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International Law

Getting Started

If you are not sure what your topic is about, try one or more of the following:

Encyclopaedias: 

Max Planck encyclopedia of public international law online

A concise encyclopedia of the United Nations

American Jurisprudence

Corpus Juris Secundum

Halsbury's Laws of England

Handbooks: 

Handbook of international law

Yearbook of the United Nations

Dictionaries: 

Black's Law Dictionary

Dictionary of international and comparative law

International law : a dictionary

Parry and Grant encyclopaedic dictionary of international law

Browsing the Shelves

You can also browse the catalogue or the shelves at the following call numbers:

  • K1150-K1231 Maritime Law
  • KZ1165-KZ1208 Trials. War crime trials.
  • KZ1249-KZ1252 International Law and other Disciplines
  • KZ1298-KZ1304 Law of Treaties
  • KZ4850-KZ5490 Intergovernmental Organisations (IGOs)
  • KZ3670-KZ3881 Objects of the laws of nations. Territory and its different parts.
  • KZ5510-KZ6299 International law of peace and peace enforcement

Contact Librarians

Angela Allen / Rebecca Carter

bel@library.uq.edu.au

3346 3553

Help for Researchers & Postgraduate Students

Thomas Palmer

t.palmer@library.uq.edu.au

3346 3693

Help for Undergraduate students

Journal Articles

For recent information, journal articles are often the best sources. Looking through individual journals in the hope of finding relevant material is time-consuming. It is better to use the databases to find articles on your topic.

Journal Articles: 

Lexis.com
• International Law Review Articles (access via the International Law sub-tab on Lexis.com)

Westlaw International
• Combined World Journals and Law Reviews via Westlaw International
• Legal Journals Index

HeinOnline
• Foreign and International Law Resources Database
• Law Journal Library
• Kluwer Law International Journal Library

Browse all library databases for Law

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