Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- List of Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Getting Started -- I. Basic Concepts -- A. National Law -- B. Private International Law -- C. Comparative Law -- D. Public International Law -- E. Transnational Law -- F. Supranational Law -- G. Soft Law -- II. Types of Legal Materials Used in Research -- A. Primary Law Sources -- 1. Constitutions/Charters -- 2. Statutes/Codes -- a. Official Gazettes -- b. Session Laws -- c. Codified Law -- d. Compilations or Official Codifications -- e. Compilations of Specific Laws -- 3. Administrative Rules/Regulations -- 4. Court Decisions -- a. Decisions of National Courts -- b. Decisions of International Courts and Tribunals -- 5. Treaties and International Agreements -- 6. Customary Law -- a. Public International Law -- b. Domestic Customary Law -- B. Background and Secondary Sources -- 1. Books and Serials -- 2. Periodicals and Yearbooks -- 3. Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Abbreviations -- C. Electronic Sources -- D. Finding Tools -- E. People and Organizations -- III. Sources of Law -- Chapter 2 English Translations -- I. About Translations -- A. Currentness -- B. Online Translators -- II. Finding Translations -- A. Introduction -- B. Translations of Laws and Codes -- 1. Strategies -- 2. Subject Collections -- 3. Lists of Translations -- 4. Research Guides -- 5. Government Web Sites -- 6. Periodical Articles -- 7. Library Catalogs -- 8. Settling for Summaries -- C. Court Decisions -- D. Experts -- E. Translation Services -- III. Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Introductory and Background Sources -- I. Introduction -- II. Research Guides and Bibliographies -- A. Basic Research Guides and Bibliographies -- B. Guides on the Web -- C. Country-Specific Research Guides -- III. Abbreviations and Acronyms -- A. Basic Sources: Books.

B. Basic Sources: Web Guides -- IV. International and Foreign Law Terms and Phrases -- A. English-Language Publications -- B. Foreign-Language Equivalents -- V. Background Information on an International or Foreign Law -- Concept -- A. Some General Sources -- B. Legal Encyclopedias -- 1. International and Comparative Law Encyclopedias -- 2. Foreign Jurisdiction Legal Encyclopedias -- VI. Information About Foreign Legal Systems -- A. Legal Systems -- B. General Reference Sources -- VII. Background Information on International Organizations -- VIII. Journal Literature -- IX. Citing International and Foreign Legal Materials -- X. Current Awareness Sources -- Chapter 4 Commentary and Analysis -- I. Introduction -- II. Bibliographic Databases and Online Catalogs -- III. Journal Literature -- A. Legal Journal Indexes -- B. Law-Related Journal Indexes -- C. Full-Text Journal Articles -- D. Other Web Resources -- IV. Working Papers, Reports, and Other Scholarly Publications -- Chapter 5 Internet Research -- I. Introduction -- II. Web Searching -- A. What's on the Free Web -- B. Information Quality and Bias -- 1. Quality -- 2. Bias -- C. Special Problems with International and Foreign Sources -- 1. English as a Second Language -- 2. Style -- 3. Unfamiliarity -- III. Using Search Engines Effectively -- A. Constructing Searches -- B. Iterative Searching -- C. Multiple Search Engines -- D. Capturing Information and the Invisible Web -- E. Up-to-Date Information -- F. Advanced Search Features -- 1. Proximity Searching -- 2. Domain and Site Restrictions -- 3. Excluding Terms -- 4. Synonyms -- IV. Blogs and Electronic Discussion Lists -- A. Blogs -- 1. RSS Feeds and RSS Readers -- 2. Finding Useful Blogs -- 3. Searching Blog Content -- B. Electronic Discussion Lists -- C. Contacting Experts -- V. Wikis -- A. What Is a Wiki? -- B. Using Wikis in Research.

Chapter 6 Public International Law -- I. International Treaties and Agreements: Introduction -- II. US Treaties and Agreements -- A. Introduction -- B. Ratification and Implementation of US Treaties and Agreements -- 1. Outline of the Treaty-Making Process -- 2. Outline of the Agreement-Making Process -- C. Forms of Publication -- D. Indexes and Finding Tools -- E. Full-Text Sources -- 1. Historical Sources -- 2. Current Sources -- F. Status, Updating and Ratification Information, and Amendments -- G. Background Information (Legislative Histories and Treaty Interpretation) -- H. US Treaties and Agreements on the Web -- 1. US Government Web Sites -- 2. Other Web Sites -- III. Treaties Where the United States is not a Party and Multilateral Treaties -- A. General Sources for Treaties and Agreements -- B. Bilateral Treaties (Where United States Is Not a Party) -- C. Multilateral Treaties -- 1. Indexes and Finding Tools -- 2. Full-Text Sources -- D. Signatories, Status, Ratification, Reservations -- E. Implementing Legislation -- F. Background Information (Commentary, Treaty Interpretation, and Travaux Pre"paratoires) -- G. Treaty Collections on the Web -- H. Treaties by Popular Name -- I. Treaty Citations -- J. Research Guides -- IV. Customary International Law and Generally Recognized Principles -- A. Research Guides -- B. Customary International Law -- 1. What Is Customary International Law? -- 2. Evidence of State Practice -- a. Records of a State's Foreign Relations and Diplomatic Practices -- b. Legislation Concerning a Country's International Obligations -- c. Practice of Intergovernmental Organizations -- 3. Locating the Evidence -- a. International Digests -- b. Repertories -- c. Yearbooks of States and Organizations -- C. General Principles -- D. Judicial Decisions and Writings of Publicists -- 1. Judicial Decisions of International Tribunals.

a. Permanent Court of International Justice (PCIJ) -- b. International Court of Justice (ICJ) -- c. Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) -- d. European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) -- e. Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) -- f. Other International Courts and Tribunals -- g. Other Useful Web Sites -- h. Print Collections -- 2. Court Decisions of an Individual State (Country) Concerning Its International Obligations -- 3. Writings of Publicists -- a. Treatises -- b. Periodicals -- c. Publications of Scholarly International Law Associations -- Chapter 7 Foreign and Comparative Law -- I. Introduction -- II. Locating Primary Law -- A. Where to Start -- B. Introductory Works on Specific Countries -- C. Constitutions -- 1. Collections of Constitutions -- 2. Relevant Journals -- D. Legislation -- E. LexisNexis and Westlaw -- F. English-Language Sources -- 1. Topical Collections -- 2. Country or Region Collections -- 3. Selected Web Sites -- III. Case Law -- IV. Other Sources of Law -- V. Citing to Foreign Law -- VI. Periodical Literature and Other Sources -- VII. Comparative Law Sources -- A. General Works -- B. Selected Comparative Law Journals -- Chapter 8 International Organizations -- I. Generally -- A. Definitions -- B. Background Information -- C. Bibliographies and Research Guides -- D. Publications and Information -- 1. How to Find Documents -- 2. Journal Articles -- 3. The Web -- 4. LexisNexis and Westlaw -- 5. Words of Caution -- II. United Nations -- A. Introduction -- B. Research Guides -- C. Background Information -- D. Documents and Publications -- 1. UN Legal Documentation -- 2. Document Indexes -- 3. Resolutions -- 4. Treaties -- 5. International Court of Justice -- 6. Other Tribunals -- 7. Journal Literature -- 8. Current Awareness -- 9. Other Web Sites -- III. The European Union -- A. Introduction -- B. Sources of EU Law.

1. Treaties (Primary Legislation) -- 2. Regulations (Secondary Legislation) -- 3. Directives (Secondary Legislation) -- 4. Decisions (Secondary Legislation) -- C. EU Law-Making Institutions -- 1. European Commission -- 2. European Parliament -- 3. Council of Ministers (Council of the European Union) -- D. European Court of Justice -- E. Research Strategies and Information Sources -- 1. Finding a Known EU Document -- a. Legislation -- b. Cases -- c. Finding Relevant Law -- 2. Tracking a Legislative Proposal -- 3. Finding National Implementing Laws -- 4. Finding EU Court Decisions by Topic -- F. Other Useful EU Research Sources -- G. Guides to EU Research -- IV. Council of Europe -- A. Introduction -- B. Committee of Ministers and Its Documentation -- C. Parliamentary Assembly and Its Documentation -- D. European Court of Human Rights and Its Documentation -- E. Venice Commission -- F. Additional Research Strategies -- V. African Union -- A. Introduction -- B. Organization -- C. Research -- VI. Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe -- A. Introduction -- B. Organization -- C. Research -- 1. OSCE Web Site -- 2. Beyond the Web Site -- VII. Organization of American States -- A. Introduction -- B. Organization -- C. Research -- 1. Resolutions and Declarations -- 2. Treaties -- 3. Documents of Inter-American Court of Human Rights and Inter-American Commission on Human Rights -- a. Inter-American Court of Human Rights -- b. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights -- c. Inter-American Human Rights System Generally -- 4. Other Documents -- Chapter 9 International Topics -- I. Researching International Topics Outline -- A. Introduction -- B. Research Steps -- C. Specific Topics -- II. Human Rights -- A. Introduction -- B. Starting Points: Secondary Sources -- 1. Library Catalogs -- 2. Research Guides -- 3. Periodical Databases and Indexes.

4. Nongovernmental Organization Web Sites.