Annotated Selection of Websites for International Family Law Research
Research Guides
- ** International Family Law: A Selective Resource Guide - http://www.llrx.com/features/int_fam.htm
- An excellent guide to Websites, major documents and treaties in the international family law area.
- ** ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law - http://www.asil.org/resource/home.htm
- Research guide to topics in international law, including Human Rights, treaties and the UN.
- Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases - http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/foreign_intl/
- A collection of links including databases, subjects, treaties and research guides.
- Harvard Law School Research Guides - http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/research/guides/index.html#fcil
- Includes guides for web sites, treaty research, United Nations documents, foreign law research, etc . . .
Introduction to International Law Research - http://brkl.brooklaw.edu/screens/rgintl.html
- A research guide to the concepts, guides, and print and online resources in the area of international law, with an extensive guide to treaties
LLRX International Law Guides - http://www.llrx.com/international_law.html
- Research guides and links in selected international law areas
United States Treaties and How to Find Them - http://www.hofstra.edu/libraries/lawlib/law_treaties.cfm
- Resources available at Hofstra for researching treaties to which the United States is a party.
- An excellent guide to Websites, major documents and treaties in the international family law area.
Treaties
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** United Nations Treaty Collection - http://untreaty.un.org/ (requires subscription, access limited to on campus)
- The premier source on the Web for full text treaties and treaty status information
Lexis - U.S. Treaties on Lexis, Treaties and Agreements from ILM - http://lawschool.lexis.com
U.S. Treaties on Lexis include treaties back to 1776, Treaties and Agreements from ILM include treaties to which the U.S. is not a party. Both databases are available under Area of Law by Topic/International Law.
Multilateral Project at the Fletcher School, Tufts University - http://fletcher.tufts.edu/multilaterals.html
Selected full text multilateral treaties
Thomas - http://thomas.loc.gov/home/treaties/treaties.htm
Treaties submitted to the U.S. Senate
Treaties In Force - http://www.state.gov/s/l/treaty/treaties/2007/index.htm
- Index to treaties signed and ratified by the United States and on record in the Department of State
Treaty Affairs - http://www.state.gov/s/l/treaty
- Treaty resources through the U.S. Department of State
Treaty Body Database - http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf
- Treaties posted at the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
United States Department of State International Family Law - http://www.state.gov/s/l/fam_law/
- Links to relevant conventions and publications
United State Department of State Treaty Actions - http://www.state.gov/s/l/c3428.htm
- Status of treaty in U.S. ratification process
Westlaw - USTREATIES database (requires subscription and Westlaw ID) - http://lawschool.westlaw.com
- Fulltext coverage of international and Native American treaties to which the United States is a party from 1778 to present
- The premier source on the Web for full text treaties and treaty status information
Decisions
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European Court of Human Rights - http://www.echr.coe.int/
- Official website of the of the European Court of Human Rights
Inter-American Court of Human Rights - http://heiwww.unige.ch/humanrts/iachr/iachr.html
- Official website of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
International Court of Justice (ICJ) - http://www.icj-cij.org/
Official website of the International Court of Justice, includes decisions of the ICJ
World Court Digest - http://www.mpil.de/ww/en/pub/research/details/publications/institute/wcd.cfm
- Subject arrangement and search capability of the judgments, advisory opinions and orders of the International Court of Justice provided by the Max Planck Society
- Official website of the of the European Court of Human Rights
Foreign Law
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Global Legal Information Network - http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/index.html
- Links to foreign jurisdictions, as well as international law resources
Legal Information Institute - http://www.law.cornell.edu/world/
- Links to laws of other countries
- Links to foreign jurisdictions, as well as international law resources
Organizations
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Guide to International Organizations - http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/foreign_intl/intorg.html
- Links to websites of international organizations and directories and guides for international organizations.
NGO Global Network - http://www.ngo.org/
- Links to non-governmental organizations associated with the United Nations
United Nations - http://www.un.org/
- Official website of the of the United Nations
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights - http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Pages/WelcomePage.aspx
- Links to websites of international organizations and directories and guides for international organizations.
Directories of Useful Foreign and International Law links
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Findlaw - http://www.findlaw.com/12international/
World Legal Information Institute, Family Law - http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/2406.html/
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