This document provides guidance on researching the topic of human trafficking law and policy. It outlines the objectives of selecting a topic, conducting a pre-emption check to determine if similar research exists, identifying background sources, and finding primary legal materials. It then details current awareness sources like Lexis, Westlaw, and BNA to monitor developments. It recommends using blogs, scholarly papers, reports, and country reports for background research. Methods outlined for identifying primary U.S. and international legal materials include legislation, case law, treaties and conventions. The document stresses giving yourself time, using an interlibrary loan process, consulting the research guide, and asking librarians for assistance.
38. Final Words
Give yourself plenty of time.
ILL process may take a week or more
Use the research guide.
Keep a journal of what you’ve searched and
where.
Lots on the Web but NOT EVERYTHING.
Please ASK for help from Librarians!
RefworldWhen you access Case Law page, you can narrow results by choosing “publisher” (which is list of courts or jurisdictions) or by “country” of asylum. If I want to see asylum cases from the High Court of Australia, I click Publisher tab and then the court.I can narrow my search. If I want Australian case involving Afghan claimants only, I click the Country tab…and select Afghanistan.Similarly, I can browse all the IACHR cases or I can narrow that down to IACHR involving Peru.
Oxford Reports on International LawInternational Courts of General JurisdictionInternational Court of Justice Permanent Court of International JusticePermanent Court of ArbitrationInternational Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. International Criminal LawInternational Human Rights LawInternational Law in Domestic Courts
OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
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