UNH Franklin Pierce Law School Law Library: International Legal Research: Getting Started

International Law

Books on International Law

The Cambridge Companion to International Law by James Crawford (Editor); Martti Koskenniemi (Editor)
Call Number: Main Stacks KZ3410 .C35 2012
ISBN: 9780521190886
Publication Date: 2012-01-26

Check out the UNH Franklin Pierce Law Library's Library Search for more books and ebooks on this topic. These survey texts will provide you with an overview of the basic premises of international law.

UNH Law - International Law Databases

Only current UNH Law students, faculty and staff may access these databases remotely.

Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Law
The Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Law is an excellent starting point for research on topics pertaining to international law and the UN. It provides peer-reviewed, brief, authoritative overviews of complex topics, with a bibliography for further investigation.
HeinOnline: U.S. Treaties and Agreements Library
The Treaties and Agreements Library contains ALL of the U.S. treaties, whether currently in force, expired, or not yet officially published. This library is the world's largest and most complete online collection of U.S. treaties and agreements. It includes such prominent collections as the United States Treaties and Other International Agreements set ("The Blue Set"), as well as famous sets from Bevans, Miller, Malloy and others.

Introductory Research Guides

Websites

ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law: Introduction

Revised every six months, this is an excellent textual discussion of how to do international legal research on the Internet, highlighting important primary and secondary sources.

Globalex
Produced by Hauser Global Law School Program of New York University, Globalex includes high quality legal research guides on various international subjects as well as timely articles on international law topics and venues.

Law Library Resource Xchange –LLRX.com

This site includes a number of research guides on international law posted by law librarians as well as a search function.
Academic Law Library Research Guides on International Law
Academic law libraries with strong international collections often provide international law research guides on their web sites designed to aid beginning researchers. These guides are frequently geared to the library’s own collection. Examples: Columbia, Duke, Harvard, UC Berkeley and Yale. Try doing a Google Search to locate some good ones.