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RESEARCH GUIDES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Research guides and bibliographies, as well as catalogs, are good tools for identifying the titles of foreign and international legal materials. There are many research guides on specific countries. Subject headings for locating research guides and bibliographies on foreign and international law are: 

legal research--[geographic area or country] 
law--[geographic area or country]--bibliography
legal bibliography--[geographic area]
law--[geographic area or country ]
[international organization's name]--bibliography 
international agencies--bibliography
[legal topic in Library of Congress form]--[geographic area]--bibliography
The International Journal of Legal Information [INTL K9 .N787] is a particularly good source for bibliographies on a country or a specific topic.
1. The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed., Cambridge, MA: Harvard Law Review Association, 2005) [INTL REF & Williams KF245 .U5 2005]. 

2. International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law (New York: Oceana) [INTL REF K530 .I57]. A bit dated, but still useful.

3. Modern Legal Systems Cyclopedia (K. Redden ed., Buffalo, NY: W.S. Hein, 1984- ) [INTL K530 .M62 1984]. 

4. M. Cohen, R. Berring & K. Olson, How to Find the Law (9th ed., St. Paul, MN: West Pub. Co., 1989) (Later editions and abridged editions do not cover international and foreign law.) [Williams KF240 .C5383 1989]. 

5. Guide to International Legal Research (3rd ed., Salem, NH: Butterworths, 1998) (plus 2001 Cumulative Supplement) [INTL REF KZ1234 .G85]. 

6. C. Germain, Germain 's Transnational Law Research (Ardsely-on-Hudson, N.Y.: Transnational Juris Publications, 1991-) [INTL REF K85 .G47 1991]. Selected topics and some European countries.

7. The International Lawyer's Deskbook 2d (L. Low et al. eds, Washington, DC: Section of International Law and Practice, ABA, 2003) [INTL REF K48 .I57 2003]. 

8. Introduction to Transnational Legal Transactions (M. Raisch and R. Shaffer, eds., New York: Oceana Publications, 1995) [INTL K7615.4 .I58 1995].

9. T. Reynolds & A. Flores, Foreign Law: Current Sources of Codes and Basic Legislation in Jurisdictions of the World (Littleton, CO: Rothman, 1989-) [INTL REF K38 .R49 1989]. See also the electronic version, Foreign Law Guide - GULC only

10. Information Sources in Law (Winterton and Moys eds., 2nd ed., London; New Providence, N.J.: Bowker-Saur, 1997) [INTL REF KJC76 .I54 1997]. Coverage of European countries.

11. Accidental Tourist on the New Frontier: an Introductory Guide to Global Legal Research. (Littleton, CO: Rothman, 1998) [INTL REF K85 .A27 1998]. 

12. Web sites: 

Revised August 2005

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