Paper Topic Development: International

Open Access IL Ebooks:

• Philip Alston, International Human Rights: Text and Materials (click: Free Digital Access or Download Chapters)
• Cambridge Core Law (Cambridge University Press) > under Explore Law books, click: Show all
  • Click a topic like: Human Rights, Humanitarian Law, International Trade Law, Private International Law, Public International Law or UN and International Organisations
    • Under Access (on left), check: Only show open access
• International Law Titles in Open Access (Brill | Nijhoff) 
  • Path: Brill > click: Open Access > General Open Access Information > Brill's Open Access Content > Discover Our OA Books > under Subject (on left) click: Show All.  Subjects include Human Rights and Humanitarian Law + International Law.
• Oxford Academic Books 
  • Click: Explore books > under pull-down Subject menu, click: Law > click: International Law > click: Browse content in International Law
    • Under Availability (on left), check: Open Access and Free - sort results by: Date - Newest First 

BLS Library's Subscription IL Ebook Collections:

• Aspen Learning Library (study aids collection, Wolters Kluwer | Aspen Publishing) > in SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION
  • Includes study aids in the Examples and Explanations series, such as: Conflict of Laws (2023) and International Law (2023)
• Oxford University Press Law Pro: Financial, Corporate and Commercial Law + Oxford University Press Law Pro: International Law and International Organizations (2 collections of OUP's legal treatises) - in BLS Library's SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - (OXFORD) > on left of Oxford Law Pro screen, be sure that these filters are checked: Format: Book + Availability: All content I have access to.
  • Oxford Law Pro modules include: Expert Essentials articles and an AI Research Assistant.
• Oxford Scholarship Online: Law (Oxford University Press) > in SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION
  • This subscription is separate from Oxford Law Pro.

TIP: Within a guide box below, BLS Library's e/books appear "newest to oldest" to encourage students to consult current sources.  

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

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 Aids on Reserve:

Tax Treaty Primer in Bloomberg Law:

BLS students, faculty and administrators self-register for Bloomberg Law accounts (no access code required).  Bloomberg Law will send an email response.

Treaty Primer (c2021) by Thomas S. Bissell & Bruce W. Reynolds + for more current developments, see subscription Bloomberg Law's page of resources: Bloomberg Tax: Research: International

Excerpt from Preface: "This Treaty Primer is designed to help tax practitioners understand the basics of international income tax treaties and how to apply them to a tax problem. The Treaty Primer introduces key treaty concepts, such as how a treaty modifies the income tax of a country in which income is earned, how treaties are interpreted, and what typical provisions of income tax treaties mean. The Treaty Primer also explains how tax treaties are developed and amended through protocols, describes types of tax treaties that are not income tax treaties, and provides insights into special situations. The Primer includes an article-by-article explanation of income tax treaty provisions that is based on the OECD model income tax treaty, the starting point for most bilateral treaties, and a key resource used by most countries in interpreting their bilateral income tax treaties. Where relevant, the Treaty Primer also explains how provisions of the United Nations model treaty and the U.S. model treaty differ from the OECD's model to deal with positions unique to their specific focuses. Finally, the Primer includes an article-by-article description of the OECD's Multilateral Instrument, which is rapidly implementing treaty changes developed in the OECD's “Base Erosion and Profit-Shifting” or “BEPS) initiative".

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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

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

Note: Oxford Law Pro: International Law and International Organizations includes many more books on specific treaties.  Examples include: