rightslink: research tips: domestic and international law dana neacsu, fall 2007
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Rightslink: Research Tips: Domestic and International Law
Dana Neacsu, Fall 2007
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Today We Will Cover:
I. Legal Research as a Two-fold Process
II. How to Use Finding Aid Tools. 1. Catalogs and Indexes to Legal Periodicals2. Top 10 source gathering sources3. Identifying unknown abbreviations
III. Research Tips 1. Domestic law2. International law
IV. Library Hours
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II. Finding Sources:Library Catalogs
1. Use the following catalogs for the following specific tasks:
• the Diamond Law Library’s catalog, PEGASUS-http://pegasus.law.columbia.edu/- for legal scholarship
• the University Libraries’ catalog, CLIO, for both legal and non-legal scholarship
• and WorldCat to find such sources beyond the Columbia system.
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Finding Sources:Indexes to Legal Periodicals
Use Specialized Periodical Indexes• Wilson’s Index to Legal Periodicals (ILP) and
the Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (IFLP). • Available from PEGASUS
-http://pegasus.law.columbia.edu/• PAIS, ABI/Inform, ProQuest, EconLit, etc;
FRANCIS (International Humanities and Social Science), PsycINFO, Social Science Full-text, ERIC, etc.
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2. Top 10 source gathering sources (I)
10.The Library of Congress. Thomas. Legislative Information on the Internet
http://thomas.loc.gov
9. American Memory Projecthttp://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html
8. HeinOnline from Pegasus• Law Reviews (complimenting L/WL)• Official treaty sources (and more)
7. UN Official Document System (ODS)http://www.ods.un.org/
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Top 10 Source Gathering Sources (II)
6. Foreign Law Guide (aka Reynolds and Flores) (Pegasus);
5. Non-law (CLIO) databases: JSTOR & Project Muse;
3. Google Uncle Sam (gov. related docs)http://www.google.com/ig/usgov
2. Government documents (GPO) – primary sources;
www.gpoaccess.gov
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Top 10 Source Gathering Sources (III)
1. Library Research Sources CLS Research Guides:
http://www.law.columbia.edu/library/Research_Guides
NYU: Globalexhttp://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/
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3. Identifying Unknown Abbreviations
• Bieber’s Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations• Print – Reference Office drawer• Lexis
• Find a source = “Bieber’s”
• The Bluebook• Print – The Reserve Area
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III. Research Tips. Overview
1. Learn how to identify and use Research (Finding Aid) Tools and Legal Scholarship to find Domestic, International or Foreign Primary Sources
2. Apply the well-known research strategy:
• Come up with a research plan, and• Keep a research log
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Domestic Law Research. Finding Aid Tools
The Main Finding Aid Tools are:
• Library Catalogs – for treatises, practitioner’s sources (Am.Jur), Restatements, Encyclopedias, etc.
• Index to Legal Periodicals (ILP) for law review articles
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Minimal Knowledge in an Area of Law– Go to a Treatise.
How to Find a Treatise:• Library Catalogs-Pegasus• http://pegasus.law.columbia.edu• Lexis• http://www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/• Westlaw• http://lawschool.westlaw.com/
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• Use Pegasus: http://pegasus.law.columbia.edu• Find Indexes to Legal Periodicals• Find Law Review Articles (HeinonLine)
• Lexis• http://www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/• Westlaw• http://lawschool.westlaw.com/
• Both have the current version of the ILP• Both have most (current) law review articles
Minimal Knowledge in a More Concrete Area: Use ILP to Locate Law Review
Articles
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Primary Sources in Domestic Law
Statutes:• Codes, Session Laws, Legislative history,• Research tips: Use USCA IndexAdministrative Law:• CFR, FR.• Research tips: Use RegulationsPlus IndexCase law
• Case Law Research• Full-text searching (Lexis & Westlaw)• Other approaches (Segments & West-Digest)
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III. Research Tips. International Law
Research Strategy1. Identify useful research tools (IFLP)
and la doctrine2. Identify the Relevant Primary Sources
• Treaty Research.• Case Law Research• Doctrine Research (same search strategy for
secondary sources
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Primary Sources in International Law
• What Is International Law?• Restatement of the Law 3d: Foreign
Relations Law of the United States:• Article 102-Sources of International Law• Article 103-Evidence of International Law
• How Do You Find It?• Official Web Sites/Lexis/Westlaw/
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Treaties and Treaty Research
UN Treaties and Other Documents1. Is the US party to CEDAW?
• What is CEDAW (Bieber’s) (Lexis)• Where can you find its text?
Use UN Treaty Series, HeinOnline (Pegasus), Lexis or Westlaw to find CEDAW
2. What 2001 document from the Sixth Committee details the establishment of the International Criminal Court.
• What is the document number? Use Unbisnet (un.org) or Access UN: A/56/591
• Is the full text available?
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International Case Law Research
1. What is the ICJ case about the U.S. paramilitary activities in South America?
• Where can you find the decision? • On the official website
• Where can you find the pleadings?• On line and in print in our library (use
Pegasus)
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IV. Library Hours for Fall 2007
•Ref office hours: •M-Th: 10-8 •F: 10-5•Sat.: 1-6 •Sun: 1-9