Search results for: “secondary sources”
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Foreign Law Guide (FLG)
Foreign Law Guide (FLG) The FLG is the outstanding and comprehensive Foreign Law Guide. It contains the most up-to-date research in non-U.S. law. The FLG also includes lists of books about foreign law topics. According to its own description, the Foreign Law Guide is “an essential database offering relevant information on sources of foreign law,…
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List of Legal Systems in Countries Around the World
List of Legal Systems in Countries Around the World This guide identifies selected print and online sources describing the legal systems of foreign countries and their constitutions and constitutional courts. It is an essential database offering relevant information on sources of foreign law, including complete bibliographic citations to legislation, the existence of English translations and…
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Local and Municipal Law
$City Content: $City Charter $City Ordinances $City Regulations $City Municipal Code, which is a Primary Legal Authority of $City. $City Planning and Zoning $State Municipal Law Municipal Law The U.S. legal system, together with federal and state law ($State), is also based in counties and cities local laws. For William Blackstone (1827) “municipal law is…
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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…
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KeySearch
KeySearch What Is KeySearch? KeySearch is a research tool that helps the researcher to find cases and secondary sources; a feature which allows the legal researcher to use “pre-packaged”searches designed by Westlaw researchers for many Legal topics . According to the publisher “KeySearch is a search tool that identifies key numbers and terms based on…
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List of Legal History Broader Databases
List of Legal History Broader Databases The following databases are comprehensive, covering a wide selection of time periods, and can be a starting point for a more specific database. Primary Sources Databases These databases provide access to full-text materials from the Middle Ages to the present: handwritten manuscripts, early printed treatises, pamphlets, etc. Some of…
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Indexes to Legal Periodicals
Indexes to Legal Periodicals There are several ways to find articles in legal periodicals. In several countries, there are periodicals or paper indexes, like the ones listed in this entry. There are (in some cases, there were) other indexes (like Abstracts of Book Reviews in Current Legal Periodicals, or Legal Contents). And there are legal…
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Adoption and Amendment of Constitutions in the World: a Timeline
Adoption and Amendment of Constitutions in the World: a Timeline, by Salvador Trinxet Constitutions are the basic law of the countries, establish the limitations of government powers and describe the rights and liberties of citizens. In general (Brazil being one of the rare exemptions), Constitutions are not detailed, rather they contain broad principles. But Constitutions…
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Guide for Users
Guide for Users (Readers) Guide to the Encyclopedia of Law The Encyclopedia of Law is a complete source of information within the covers of a single unified work. It is a leading reference work, which address a full range of topics in the field of law and legal matters, with coverage of thousands of issues…
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International Criminal Court Part 35
International Criminal Court Part 35 664 Defences before the International Criminal Court : Substantive gro?nds for excluding criminal resp?nsibility-Part 2 Massimo Scaliotti International Criminal Law Review Volume 2, Number 1, 2002 p.1-46 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW 665 The Evolution and Establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC): A Selected Annotated Bibliography of Secondary…
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International Criminal Court Part 35
International Criminal Court Part 35 664 Defences before the International Criminal Court : Substantive gro?nds for excluding criminal resp?nsibility-Part 2 Massimo Scaliotti International Criminal Law Review Volume 2, Number 1, 2002 p.1-46 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW 665 The Evolution and Establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC): A Selected Annotated Bibliography of Secondary…
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WTO/GATT Research
WTO/GATT Research See also More about WTO/GATT Research I. Secondary Sources Start here for research guides, quick facts, news, statistics, background, scholarly analysis, and citations to official documents and dispute settlement reports. A. Other Research Guides • Introduction to International Law Research. Jean Davis and Victoria Szymczak. • ASIL American Society of International Law Guides…
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International Law of Procedure
International Law of Procedure Introduction International (Civil) Procedural Law is part of Private International Law and covers the following main subjects. Firstly, the jurisdiction of national courts in international civil and commercial disputes, and jurisdictional immunities. Secondly, the recognition and enforcement of decisions of foreign courts. The 1968 Brussels Convention on Jurisdiction and Enforcement represents…
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International Criminal Law Links
International Criminal Law Links Cambodia Tribunal Monitor (on Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia) Universal Jurisdiction in Europe The State of the Art Trial Track JusticeUpdated : ICL Blog International Research and Documentation Centre for War Crimes Trials International Criminal Law Society United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network(UNCJIN) was established in 1989…