Globalization

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Globalization LawResearch Seminar

• By Sharon Wang
• Feb. 14, 2007

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• International Legal Research
• Foreign Legal Research

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International Legal Research

• Treaty / Cases
• International Organizations / Agencies
• International Topical Legal Research

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Treaty Research

• Canada as a member / not a member
• Printed Treaty Index
• Canadian Treaty Calendar (1928-1978)
• Index to Canadian Treaties (1979-2003)
• Current list of treaties Canada Treaty
  Information
• From Secondary Materials
• Other Treaties Bilateral v. Multilateral
• United Nations Treaty Series
• In print Library Call number JX 170 U35
  (1970s-2004)
• Online eResources (wider coverage)
• ILM treaties (westlaw quicklaw heinonline)
• HeinOnline Treaties and Agreements Library

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Cases

• WTO panel decisions
• International Court of Justice
• EU Court of Justice

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International Organizations / Agencies

• Official Web sites
• European Union EUR-Lex
• OECD SourceOECD
• Secondary Materials
• Generic Ones (subject keyword international
  agencies)
• Specific Organization (Organization title as
  subject keyword)

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Research by Topics

• Private International Law (conflict of laws)
• International Environmental Law
• International Economic Law
• International Human Rights
• International Criminal Law
• International Labour Law
• Germains Transnational Law Research
• (Ref K85 G47)
• EISIL international law sources

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Foreign Legal Research

• Where to start?
• Research Guides
• Foreign Law current sources of codes and
  legislations in jurisdictions of the world /
  Reynolds Flores
• Globlex
• LLRX
• Research Sources
• QuickLaw / eCarswell
• Worldlii

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Books

• York Library Catalogue
• Suggested search terms
• Globalization and law
• World Trade Organization
• Court of Justice of the European Communities
• Intellectual Property and international
• Other Library Catalogues
• Subject Bibliographies

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Articles

• Browse Journal Table of Contents
• LegalTrac
• Use Globalization to search in Subject Guided
  Search
• Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
• Other periodical Indexes
• References/citations from other sources

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Other Sources

• Websites
• Newsletters
• Government Documents