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.INTERNATIONAL WEBSITE APPENDIX .
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for use with
.Fundamental Perspectives on International Law
..................(5th ed. Thomson/Wadsworth 2006)
............by William R. Slomanson (1997-2008)
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Introduction: The proliferation of web sites has served as a very useful resource for teaching, taking, and researching courses in an array of disciplines including International Law and International Relations. No one website can provide all relevant content available, without devoting one;s life to just that project. This collection is designed to provide only the most useful webpages and portals to other domains. This website is alphabetically arranged by subject area. Note on Return to Topic list: Unlike other portions of this website, this file is not divided into smaller windows. I have included two features, however, which will assist you in quickly navigating through this web page: (1) a topical index, just below, for quickly scanning content; and (2) a "Return to Top" icon which allows you to return to the top of this page--rather than having to scroll up to reach the following Topic Headings.

TOPIC HEADINGS
Academic Freedom
Academic Journals
Air Law
Attornies/Barristers/etc.
Bar Associations (Int'l)
Books
Business (Int'l)
Careers/Foreign Study
Comparative Law
Conferences
Constitutions
Consulates
Country Studies
Courts: nat'l
............hybrid
Culture
Customs
Dictionaries
Diplomacy
Document Services
Electronic Commerce
Electronic Research
Embassies and Consulates
Environment
European Union
Extradition
Foreign Governments
Foreign Law and Materials
General Assembly (UN)
Geneva Conventions
Genocide
Governments
Graduate Education/Degrees
Health
Historical Legal Documents
History
Human Rights
Indexes
Intergovernmental Organizations
International Courts
International Organizations
International Tribunals
Language
Latin America
Law Firms & Practice
Law Libraries
Law of the Sea
Law Reviews
Law School Foreign Summer Programs
Law Schools (worldwide)
Laws of War
Lawyers
Legal History
Lectures/Speeches
Legislative Information Services
Librarians (country & indiv. names)
Newsletters
Maps
Middle East
NGO's
Palestine
Paliaments (by country)
People Find
Population
Private International Law
Racism
Refugees
Research/Services
Rule of Law
Security Council (UN)
Study Abroad
Taxation
Teaching
Terrorism
Torture
Trade
Translation Services
Travel
Treaties
Truth Commission Reports
United Nations
Visa Requirements
War Crimes
Women's Rights
World Trade Organization

Academic Freedom
Dar es Salaam Declaration on Academic Freedom and Social Responsibility of Academics

Academic Journals
International journals (general info, abstracts, some full text)
Law reviews (all & not limited to int'l)

Attornies/Barristers/etc.
see Law Firms & Practice

Bar Associations (Int'l)
International Bar Association
Internet Bar Association (New York-based private organization)

Books
Amazon.com (commercial seller)

Business (Int'l)
Encyclopedia of Law & Economics (Univ. of Ghent)
Globalizing Law & Business weekly E-Mail newsletter
International Business Law Consortium (professional organization-Vienna)
International Business Resources on the Internet (Michigan State University)
International Business Resources (University of North Carolina)
International Center for Commercial Law (recommended lawyers & developments)
International Finance and Development (e-Book educational resource)
International Network of Lawyers

Careers/Foreign Study
ABA International Section
Fulbright Scholar Program
Overseas International Job Search Page
Researching Careers in International Law
UN Career Opportunities

Comparative Law
Centre for Criminal Justice Studies (UK)
Fordham Univ.
Max Planck Institute (Germany)
Swiss Institute of Comparative Law
United Kingdom National Committee of Comparative Law
World Legal Systems Comparative Law Project (Univ. Ottowa)

Conferences
International Conferences & Calendar of Events

Constitutions
see Foreign Law and Materials
United States

Consulates
see Embassies and Consulates

Country Studies
Country Commercial Guides (US State Dep't)
Countries of the World
Library of Congress "A" to "Z"
World Fact Book (CIA)

Courts
Hybrid (nat'l/int'l)
International Law in Domestic Courts (Hofstra University--60 jurisdictions)
see International Tribunals

Culture
Culture and Travel

Currency
Conversion Tables

Customs
Customs and International Trade Information
Export/Import Primers (Law firm)
Freight forwarders-customs brokers (Los Angeles, USA)

Dictionary
French-English dictionary of legal terms
Law and Economics (University of Ghent)
On-Line Dictionaries (160 languages)
Spanish
Word translator (by language)

Diplomacy
Diplomatic Relations Treaty (Vienna Convention) [tba]
Electronic embassy news service links for foreign affairs professionals

Document Services
Delivery:
*
United Kingdom
Translation:
* 45 languages (specializing in legal, technical, financial, medical and commercial)

Electronic Commerce
OECD Ministerial Conference on Electronic Commerce (Authentication/Business with Gov'ts/Privacy/Taxation)
Online Privacy Policy (Federal Trade Commission)

Electronic Research
see Research

Embassies and Consulates
Bureau of Consular Affairs (U.S.)
Consular Information Sheets
The Electronic Embassy

Environment
Basic Guide to International Environmental Legal Research
Sustainable Development Law Research Guide

European Union
Council of Europe (must accept cookie)
Depository libraries database (password required)
Home Page in US
Institutions (plus basic info & policies)
Privacy Initiative (EU data protection limitations)
Treaty on European Union (Maastricht)
Treaty of Rome (as amended by Maastricht)

Extradition
Council of Europe Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons
United States:
.....bilateral transfer treaties
.....federal International Prisoner Transfer Program
.....state prisoner transfer statutes

Foreign Governments
Governments of the World (click Governments)
Governments on the WWW (worldwide & by region)
Law & Government (Asian Development Bank "by country" collection)
Twentieth Century Listing (all governments)

Foreign Law and Materials
Country Studies (Library of Congress)
Foreign Law: English Translation
Full text of foreign law sources
European Union law
International Law in Domestic Courts (Hofstra University--60 jurisdictions)
Japan & Japanese Laws in English
Latin America (by country)
Latin American Legal Materials
Latin America:
InterAm (database/document delivery service)
Pacific Islands:
* Guide to Web Based Resources
Russia:
* Internet Resources for Russian Studies (by subject, country, and region)
US Dep't State Country Background Notes
Worldwide Legal websites:
* Comparative Guides/Multiple Country Resources
* Foreign Databases (NYU)
* Library of Congress
Portals to the World
* World Law Index (Univ. Australia)

Foreign Policy
United States--
...Congressional Documents and Debates (1774-1873)
...Foreign Relations of the United States (1900-1918) (Univ. Wisconsin)
...Historical Record (Dep't of State)
...National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Books (by Archive staff & fellows)
...State Department Archive Site (for information prior to Jan. 20, 2001)
...US Foreign Policy Around the World
...US International Trade Commission

Genocide
see Human Rights

General Assembly (U.N.)
see United Nations

Geneva Conventions
...Online (ICRC website)
...Project to Enforce

Governments
see Foreign Governmets

Graduate Education/Degrees (worldwide)
Center for International Legal Studies (Salzburg, Austria)
Law school web pages (click on "Law Study," then "Law Schools," then region--for 1,300 sites)
Study in the US (for non-US students)

Health
Medical Information for Americans Traveling Abroad
World Health Organization:
...Constitution (Yale)

Historical Legal Documents
Code of Hammurabi
Declaration of War on Japan (by U.S.)
Declaration of War on Germany (by U.S.)
Kellogg-Briand Pact (1929)
League of Nations Covenant
Magna Carta (1215)
Monroe Doctrine (1823)
Palestinian National Charter (1968)
Tonkin Gulf Resolution (U.S. Congress 1964)
Treaty of Westphalia (1648)
World War II Documents (1940-1945)
Miscellaneous:
* Pre-18th Century documents
* 18th Century documents
* 19th Century documents
* 20th Century documents

History (3,000 years)
Ancient Legal History (Univ. of Pittsburgh)
Fordham University:
*
East Asian
* Global
* Indian
*
Islamic
* Jewish
*
Medival
*
Women
History of Western civilization (click on History)
Women and gender in the ancient world (Univ. Kentucky)

Human Rights
Africa:
...African Human Rights Instruments
.. African Human Rights Resource Center
Amnesty International
Belgian National Law/Courts:
...(English Translation: 38 I.L.M. 918: 1999)
...Rwandan Genocide Case (2001: summary)
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (195 countries/territories)
Europe:
Genocide Convention
High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN)
Human rights documentation (ECHR website)
Human Rights Around The World (information by country)
Indigenous Peoples:
.. Indigenous Peoples' Law and Legal Issues (emphasizing Native American Indians)
...UN Guide for Indigenous Peoples
Inter-American institutions:
...Commission cases
...Court of Human Rights
...Home page
International Bill or Human Rights & Ratifications
Nazi Gold/Swiss Bank Holocaust Assets:
...Univ. Chicago (web page coverage)
...Swiss journalist
Refugee Convention (1951)
Refugees
Resources available on the Internet (Univ. Minn.)
Treaties:
...Human Rights Treaties (Red Cross)
...Treaties and other instruments (Univ. Minn.)
Univ. Minnesota Human Rights Library
Non Governmental Organizations:
...Amnesty International
...Center for International and European Law on Immigration and Asylum
...Center for World Indigenous Studies
...Human Rights Watch
US Human Rights Treaty Practice:
...Human rights library (Univ. Minn.)
...UN Commissioner for Refugees (website)
Womens' Rights:
...Women and gender in the ancient world (Univ. Kentucky)
...Women's Human Rights Resources (Univ. Toronto)
...Women's (historical) Legal Rights (Fordham Univ.)

Immunities
Pinochet Case
(Chilean former head of State arrested in London)
Article: Immunity versus Human Rights (Professor, Univ. of Parma)
Judgments:
... House of Lords reversal for apparent bias (12/98 decision & 1/99 reasons)
....Chilean Supreme Court decision (9/00--not immune) [tba]

Indexes
Type of Law Alpha Index

Intergovernmental Organizations
Council of Europe
International Monetary Fund
OECD (Electronic Commerce)

International Courts
see International Criminal Courts & International Tribunals

International Criminal Courts
Ad Hoc Rwanda & Yugoslavian Tribunals:
.....Resources (print & electronic)
Int'l Criminal Court:
Articles--
..... Background info on Rome Conf. by UN (1998)
..... Human Rights Brief (1998)
..... UN overview (1998)
Rome Statute--
.....Jurisdiction (crimes covered)
.....Statute (complete) on UN website & ICC website
.....Symposiums:
..........National Constitutional Compatibility (comparative law)
..........US & ICC (Duke Law Review)
..UUN's ICC Home Page
Rwanda Tribunal:
.....Akayesu court opinion (9/2/98)
.....Akayesu judgment (summary)
.....Kambanda judgment and sentence (9/4/98)
Yugoslavian Tribunal:
.....Cases & related information (ICTY)
.....ICTY website
.....Rules of Evidence and Procedure (Court TV website re ICTY)
Nuremberg War Crimes Trials

International Organizations
Amnesty International
Basle Committee on Banking Supervision (Bank of International Settlements)
Community of Independent Nations:
.....1991 Charter (Minsk Declaration original three parties)
.....& Protocol (Alma-Ata Declaration for subsequent parties)
Council of Europe
European Union
IMF
International national organizations
International Organization for Standardization (technical specs: HQ Cairo)
Interpol
Middle East private organization's political web page
NATO
NGOs
...Trilateral Commission (recent activities)
...UN "observers" (nearly 2,000 in three categories)
OAS:
.....Home page: English
.....Inter-American Court of Human Rights caselaw:
..........Advisory (English) click on: Organizational Structure, IAC HRts, Jurisprudence, Judgments & Opinions
..........Contentious (Spanish) click on: Organizational Structure, IAC HRts, Jurisprudence, Contentious Cases
.....Resolutions
.....Trade Unit
OECD (Electronic Commerce)
OSCE
Red Cross
Transparency International (corruption)
OSCE:
.....Basic documents (Univ. Minnesota)
United Nations:
.....Home page
.....see United Nations
World Bank:
.....Home Page
.....Magazine (also IMF)
Websites (scroll down to International Organizations)
World Intellectual Property Organization
WTO
Yahoo listing of IOs

International Tribunals
see International Criminal Courts
Caribbean Court of Justice
European Court of Human Rights [tba]
European Court of Justice
Inter-American Court of Human Rights
International Chamber of Commerce
International Court of Justice:
.....Case opinions ICJ's website containing cases since 1996)
WTO

Judicial Assistance (International)
...US Dep't State Office of Legal Advisor (re Draft Convention on Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments)

Language
see Translation Services & Travel

Latin America
Institute of Latin American Studies
InterAm (database/document delivery service)
Latin American Legal Materials (by country)
Mexican Laws (selected English translations)
National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade
Political Database of the Americas

Law Firms & Practice
Asia/Pacific (by country--click on Asia/Pacific)
Bar Associations in 150 Countries (click: Global Bar)
Europe (by country)
International Center for Commercial Law (recommended lawyers)
International Network of Lawyers) (int'l busness)
Latin American (Association of)
Law Practice resources (global)
Legal Employment
Martindale-Hubble Lawyer Locator (US lawyers/facuklty members/lawfirms)
Solicitor (U.K.): (how to qualify)
UN Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers (Havana Conference, 1990)
Univ. Indiana listing

Law Libraries
Europe's national libraries (books, magazines, journals, digital and non-digital of 43 libraries)
International Association of Law Libraries
Library of Congress Global Gateway (individual and collaborative digital libraries)

Law of the Sea
see Sea

Law Reviews
Journals and Periodicals-Legal (Emory)
Law review journals on the Internet (Stanford)

Law School Foreign Study Programs
Academic programs by subject
Consumer and legal information
List of institutions by country
Related products and services
Study Abroad Handbook
Summer Law Programs
World Directory of Law Schools
* AALS
* Cornell Law School

Law Schools (worldwide)
see
Graduate Education/Degrees

Laws of War
Yale Avalon project

Lawyers
Martindale-Hubble Directory

Legal History
see History

Lectures/Speeches
International Legal Research on on the Internet

Legislative Information Services
Library of Congress (US)
State Legislatures/Laws/Regulations/Website Links/Telephone Numbers (by state of the US)
World Legal Information Institute: Quick Search Guide (global Int'l Law resources)

Librarians (country & individual names)
see Research/Services

Lists (Listserv)
see Electronic Discussion Groups

Maps
By:
Country / World / City
GIF Maps
HyperHistory Online (click on Maps)
National Geographics Map Machine
University of Texas on-line Collection
World maps

Online Newsletter
International Law In Brief

NGO's
see International Organizations

Palestine
see
Arab States

Parliaments
by country (including international organizations)

People Find
Netscape/Yahoo People Finder
Telephone Directories on the Web (by region of the world)
World Phone Book

Population
Database on law and population (Harvard Law School & UN Population Fund)

Private International Law
European Private Law (newsletter)

Racism
UN World Conference Against Racism (over 200 documents re 2001 conference in So. Africa)

Refugees
see Human Rights

Research/Services
Armenian Center for National & Int'l Studies
Asian Studies On-line Library (password required)
Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law
Electronic Resources for International Law (Amer. Soc Int'l Law: 167 print pages, 2nd ed. 2002)
Electronic Media in International Legal Research
Electronic Research Collection (Univ. Illinois)
Foreign and International Law Resources on the Internet:
* Retrospective Legal Periodicals (Hein-on Line)
* Full text of foreign law sources (Univ. Chicago Law Librarian)
* Full text of International Law
Foreign Relations of the United States (digitized by Univ. Wisconsin)
International Law Institute International Law Database (Georgetown)
Internet Books & Newsletters
Internet Guide for the Legal Researcher (2nd ed. 1996)
Internet Legal Resource Guide (categorized index of 3100 select web sites)
Japan (East Asian Libraries Cooperative)
Journals: Directory of Law Reviews and Scholarly Legal Periodicals (password required)
Legal Research Using the Internet
Librarians (country & individual names: click on "Experts Project")
Library of Congress cataloging policy (national and international libraries)
Middle East
National Libraries of the World (www accessible)
Out of Print International Law classics: click here (second-hand)
Recueil des Cours (complete catalogue of every volume since 1923)
The Law Source (US, Canada, Mexico)

Security Council (U.N.)
see United Nations

Study Abroad
see Law School Foreign Study Programs

Taxation
Country-Specific Tax Sites
Int'l Tax Planning Association
see Treaties

Teaching
Graduate Programs for Foreign Lawyers
Teaching Human Rights On-Line

Terrorism
Amer Soc Int'l Law (resources page)
Cruise Missile Strikes in Afghanistan and Sudan (ASIL)
Geneva Convention (Art. 3)
National Security Law and Counter-Terrorism (war powers resolutions, US agencies, US Gov't response chart)
UN General Assembly Resolution of Sept. 12, 2001 (Condemnation of terrorist attacks in USA)
UN Library terrorism resources web page (resolutions & treaties)
World Trade Center/Pentagon attack (ASIL)

Torture
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Israeli Supreme Court "Torture" Report/Opinion (Annex = opinion)
Torture Reporting Handbook (Essex University)
UN Committee Against Torture and the Special Rapporteur on Torture (see factsheets)

Trade
see Sale of Goods
Multilingual Trade Documentation (English, French, German, Spanish)
NAFTA (tba)
National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade
World Trade Law Net (WTO resources including Panel & App Body Report links)
World Trade Organization (see WTO)

Translation Services
Case Translations: (major French and German cases in English)
Compliance-intensive industries (localized market-specific translation services)
Dictionary search forms (16 languages)

Travel
Business Traveler Online
Civil Status Documentation & Visa Reciprocity (by country)
Culture and travel
Currency Conversion
.....see Currency
Documents for Travel
Foreign Language for Travelers
Foreign entry requirements
Visa Requirements
World Travel Guide

Treaties
Environment
Bosnia: General Framework Agreement (basic peace agreement)
European Union (Maastricht)
General Assembly Resolutions (referring to conventions, declarations and other instruments)
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
Human rights treaties and other instruments
Introduction to Sources for Treaty Research (NYU)
Research Guides:
...Finding International Treaties (Univ. Colorado)
...Fundamentals of Treaty Research (Lyonette Louis-Jacques' Research Guides, Treaties to Which the United States is a .....Party, TopicalUnited States Treaty Collections, Treaty Indexes, Legislative history, cases, non-US treaty collections & .....Indexes, etc.)
...George Washington University
...Researching Non-US Treaties and Agreements (Stefanie Wegman's extensive guide is on researching multilateral and bilateral agreements to which
...the United States is not a signatory. Stefanie covers topics including: locating and updating..treaties; indexes to treaty collections; treaty research online; status
.. information; implementation and.interpretation; drafting of treaties; and bilateral treaties outside of the US)
....Locating treaty texts (Duke Univ.)
United States
...American Society of International Law Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law
...Researcher's Archive (12,000 treaties in force as of 1/88: Oceana Publishing/registration required)
...Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Committee Prints (106th Congress)
...US Senate's Role in Treaty-making (scroll to 106-71)
...United States Treaty Research:
.........Researching U.S. Treaties and Agreements (Marci Hoffman's comprehensive guide covers research guides, indexes ........and.finding tools, full-text sources, status, updating and ratification information, legislative histories, treaties by popular ........name, and treatises and agreements on the Internet)
........Senate, House and Treaty Documents (from 1995-)
........USTREATIES Database (full-text as of TIAS No. 10869/6/18/79: Westlaw fee-based online research)
........US Treaties in Force (US Dep't State)
United Nations Treaty Series
.....basic cite
.....gen info
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs for Austria):
.....Reservations
.....States Parties (click on States Parties)
.....Text (click on Vienna Convention)

Truth Commission Reports
Background information (United States Institute of Peace Library)
Country reports

United Nations
Academic Textbooks (book review program) and New Titles
Chart (Hypertext) of UN Systems
Comprehensive listing of UN links
Decade of International Law (ASIL Newsletter) (tba: search Cornell Law School)
Documents:
.....Official Document System
.....Main organ documents
Economic and Social Council
General Assembly (Home page)
General Assembly Resolutions (referring to various conventions, declarations, and other instruments)
Home page (U.N.)
International Law Commission:
...Home Page
.. Guide to ILC's work
Member State information (listing & admission dates)
Office:.Geneva
Milestones in UN history
Millennium Declaration (Sept. 8, 2000) (tba)
Peacekeeping: Dates of peacekeeping operations.
Permanent Missions:
.....International Organizations (Observer status)
.....Location: New York or Geneva (French) (tba)
.....Permanent Observer Missions (States)
Observer Missions (non-member States/organizations)
Radio:
.....Radio (Daily online-archived broadcasts)
Resolutions:
* General Assembly (tba)
* Security Council (tba)
UN Charter
UN Chronicle (quarterly publication)
UN Commission on International Trade Law
UNICEF
United Nations Treaty Series

Visa Requirements
see Travel

War Crimes
Bibliographies
Yugoslavian war crimes tribunal

Women's Rights
See Human Rights

World Health Organization
Home Page (tba)

World Trade Organization
Home page
Member Countries (tba)
Jurisprudence:
...Full-Text Search of GATT/WTO Panel and Appellate Body Reports
...Reports of the Appellate Body (text and commentary by European J. Int'l L.)
Summary of Final Act of Uruguay Round
Text of WTO agreement
U.S. GATT Implementing Legislation
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