Slides for resource finding and assignment help for students at La Trobe University studying Public International Law

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LAW3PIL- Public International Law
Kate Freedman & Clare O’Hanlon
Library Senior Learning Advisors (Law)
June 2016.

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Finding Primary Source Materials
 United Nations Documents
 Treaties
 International Court of Justice decisions
̶ Permanent Court of International Justice

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UN Documents: How to Read the abbreviations
Report of the UN Special Rapporteur of the Commission on
Human Rights 16.1.92 (E/CN.4/1992/26).

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UN Documents: How to Read the abbreviations
Report of the UN Special Rapporteur of the Commission on
Human Rights 16.1.92 (E/CN.4/1992/26).

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E/CN.4/Sub.2/2003/38/Rev.2
Economic and Social Council
Commission on Human Rights
Subcommission on the Promotion
and Protection of Human Rights
Year
Document no. 38, revision no. 2

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UN Documents: How to Find Them
Databases Tab: UN Documentation Centre
If you have a United Nations Document Symbol,
 Search by the symbol
 Add the symbol after the following url: http://undocs.org/.
̶ http:undocs.org/A/RES/67/1 = pdf of the Resolution adopted by the General
Assembly on 24 September 2012

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UN Documents: How to Find Them
If you don’t have a UN Number.
 Search via the UN ODS (Official Document System) Search
̶ The keyword search can also be used to input a symbol
number, with the slashes (/).
̶ Use the advanced search to
search by key words or phrases.
 Example:
̶ Find the Report of The United
Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights on The Situation
of Human Rights In Ukraine

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UN Documents: Practice: Find 1 from both columns
 A/RES/69/1
 A/RES/67/296
 S/RES/2136 (2014)
 A/AC.109/2012/L.6
 The rule of law, crime prevention and
criminal justice in the United Nations
development agenda beyond 2015
(adopted by the general assembly)
 The rule of law, crime prevention and
criminal justice in the United Nations
development agenda beyond 2015
(adopted by the Economic and Social
Council)

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UN Research Guides
 Guides to Resources available via the UN Library.
 Contains useful overviews- but we may not have everything!!
̶ Legal Research Resources: http://research.un.org/en/legal
̶ UN Documentation: International Law:
http://research.un.org/en/docs/law?hs=a
̶ UN Documentation: International Court of Justice:
http://research.un.org/c.php?g=98280

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UN Treaty Collection
Databases Tab: UN Treaty Collection.
 Search by:
̶ Popular Name
̶ Title
̶ Participants
̶ Full Text
Other Places for Treaty Information
 Austlii: Australian Treaties Library: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/
 Worldlii: International Treaties Collection:
http://www.worldlii.org/int/special/treaties/

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UN Treaties: Practice: Find 2 from the following
̶ Geneva Convention
̶ Law of the Sea Convention
̶ Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (find by title search)
̶ A Bilateral agreement between the King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International
Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue and Austria (find by
participant search)

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International Court of Justice Decisions
 ICJ Homepage: http://www.icj-cij.org/homepage/index.php?lang=en
 Publications of the Permanent Court of International Justice (1922-1946)
http://www.icj-cij.org/pcij/index.php?p1=9
 Latest Judgments, Advisory opinions and Orders by chronological order:
http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?p1=3&p2=5
 Decisions via Lexis Nexis.com: Via Database
 Via Worldlii : http://www.worldlii.org/int/cases/ICJ/
Other International Court Decisions (see Oxford Reports)
 Wordlii International Courts and Tribunals Collection
http://www.worldlii.org/int/cases/

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Oxford Public International Law Database
 Max Planck Encyclopaedia on International Law
 Oxford Reports on International Law (browse or search)
̶ Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts (ILDC)
̶ Oxford Reports on International Criminal Law (ICL)
̶ Oxford Reports on International Human Rights Law (IHRL)
̶ Oxford Reports on International Investment Claims (IIC)
̶ Oxford Reports on International Courts of General Jurisdiction (ICGJ)
 Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law (Online Books)
(Browse by book title or subject)
̶ Brierly's Law of Nations: An Introduction to the Role of International Law in
International Relations, Andrew Clapham (ed)
̶ Diplomatic Law: Commentary on the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations,
Professor Eileen Denza
̶ The International Law of Occupation, Eyal Benvenisti

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Cases: Practice: Find 1 from each section
Find at least 1 of these cases from each section in any of the given databases:
 Dudko v Australia, CCPR/C/90/D/1347/2005, (2008) 15 IHRR 82, 23rd July 2007
 Patrick Coleman v Australia CCPR/C/87/D/1157/2003
 Lovell (Avon) v Australia, CCPR/C/80/D/920/2000, (2004) 11 IHRR 621, 24th March 2004
 Triboulet v France, CCPR/C/60/D/661/1995
 A.W.P. v. Denmark CCPR/C/109/D/1879/2009
 Whaling in the Antarctic (Australia v. Japan: New Zealand intervening), Judgement, ICJ GL
No 148, 31st March 2014, International Court of Justice [ICJ]
 Territorial and Maritime Dispute, Nicaragua v Colombia, Judgment, ICJ GL No 124, 19th
November 2012, International Court of Justice [ICJ]
 Maritime Delimitation in the Black Sea, Romania v Ukraine, Judgment, ICJ GL No 132, 3rd
February 2009, International Court of Justice [ICJ]
 Certain Activities Carried Out by Nicaragua in the Border Area, Costa Rica v Nicaragua,
Order on provisional measures, 8th March 2011, International Court of Justice [ICJ]

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Secondary Sources: Journal Articles and Databases Coverage
AGIS
APAIS
Lexis.com: US & Canada
Lexis.com: UK
Index to Legal Periodicals

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Secondary Sources- Journal Articles via Databases
Index to Legal Periodicals (Ebsco)
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (Hein online)
 Use general search principles:
̶ Quotation marks: “united nations” for phrase searching
̶ Asterisk: state* for truncation- finds state, states, statehood etc..
̶ The Near operator (N#): finds words near each other regardless of word order.
o E.g.. legal N5 principals will find legal principals as well as principals of
legal reform.
̶ The Within Operator: (W#) - finds words in the order in which you entered
them.
o In the above example using W4 would find legal principals but not
principals of legal reform.
̶ Subject headings of articles help you gather related articles on a particular
topic or concept

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Additional Secondary Sources
Databases
 Westlaw
 Lexis.com
 Proquest Central
Newspapers
 Factiva
NOTE: We may not hold all the articles in these indexes in Full Text.
Clicking on the Full Text Finder link next to the article may bring it up or check if we
hold the article by looking for the Journal in the Library Search Journals Tab.

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Search Strategy: Extra Hints
 Reformulate a query based on documents identified as relevant
̶ Example:
Find a key paper and look at how it has been indexed…
̶ Choose to search terms by Subject to pick up articles that may be missed by a
key word search.
̶ Google Scholar

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Google Scholar
Set your preferences to retrieve La Trobe resources: scholar.google.com
 Select Settings > Library Link > add La Trobe University Library > Save
 Google Scholar vs. Library Databases
̶ state responsibility AND internationally wrongful acts
̶ The AND is needed in Library Databases.
̶ Google Scholar does NOT index everything.
̶ Use as another tool WITH the library databases.

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Searching for Scholarly Articles
 J. Ashley Roach, ‘Countering Piracy off Somalia: International Law and International
Institutes.’ (2010) 104.3 American Journal of International Law 397-416.
 Kirsty Gover, 'Settler-State Political Theory, 'CANZUS' and the UN Declaration on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples‘ (2015) 26.2 European Journal Of International Law
345-373.
 Zeray Yihdego, ‘The Gaza Mission: Implications for International Humanitarian Law
and UN Fact-Finding’ (2012) 13.1 Melbourne Journal of International Law 158-216.
 Seline Trevisanut, 'The Principle of Non-Refoulement And the De-Territorialization of
Border Control at Sea' (2014) 27.3 Leiden Journal Of International Law 661-675.
 Steven Ratner, ‘Ethics and international law: integrating the global justice project(s)’
(2013) 5 International Theory, 1-34.

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