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Paper Topic Development: International: IL Books

Tools to identify articles, books, treaties, UN documents, jurisprudence and other sources to support an international law paper.

Introduction

Many of the sources below are available as ebooks that BLS students can access on campus through the BLS network or off campus through a web browser that communicates with the BLS proxy server.  In BLS Library's SARA catalog record for an ebook, click line: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION.  Remote use of books in Aspen Learning Library, Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law (OSAIL) and Oxford Scholarship Online: Law requires implementation of the BLS proxy instructions.  Based on patron feedback, BLS librarians recommend the proxy instructions for Firefox browser. 

Within a category below, e/books appear "newest to oldest."

Click here to view a complete list of BLS Library's sources categorized by subject: International Law and listed "newest to oldest."

There are some open access ebooks available through International Law Titles in Open Access (Brill | Nijhoff).

There also are some open access books available through Oxford Academic Books.  Click: Explore books > under subject: Law, choose: International Law.  Under Availability, check: Open Access and Free.

International Law: Casebooks, Hornbooks & Study Aid

Casebooks on Reserve (request @ BLS Library's 1st floor circulation desk):

Hornbooks on Reserve (request @ BLS Library's 1st floor circulation desk):

Study Aid in Aspen Learning Library:

Study Aid on Reserve:

International Law: Treatises

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Older International Law Study Guide in BLS Library's International Collection:

International Law in the U.S. Legal System & U.S. Foreign Relations: Treatises & Other Sources

See also:

Westlaw link to database: Restatement of the Law--The Foreign Relations Law of the United States (enter your Westlaw username/password)

Digest of United States Practice in International Law (1989-)

HeinOnline's Foreign and International Law Resources Database and series: Foreign Relations of the United States

Foreign and International Law Resources Database includes:

Older digests of U.S. practice in international law

Consular/Diplomatic Immunity, Law & Practice: Treatises & Handbooks

Treaties: Treatises

Click here to obtain a complete list of BLS Library's sources categorized by subject: Treaties and listed "newest to oldest."

Note: Some titles below also are available as e-treatises that BLS students can access off campus in BLS subscription database: Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law (OSAIL) > in SARA catalog record for OSAIL, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - OXFORD > in Oxford's search box, enter title of desired book.  To access OSAIL off campus: implement the BLS proxy instructions.  Based on patron feedback, BLS librarians recommend the proxy instructions for Firefox browser. 

Link to v. 1 of The Charter of the United Nations: A Commentary in OSAIL.

Link to v. 2 of The Charter of the United Nations: A Commentary in OSAIL.

In the SARA catalog records above, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - OXFORD.

Note: Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law (OSAIL) includes many more books on specific treaties.  For example, OSAIL added these titles in 2022-2023: