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International Legal Research: Preliminary Materials

This Guide covers essential print and electronic resources for researching international and foreign law.

Catalogs

Worldcat, as its name suggests, is a catalog of book titles held by libraries all over the world. Worldcat uses the same Library of Congress subject headings as those used in the UIC Law Library catalog. Thus, you can use Worldcat to expand your research beyond the four walls of this Library. Use the advanced search template to search as shown below.

A traditional catalog is a tool designed to enable researchers to find book titles in a library collection. To find articles, researchers have to use a separate but similar tool known as an index. However, some catalogs now blur this distinction by including records for book titles and journal articles. 

The Peace Palace Library catalog is an example of this new hybrid. It makes international legal research very efficient as researchers can now find book titles, chapters and articles on international law issues all in one place. 

For more information on the use of catalogs and indexes, see the Treatises and Law Review Articles tab.  

For More Information

Bin Cheng, General Principles of Law, as Applied by International Courts and Tribunals. 10th Floor - KZ3225.C44 A33 2006

Fabián O. Raimondo, General Principles of Law in the Decisions of International Criminal Courts and Tribunals. 10th Floor - KZ6304.R35 2008

Rudiger Wolfrum, General International Law (Principles, Rules, and Standards) in Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law.