International and Foreign - Internet Resource Collections

The Law Library subscribes to an extensive collection of electronic databases, accessible to the Georgetown community through our Research Resources page or through GULLiver. The Lauinger Library on main campus also subscribes to a number of useful electronic subscriptions, accessible through their A-Z List of Databases page. Some of the law library's major electronic international subscriptions are listed below.

  • AccessUN
    Index to United Nations documents (1946 – present) including Official Records, masthead documents, draft resolutions, meeting records, UN Sales Publications, and UN Treaty Series citations. Also includes full–text of several thousand UN documents and publications.
  • Armed Conflict Database
    Armed Conflict Database covers international and internal conflicts, as well as terrorism, including information on refugees and returnees, internally displaced persons, weapons used and their flows, fatalities, costs, historical backgrounds, and timelines. Users can generate reports, download data, and browse through year-by-year analysis and fact sheets online.
  • EISIL: Electronic Information System for International Law
    EISIL has been developed by the American Society of International Law (ASIL). ASIL's goal is to ensure, through EISIL, that web searchers can easily locate the highest quality primary materials, authoritative web sites and helpful research guides to international law on the Internet. To this end, EISIL has been designed as an open database of authenticated primary and other materials across the breadth of international law, which until now have been scattered in libraries, archives and specialized web sites.
  • Foreign and International Law Resources Database (FILRD) (HeinOnline)
    The Foreign and International Law Resources database contains image-based formats for many yearbooks and serials of international law from jurisdictions such as New Zealand, Africa, and the Baltics. Also included are U.S. Digests of International Law, the Permanent Court of International Justice Decisions, the International Court of Arbitration (Balch) and more titles that will be added in the continuing project to provide electronic access to the classics of international law, with a view to evidence of customary international law. Part of HeinOnline.
  • Global Jurist
    Offers a forum for scholarly cyber-debate on issues of comparative law, law and economics, international law, law and development, and legal anthropology. Series includes Global Jurist Frontiers, Global Jurist Advances, and Global Jurist Topics.
  • Human Rights Documents Online
    The Human Rights Documents Online (HRDO) database will ultimately contain all human rights documents collected by the Human Rights Internet (HRI) in Ottawa in Canada since 1980. These documents emanate from 483 non-governmental human rights organizations (NGOs) worldwide, some of which have a universal scope, whilst others focus on the attainment of human rights in a specific area of the world. The documents themselves are also available on microfiche in the Wolff Library.
  • i.lex: The Legal Research System for International Law in U.S. Courts
    This online database of select U.S. court cases and related materials is designed to serve as a practical resource for members of the judiciary and other legal professionals to identify and understand how international law is interpreted and applied by U.S. courts at both the federal and state level.
  • Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
    Topical access to approximately 470 international and comparative law periodicals and 26 collections of essays. Coverage begins in 1985.
  • International Encyclopaedia of Laws: Civil Procedure Online
    Also known as IEL Civil Procedure. IEL Civil Procedure Online provides in-depth descriptions and analyses of numerous domestic systems. National monographs describe the main features of each country’s judicial organization, the rules governing the jurisdiction of the courts, the actual court proceedings, the rules of evidence, the principles governing preliminary seizure and the enforcement of judgments, and some elements of national arbitration. In addition, a forthcoming EU monograph analyzes the Regulation 44/2001, as well as the Conventions of Lugano and San Sebastian. An international monograph will deal with international multi-lateral treaties.
  • International Encyclopaedia of Laws: Contracts
    Also known as IEL Contracts. The IEL Contracts database encompasses the national monographs of a wide variety of countries, written by experts from those countries. Each national monograph is divided into two parts: the first addresses the general principles at issue, and the second covers the specific types of contracts. The work also addresses international aspects of contract law. For each jurisdiction, the work provides: List of Abbreviations, Preface, General Introduction, Introduction to the Law of Contracts and Selected Bibliography.
  • International Encyclopaedia of Laws: Energy Law
    Also known as IEL Energy Law. IEL Energy Law Online covers national and international energy law. Each national monograph contains a general introduction, a description of the country’s energy legislation, an overview of the basic principles of energy law, the historical background, the role of governmental institutions, and the sources of energy law in that country’s legal system. Each country’s regulatory framework concerning electricity, gas, petrol and coal is fully set forth, with emphasis on the aspects of production, exploitation, transport, distribution, and consumption. Each monograph also deals with the interactions of energy law with environmental law, tax law and competition law. In addition, Energy Law includes international monographs covering international legislation and treaties and the energy law of the European Union.
  • International Encyclopaedia of Laws: Environmental Law Online
    Also known as IEL Environmental Law. IEL Environmental Law Online covers national and international environmental law. National monographs contain, besides a general introduction, a description of the country’s environmental legislation, an overview of the basic principles of environmental law, the historical background, the role of governmental institutions, and the sources of environmental law. International monographs cover international legislation and treaties and the environmental legislation of the European Economic Community.
  • International Encyclopaedia of Laws: Family and Succession Law
    Also known as IEL Family and Succession Law. This database covers family law together with marital property law and succession law. In addition to the national monographs, this subset of the International Encyclopaedia of Laws currently includes a monograph for the European Union. Forthcoming supplements will include international monographs describing the activities of several international organizations in the domain of family and succession law, such as the United Nations, the Council of Europe, and the International Commission on Civil Status.
  • International Encyclopaedia of Laws: Intellectual Property Online
    Also known as IEL Intellectual Property. IEL Intellectual Property Online provides an overview of intellectual property for understanding legislation and policy on the subject in different countries. Analyses and describes theory and practice in a large number of countries. Information is also provided on all major and important international conventions and on international bodies like the EU and WIPO/OMPI.
  • International Encyclopaedia of Laws: Medical Law
    IEL Medical Law deals with the practice of medicine in the large sense, covering national and international medical law. Each national monograph contains, besides a general introduction, a description for the country in question. An international monograph covers the World Health Organization in both its international and regional aspects. A Codex of International Medical Law and Ethics is also included. Forthcoming international monographs will cover international declarations on medical ethics such as the Declaration of Helsinki on Medical Experiments (1964) and the European Code of Medical Ethics.
  • International Encyclopaedia of Laws: Private International Law
    IEL Private International Law presents country-by-country national monographs dealing with the statutes, regulations and case law each country applies to cases involving transnational issues in, e.g., business, family or inheritance law. It provides access to the conflict rules of countries, presented clearly and concisely by local experts.
  • International Encyclopaedia of Laws: Social Security Law Online
    Also known as IEL Social Security Law. IEL Social Security Online provides information on the different social security schemes in the various countries. The basic ideas and mechanisms of each scheme are described in an easily comprehensible way. The legal mechanisms of the following areas of social protection are covered in each monograph: health care, employment injuries and occupational diseases, sickness benefits, pensions, unemployment and family benefits.
  • International Encyclopaedia of Laws: Tort Law
    IEL Tort Law sheds light on the way legal systems protect rights and interests through, among others, tort law. There are basic differences in approach between the legal systems and the dividing line does not always match the classic divide between the countries of the Civil Law tradition and those belonging to the Common Law tradition. In the General Introduction, particular attention will be paid to the aims of the law of Torts and to the distinction between tort and crime and to the relationship between tort and contract (is concurrence between tortious liability and contractual responsibility permitted or not? what about precontractual liability?). For each country, the scope of protection will be tackled as well (are all interests equally protected?). The monograph is then divided into six Parts: Liability for One's Own Act; Liability for Acts of Others; Forms of Strict Liability; Defenses and Exemption Clauses; Causation; Remedies.
  • International Justice Tribune Newsletter and Archive
    The International Justice Tribune Newsletter covers international criminal justice and "publishes investigative articles and interviews about world-wide efforts to try war criminals, from the International Criminal Court to domestic courts. Created in March 2004 by four journalists, IJT is the successor to Diplomatie Judiciaire, a magazine that for seven years documented trials before the international criminal tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia. Most of Diplomatie Judiciaire's invaluable reporting is now in IJT's archives."
  • International Law Reports Online
    International Law Reports Online provides in English the decisions of international courts and arbitrators as well as judgments of national courts. Covers all significant cases of public international law from 1919 to present. Updated 4 times a year.
  • Journal of Philosophy of International Law
    A peer-reviewed journal promoting legal reflection on the foundations of international law which could give rise to philosophical questions, and promoting philosophical reflections on the nature of the international legal order.
  • Kluwer Law International e-Books
    The KLI eBook Collection, which is hosted on the MyiLibrary platform, contains 59 books published by Kluwer Law International. GULLiver contains bibliographic records, with links, for all the titles in the collection. By using the link here, you can search the contents of all the books simultaneously.
  • Kluwer Law International Journal Library (HeinOnline)
    This HeinOnline Library contains 12 European periodicals published by Wolters Kluwer. Searching can be done by title or author name, as well as by full-text searching of the collection or select periodicals. Coverage is from v. 1, but HeinOnline must delay the release of new content by three complete volumes, per contract with the publisher.
  • Kluwer Law Journals Online
    Also known as KLI Journals Online. Georgetown has electronic access to those Kluwer Law International Journals (KLI Journals Online) that we subscribe to in print and that are available on the web. NOTE: The Library does not subscribe to all titles that are listed on the Kluwer web site. For a complete list of titles to which we subscribe, see http://gull.georgetown.edu/record=e100104.
  • KluwerLitigation
    KluwerLitigation includes the full text of the four main conventions covering commercial litigation Brussels Convention, Evidence Convention, New York Convention, Service Convention as well as all relevant EC Regulations. Materials for foreign jurisdictions covers designations made for service of process and taking of evidence abroad that represent the implementation of the conventions, all in English. Note: Under the International Business tab, click "Kluwer Law International KluwerArbitration.com".
  • Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law Online
    This is the online version of an often-cited authority on both the theory and practice of public international law. Terms are defined and placed in doctrinal context, with citation to leading treatises and international cases. Topics covered include peaceful change, internment, customary international law, implementation agreements, nullity in international law, international organizations or institutions, succession of states, international courts and tribunals, evidence, etc. The online edition has a select bibliography for each article it contains.
  • Oxford Reports on International Courts of General Jurisdiction
    ICGJ aims to provide all ORIL users with comprehensive coverage of decisions from the most important and general international courts. It covers all contentious and advisory cases from the International Court of Justice and Permanent Court of International Justice. Basic orders regarding the setting of time limits for the filing of written and/or oral submissions by the parties are excluded from this content set. The interface is Oxford Reports on International Law (ORIL).
  • Oxford Reports on International Human Rights
    Oxford Reports on International Human Rights provides access and commentary in international human rights law, providing serious researchers access to the widest possible range of international law jurisprudence. All reported decisions have a headnote, the full text of the decision, and are linked to the Oxford Law Citator, which in turn cites to cases giving the cited case judicial consideration, and to reference works such as the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law.
  • Oxford Reports on International Investment Claims
    Access to reported decisions linked to commentary and the Oxford Law Citator, and listed by jurisdiction. For a database with additional content on investment, such as treaties, book and articles, see Investment Claims, a separate stand-alone database complementing this collection.
  • Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts
    International Law in Domestic Courts is a case reporting service including important public international law issues being decided in national courts around the world today. Legal experts in over 60 countries identify the most significant cases and analyze the decisions in those cases. Full text judgments are included, as are authoritative English translations of key passages. This database is searchable by country, key word, or topic.
  • Oxford Scholarship Online: Law Subject Collection
    Collection of 150 monographs in the area of law. At the OSO web site, you can find a particular book in the indexes, or you can search the contents -- of just one book or all the books together.
  • Recueil des Cours en ligne (Collected Courses Online - Hague Academy)
    Collected Courses Online is an electronic version of courses published by the Hague Academy of International Law from 1923 to the present day. This collection of courses (i.e., lectures or essays) is one of the most important encyclopedic publications on private and public international law. At this site, you can search the collection by volume, year, author, or keyword and retrieve scanned copies of the print essays.
  • SourceOECD
    This collection of publications by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is a rich resource of statistics, public policy research and economics data. Known for its thorough research and high quality data analysis, OECD publications are useful in law-related research, particularly on foreign nations.
  • TIARA: US Treaties and International Agreements
    Contains over 12000 treaties and agreements, the earliest of which dates back to 1783. It also contains Senate Treaty Documents from no. 96-1 through the current Congress, and the US Department documents from DOS 86-1 to the present.
  • United Nations Law Collection (HeinOnline)
    This database adds a selection of major yearbooks, official records, and series in scanned format for the United Nations historically and also includes material from currently published titles. It is searchable and will be further expanded in future releases. Sample titles include the complete documentary “Legislative History” of the United Nations Conference on International Organization held in San Francisco from April 25 to June 26, 1945 and the UNCITRAL Yearbook, and many more. Part of HeinOnline.
  • United Nations Treaty Collection
    Collection includes: Status of Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary General (MTDSG), UN Treaty Series, Certified True Copies of Treaties, and Depositary Notifications. Photographs of Treaty Signature ceremonies are included in the MTDSG portion of the site, as are Titles of Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General in the UN Official Languages. Note: This site works best with Internet Explorer.
  • vLex Global
    V-Lex Global, though based in Spain, searches case law, legislation and other legal resources for close to 100 jurisdictions and with options for retrieval in several languages. Search access may be by keyword, jurisdiction; browse books and journals. Single-user license.
  • World Bank Catalog
    The World Bank Catalog is a mostly full-text collection of World Bank documents. It includes planning documents, working papers, project assessments, and 50 other types of World Bank documents.
  • World Trade Online
    This Inside Washington publication provides immediate access to the latest in trade news. Access iincludes each day's complete issue of Inside U.S. Trade, plus retrospective coverage going back 5 years. Also available: news from around the world and exclusive special reports.
  • WTO Reporter (Bloomberg BNA)
    Daily coverage of news developments from and about the World Trade Organization. Reported cases and news are fully searchable.

See also information on our international print collections and our collection development policies.

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