Paper Topic Selection: International: Intro.

Paper Topic Selection highlights news sources to assist in identifying a current legal problem.  After choosing a subject, users can review: Paper Topic Development.          

TIP: To understand the sources of international law:

Read Art. 38(1) of the Statute of the International Court of Justice. 

Then consult one or more of these helpful tools:

• Free lectures by noted international law professors & practitioners in the United Nations' Audiovisual Library of International Law                   

in the Audiovisual Library of International Law, click topic: International Law > subtopic: Sources of Law 

• Chapter 2 (The Sources of International Law) in: James Crawford, Brownlie’s Principles of Public International Law (Oxford University Press, 9th ed. 2019).  BLS students: This treatise is accessible off campus if one has implemented the proxy server instructions.   

In BLS Library's catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - OXFORD > click: + next to: Main Text > click: + next to: Part I: Preliminary Topics > click + next to: 2. The sources of international law. 

• Hugh Thirlway, The Sources of International Law (Oxford University Press, 2nd ed. 2019).  BLS students: This treatise is accessible off campus if one has implemented the proxy server instructions. 

In BLS Library's catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION--OXFORD. 

There are many additional e-books in: Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law (accessible off campus if one has implemented the proxy server instructions). 

TIP: To understand how to structure either a law journal note or a seminar paper, consult this highly useful guide: