Public International Law
Article 38 of the Statute of the Int'l Court of Justice instructs courts to look to Conventions, Custom, General Principles of Law, and these two sources as a "subsidiary means for the determination of rules of law."
What are judicial decisions and the writings of highly qualified publicists?
What is the depositary?
This free website is the "portal" to EU law where you can search or browse primary and secondary legislation and caselaw.
What is EurLex?
The UN treaty bodies that monitor the 9 Human Rights Treaties interpret treaties in documents known as this.
What are General Comments or General Recommendations?
The Sabin Center at Columbia Law School provides a free database of U.S. and Global cases on this topic.
What is climate litigation?
To demonstrate customary international law researchers must establish state practice and this.
What is opinio juris?
This State Department publication provides cites and depositary information for all multilateral and bilateral treaties in force that the United States is a party to.
What is Treaties in Force?
Secondary legislation consists of regulations, decisions, and this type of legislation which sets goals and objectives that must be implemented by each member state through national legislation.
What are directives?
This UN body's resolutions are considered political statements rather than legal statements, and can provide evidence of customary international law if they are unanimous or near-unanimous.
What is the General Assembly?
Globalex, the Foreign Law Guide, the Law Library of Congress Guide to Law Online, and the Yale Country-by-Country guide are all databases that focus on this type of law.
What is foreign law?
This commission, established by the General Assembly and tasked with codifying international law, contributes to the development of international law with work such as the Draft Articles on State Responsibility and the Draft Articles on Diplomatic Protection.
What is the International Law Commission?
When countries sign and ratify treaties they may also issue reservations, understandings or this type of statement, all of which are defined in the UN Treaty Handbook.
What are declarations?
The decisions of the Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights are summarized by subject in these documents available on each court's website.
What are Fact Sheets?
These "protocols" known as ____ protocols, allow individuals to sue their government for a violation of a human rights treaty if that member state has signed and ratified the protocol and the individual has exhausted all domestic remedies.
What are optional protocols?
Jurist, EJIL Talk, ASIL Insights, OpinioJuris, TWAIL Review, and Kluwer Arbitration Blog, are all free online scholarly blogs with posts and articles written by experts in this type of law.
What is international law?
This Peaceful and Palatial Law Library for the ICJ has research guides on a variety of topics in international law that serve as a starting off point for your research.
What is the Peace Palace Library?
These "French" documents provide a historical account of the negotiations of a treaty and can be used to discern a treaty's intent or meaning.
What are travaux preparatoires?
This EU body is considered the "executive arm" and the "face" of the EU in international negotiations and is also the only body that can propose legislation. It also enforces the EU's competition law.
What is the European Commission?
These types of agreements or treaties which you can find on websites such as the Investment Policy Hub and ICSID and whose dispute settlement mechanisms against states are conducted by private arbitrators are frequently criticized for prioritizing investors' rights over the environment and human rights.
What are investment treaties?
These online resources, often created by librarians, provide lists of resources including secondary and primary sources, and databases, on different subject areas and are easily found with Google.
What are research guides?
This encyclopedia of international law which shares its name with a famous German physicist who developed quantum theory, is an excellent resource for learning more about common topics in international law such as sovereignty, minimum standard of treatment, and diplomatic protection.
What is Max Planck Encyclopedias?
This widely used subscription resource which you can access from the library's homepage provides PDFs of historical and current treaties, along with a robust collection of foreign and international journals, American journals, and a variety of other legal materials.
What is HeinOnline?
The Treaty on the EU and the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU both of which were most recently amended by the Treaty of Lisbon, are considered this type of legislation.
What is primary legislation?
These human rights experts appointed by the Human Rights Council focus on different topics in human rights law such as climate change, women, migrants, and digital rights.
Who are Special Rapporteurs?
On Nov 5 (or before in NYC), you should perform this civic duty to help preserve our democratic institutions and rule of law so we can continue to learn about, criticize, uphold, and reform our domestic and international legal structures and institutions.
What is VOTE