international law resources at bfd

International law resources at BFD

Geneva academy of international humanitarian law and human rightsSeptember 8, 2010

8.9.2010International law resources at

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Program

Tools of the UNIGE librariesOfficial websites in international lawInternational law resources at the BFDGeneral databasesVisit of the BFD


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Websites

BFD website– www.unige.ch/biblio/droit (French only)

Dedicated webpage– www.unige.ch/biblio/droit/adh2010_en.html – !! Not available through menu !!

Réro and Geneva catalogs


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Catalogs at two different levels

Réro catalog– opac.rero.ch/gateway?lng=en – Most of academic libraries in Western Switzerland

(universities, BCUs, BPUs)Geneva catalog

– opac.rero.ch/gateway?skin=ge&lng=en– Part of réro, only for Geneva libraries– UNIGE, BGE but not the public and international

organisations' libraries


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Search

Identical in both catalogsOf a known reference

– Browse an index : Author or Title

For documents about a subject– Quick search : Google-like (!! Non-pertinent results !!)– Advanced, by keyword : possibility of choosing in which

field terms are going to be searchedAuthorTitleSubject (!! Warning : not all libraries use Subject fields)


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Boolean operators and wildcards

[SPACE] : and (BY DEFAULT)ORNOT" " : exact phrase? : replace a single character* : replace any number of characters


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Documents' localisation

Items– Only in Geneva catalog– Location = library– Call number = where the document is found on

the shelves– Status = availablity of the document


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Other tools

Interlibrary loan– With réro libraries or other

Patron folder– To renew loans

Other tools of the UNIGE libraries


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Databases directory

http://www.unige.ch/biblio/plus/ressources/rep2.php (only in

French) 300 databases, in all disciplines

– ~35 legal ones

150 online dictionaries and encyclopedias– 5 legal ones

Search database name, keyword or by library– !! No search IN databases !!– => Important to select the good one(s)


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A-Z e-Journals list

http://resolver.rero.ch/unige/az More than 30'000 e-journals (all disciplines)

– More than 2000 legal ones

Search by title words– !! No search IN journals !!– => Only to search known references


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VPN (Virtual Private Network) software

Download on the Informatics Division website (www.unige.ch/dinf - French only) – Services aux étudiants– Catalogue de services– Accès aux réseaux– Travailler à distance

Allows access to UNIGE online resources from a personal computer

Official websites in international law

Treaties


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United Nations Treaty Collection

Treaties registred with the United Nations Secretary-General

Paper version at the BFD : D 3 b TRSU (1946-1983)

Online (1946-) : treaties.un.org– Access limited to UNIGE


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Search

Select UNTS databaseSearch by

– Name of the treaty– Words of the title– Participant– Full-text

Jurisprudence of international courts


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International Court of Justice

Paper version at the BFD : D 4 d CIJ/A (1947-)Jurisprudence on the ICJ website (www.icj-cij.org)

– Cases > List of All Cases

All cases since 1946, with a lot of related documentsChronological search only In Westlaw International too (1957-)

– International/Worldwide Materials > Multi-National Materials > Court & Tribunal Cases


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European Court of Human Rights

Paper version at the BFD : D 18.2 d READ (1961-)Jurisprudence on the ECHR website

(www.echr.coe.int)– Case-Law > HUDOC

Search through the search engine only– Text– Respondent State– Application Number – Article of the Convention– Date– Keywords


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International Criminal Court

Jurisprudence on the ICC website (www.icc-cpi.int)– Situations and cases > Cases

Search by country onlyLots of procedure documents


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International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

Jurisprudence on the ICTY website (http://icr.icty.org/)– Free registration needed

Search by Accused name and other fieldsCases-law and lots of related documents

(indictements, transcripts, etc.)– For pending cases included

In Westlaw International too (1995-)– International/Worldwide Materials > Multi-National

Materials > Court & Tribunal Cases


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International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

Jurisprudence on the ICTR website (www.ictr.org)– Cases > Status of Cases

Search by accused name onlyCases-law and lots of related documents

(indictements, transcripts, etc.)– For pending cases included

In Westlaw International too (1995-)– International/Worldwide Materials > Multi-National

Materials > Court & Tribunal Cases


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Special Court for Sierra Leone

Jurisprudence on the SCSL website (www.sc-sl.org)– Cases

Search by case name onlyCases-law and lots of related

documents (indictements, transcripts, etc.)– For pending cases included

International law databases

Collected Courses of the Hague Academy of International Law

http://www.nijhoffonline.nl/subject?id=recueil

Access limited to UNIGE


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Content

Paper version at the BFD : D 9 f RECOOnline version identical to itDocuments on specific themes in

international law

Warning : UNIGE has no subscription to International Law and Human Rights and Humanitarian Law series


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Search

Browse– Author– Date– Title

Advanced search in specific fields– Full-text– Title– Author– Year– Etc…


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AND (BY DEFAULT)ORNOT? : replace 0 or 1 character* : replace any number of characters


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Results

On the left, possibilty to refine resultsPDF documents only => no way to browse

search termsPrint and download in Acrobat Reader

International Law Reports

http://www.justis.com/



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Content

Print version at BFD : D 4 d LAUTOnline version identical to the print one

Jurisprudence, in English, of national tribunals relative to international law

Warning : Subscription only to that publication


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Search

Search In > Cases– Parties– Full-text– Citation– Court– Year– Subject– Headnote

Browse– By year


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[SPACE] : and (BY DEFAULT)or not" " : exact phrase* : replace any number of characters? : replace a single character


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Results

Print, send by e-mail and download with buttons in the upper left corner

International Law in Domestic Courts

http://www.oxfordlawreports.com/

Access with a password


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Content

Warning : Subscription only to International Law Reports

Selected domestic cases concerning international law

Original text with English translation and commentary


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Search

Browse by country (homepage)Advanded search, with combinable fields

– In full-text– Limited to a subject– By country– By party name– By date


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Results

Table of contents in the left columnCase references in upper boxPrint options at the start of page

Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals

http://www.annotatedleadingcases.com/



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Content

Print version : D 19.1 d ANLC 1999/... Online version identical to the print one

Commentary of the more pertinent cases judged in International Criminal Tribunals


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Search

Search by– Court (browsing possible)– Case number– Name of the accused (browsing possible)– Volume (browsing possible)– Author (browsing possible)– Keyword– Date– Full-text

Fields can be combined


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Results

Possibility to refine the search in the left column

Links to related documentsPrint and download options in Acrobat

Reader

Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law

http://www.mpepil.com/

Accès par mot de passe


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Content

Print version at BFD : D 1 a ENPI 1992Online : updated version of the print one, but

still in developmentDefinitions of terms and concepts in

international public law


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Search

By index– Title (Alphabetically)– Subject (by Subject)– Author (by Author)

Advanced Search, with combinable fields– Title– Author– Fulltext– Etc…


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[SPACE] : exact sentence (BY DEFAULT)ANDORNOT? : replace a single character* : replace any number of characters


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Results

Articles in HTML– With links to other articles in the MPEPIL– Print option in upper left corner

General databases

LexisNexis University

www.lexisnexis.de/e-solutions/KSH/en/index.html



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Legal content

American legisation and jurisprudenceBritish legisation and jurisprudenceLegal journals ("law reviews")Legal documents of a few other countries

– South Africa, Argentina, Australia, Brunei, Canada, China and Hong Kong, Scotland, France, Hungary, India, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Italia, Malaysia, Mexico, New-Zealand, Russia, Singapore, European Union


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Search

5 thumbnails– > Legal Information

3 search modes– General Search

All types of documents

– Law JournalsOnly "law reviews"

– Get a CaseJurisprudence


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Law Journals

Enter Search Terms : keywords with boolean operators– By default, operator is "or"

Select Sources : sources to search in lists the journals– Most complete : US and International Law

Reviews & JournalsSpecify Date : to limit the search in time

(publication time)


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View more segments and connectors for details– [SPACE] : exact phrase (BY DEFAULT)– or– and– and not– * : replace a single character– ! : replace characters (0->), only at end of words


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Results

Button Hits to browse search termsPage numbers not always present

– > [*xxx] if availableOptions

– Show – Sort : by date or relevance– Search within results

Print, send by e-mail or download with buttons in the upper right corner

Westlaw International

Dynamic URL, use a link



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Legal content

American legislation and jurisprudenceBritish legislation and jurisprudenceLegal journals ("law reviews")Documents in international arbitration lawLegal documents of other countries

– Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, European Union


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Search

International Directory– > World Journals and Law Reviews (2x)

2 thumbnails :– Terms and connectors : keywords with boolean

operators– Natural language : question or text in "human

language" -> less effective


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Terms and connectors

Search : keywordsDates to limit the search in timeFields to look for keywords in a specific field


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Boolean operators, wildcards and limitation by field

Boolean operators are listed under the search field– & : and– [SPACE] : or (BY DEFAULT)– % : and not– " " : exact phrase– * : replace a single character– ! : replace any number of characters, only at the end of words

Limitation by field– TI(y) : title– AU(y) : author– PR(y) : 1st section


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Thesaurus

To add synonyms of search terms


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Results

Browse the search terms with the arrows under the document Page numbers are shown with *

– Ex: *118 Options

– Result list– Related info : other useful documents related to the selected

article– Edit search : modify search– Locate in results : search new keywords in the results

Print, send by e-mail or download with buttons in the upper right corner

HeinOnline

www.heinonline.org



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Legal content

American legislationBritish legislation and jurisprudenceLegal journals ("law reviews")International law periodicals


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Search

Law Journal Library Foreign & International Law Resources

Database– Browse by title– Search > Field Search

Field search for : keywordsSubject OR [Journals] : limit to a subject or a journalDate : limit by date


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Help in Search Tips– OR – AND – NOT– ? : replace a single character– * : replace any number of characters


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Results

Browsing page by pageAccess to the table of contents (thumbnail

Table of Contents)Print and download of selected page or

article (Printer icon)– Print Current section for the whole article

Kluwer Law International

www.kluwerlawonline.com


Content

Law Journals– Journals

Volumes of International Encyclopaedia of Laws– Manuals

In Manuals subsection, access to IEL only

69International law resources at

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Search

Left column– Browse by title and tables of content

ADVANCED SEARCH– Field search

KeywordsTitle wordsYearEtc.


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More info in additional search tips– OR– AND– NOT– ? : replace a single letter– * : replace any number of letters– " " : exact sentence


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Results

PDF Documents– All are not available => BUY button to buy a

single one– Save and print functions from Adobe Reader


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