is of use in law library research: A publication that is produced at regular intervals, or "periodically", and is intended to appear indefinitely. Generally, the frequency of publication is weekly, monthly, quarterly. […]

  • Lawyers

    The Legal History of LawyersThis section provides an overview of Lawyers ResourcesSee AlsoLegal Biography Legal Traditions Historical Laws History of Law Further Reading Lawyers in the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (Oxford University Press) The Oxford Encyclopedia of […]

  • Law library

    Law library or Law Libraries A law library is a type of special library with a collection consisting primarily of materials for Legal Research and study, including case law, federal and state statutes, international legal agreements, treatises, reference works, legal periodicals, and […]

  • Law library

    Law library or Law Libraries A law library is a type of special library with a collection consisting primarily of materials for Legal Research and study, including case law, federal and state statutes, international legal agreements, treatises, reference works, legal periodicals, and […]

  • United States Law

    The Legal History of United States LawThis section provides an overview of United States Law ResourcesSee AlsoLegal Biography Legal Traditions Historical Laws History of Law Further Reading United States Law in the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (Oxford University Press) […]

  • Semantic Web and Law

    Semantic Web and Law Legal Ontologies have been studied in workshops and conferences on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Law, by the AI&LAW community, for years but its results have not generated enough connections with the Semantic Web community. The legal field, which had early adopters of ontologies and semantic web technology, offers a hugue demand…

  • Treaties Resources

    Treaties Resources Note: see also Treaties in this Legal Encyclopedia. Finding Treaties Since there exists no complete collection of treaties in print or online, you must often conduct your research with a certain amount of creativity and perseverance, specially if you do not have a treaty citation. It is important to note that treaties may…

  • Constitutions

    Constitutions Identifying Constitutions: the concept of a constitution and its relationship with written documents A crucial, and not at all trivial, step is to identify a country ‘s “constitution” at any given time. The flood of institutional research over the last two decades has expanded and diluted the concept of a constitution. For many, constitutions…

  • PAIS: Public Affairs Information Service

    PAIS: Public Affairs Information Service Index database details: New York: Public Affairs Information Service, 1972-. Monthly with annual cumulations. Review of PAIS: Public Affairs Information Service According to “Introduction to Research in International Law, Research Guide” (see Further Reading), this database is a “selective list of the latest books, periodical articles, government documents, pamphlets, microfiche,…

  • Classification of Law Materials

    Classification of Law Materials General Genre/form The Library of Congress (LC) added, in 2015, the much-anticipated “general genre/form terms” to the Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials (LCGFT), and they are live in the authority file. The project to develop these general genre/form terms was a partnership between LC’s Policy and…

  • The Year Books

    The Year Books, precursors of Law Reports The Year Books were the law reports of medieval England. They are the principal source materials for the development of legal doctrines in the English courts from the late 13th century (earliest examples date from about 1268) to 1535 (the last in the printed series). Many (more than…

  • United Nations Documents

    United Nations Documents Finding United Nations Documents These documents are the major, final records of the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council and the Secretariat. Reports of all major committees are published as supplements to the Official Record. For the past few years, the supplement numbers remain consistent. For example,…