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As a "Practical Guide", this Guide is written with your common foreign and international legal research tasks in mind. It aims to connect you with the best resources in the field. Instead of being all-inclusive, this Guide showcases a selection of resources valued for their currentness, reliability, accessibility and comprehensive coverage of the subject. By showing you where to find and how to use those resources, this Guide will give you some basic tools and knowledge to get started. For a more extensive discussion of legal research methods and resources on certain subjects, check the resources included in the box "More On . . ." on the left side of the relevant page.
Depending on your research task and your familiarity with the subject area, it is usually a good strategy to start from a secondary source when you are venturing into a new area. The secondary source, whether it is an encyclopedia, treatise, or law review article, often explains the area of law substantively, points you to the most important primary documents in the field, and supplies you with citations so that you can do your own investigation. I included some secondary sources and databases below. If you have further questions, please contact me at sherry.xin.chen@bc.edu.
Oppenheim's International Law by
First published in 1905/6 International Law or Oppenheim's International Law as it is widely known, has established itself as one of the number one reference volumes in the field of International Law.
International Law by
Encompassing the leading principles, practice and cases, and retaining and developing the detailed references which encourage and assist the reader in further study, this new edition motivates and challenges students and professionals while remaining accessible and engaging.
International Law by
The book explores the scope and function of international law, and explains how it helps to underpin our international political and economic systems. It then goes on to examine the wider theoretical implications of international law's role in modern society, including issues such as the independence of states, limits of national freedom of choice, human rights, and international crime.
Basic Documents in International Law by
Basic Documents in International Law draws together all of the most important documents needed for the study of international law. Collated by Ian Brownlie, a worldwide expert in the field, this book has provided students and practitoners with the most essential instruments giving a thorough grounding in this diverse and fascinating field of law.