Index

1. Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
2. Research Guides
3. Bibliographies & Indexes
4. Selected Treatises on International Law
5. International Law Online

NOTE: Due to the 2007-2008 renovation project, much of the Law Library book collection is in storage and inaccessible. Consult the online catalog to determine the availability of a particular title listed in these guides, or contact a reference librarian for assistance.

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I. Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

• Boleslaw A. Boczek, International Law: A Dictionary (Ref.. KZ1161 .B63 2005 )
• Encyclopedia of Public International Law (Reserve)
• James R. Fox, Dictionary of International and Comparative Law (3d ed.) (Ref. Desk KZ1161.F69 2003)
  Oxford Companion to Law (Ref. K48.W34)
• Clive Parry & John P. Grant, The Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law (2d ed.) (Ref. Desk KZ1161 .P37 2004)
• Jack C. Plano & Roy Olton, The International Relations Dictionary (4th ed.)(Ref. JZ1161.P53 1988)

II. Research Guides

• Accidental Tourist on the New Frontier: An Introductory Guide to Global Legal Research (Jeanne Rehberg & Radu D. Popa, eds.) (Reserve)
• American Society of International Law: Research Tools (www.asil.org/resources/index.html)
• Duke Law School Library: Foreign & International Resources (www.law.duke.edu/lib/foreign.html)
• Globalex International Law Research Guides (www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/index.html)
• Guide to International Legal Research (6th ed.) (Ref. KZ1234 .G85 2004)
• Researching Public International Law (www.law.columbia.edu/library/Research_Guides/internat_law/pubint)
• For hands-on practice researching international law, take a look at the Duke University School of Law and University of California, Berkeley, School of Law International Legal Research Tutorial (www.law.duke.edu/ilrt/index-2.html).

III. Bibliographies & Indexes

• Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (Index Table and via the Web (www.law.duke.edu/lib/lresources.html))
• Public International Law: A Current Bibliography of Books and Articles (Ref. K3150.A12 P82 and (www.mpil.de/ww/en/pub/research/details/publications/institute/pil.cfm))
• Charles Szladits, A Bibliography on Foreign and Comparative Law: Books and Articles in English (1955-1989), continued by Szladits’ Bibliography on Foreign and Comparative Law: Books and Articles in English (1990-) (Ref. K38.S95).

IV. Selected Treatises on International Law

• Anthony Aust, Handbook of International Law (KZ3410 .A94 2005)
• David J. Bederman, International Law Frameworks (Concepts and Insights) (2d ed.) (KZ3110.B42 A35 2006 )
• J.L. Brierly, Law of Nations: An Introduction to the International Law of Peace (6th ed.) (KZ3225.B75 A33 1963)
• Ian Brownlie, Principles of Public International Law (6th ed.) (Reserve)
• Thomas Buergenthal & Sean D. Murphy, Public International Law in a Nutshell (4th ed.) (Reserve)
• Antonio Cassese, International Law (2d ed.)(KZ3395.C25 A36 2005)
• Wilhelm G. Grewe, The Epochs of International Law (KZ1242.G7413 2000)
• Mark W. Janis, An Introduction to International Law (4th ed.) (KZ3140.J36 A32 2003)
• Peter Malanczuk, Akehurst’s Modern Introduction to International Law (8th rev. ed.) (KZ3205.A44 A3 2002)
• John O'Brien, International Law (2d ed.) (KZ3410 .O27 2004)
• L. Oppenheim, Oppenheim’s International Law (Robert Jennings & Arthur Watts, eds., 9th ed.) (KZ3264.A3 I58 1992)
• Malcolm Shaw, International Law (5th ed.) (KZ3275.S53 A32 2003)
• I. A. Shearer, Starke’s International Law (11th ed.) (KZ3295.S73 A321 1994)
• William R. Slomanson, Fundamental Perspectives on International Law (5th ed.) (KZ3180.S56 A32 2007)
• Gerhard von Glahn & James L. Taulbee, Law Among Nations: An Introduction to Public International Law (8th ed.) (KZ3185.V6 A36 2007)
• James H. Wolfe, Modern International Law: An Introduction to the Law of Nations (KZ3195.W65 A36 2002)

V. International Law Online

American Society of International Law: Research Tools (www.asil.org/resources/) includes the ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law ((www.asil.org/resource/home.htm) and Ref. KZ1235.A85 2002), and the Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL) (www.asil.org/system/eisil.htm), which is a database of links to international law resources (including the texts of primary sources and research guides). ASIL also puts out the International Judicial Monitor (IJM) (www.judicialmonitor.org), published with the International Judicial Academy. Opinio Juris (http://opiniojuris.org) is a blog dedicated to commentary, debate and scholarship on current developments in international law and politics.

Selected classic treatises on international law (such as works by Grotius, Vattel, and Pufendorf) are available in the Making of Modern Law <http://www.law.duke.edu/lib/lresources.html> (search by author, title or “International Law”as a subject) and HeinOnline (www.heinonline.org/HOL/Welcome) (click on “Legal Classics”).

Katherine Topulos 10/2007