Jessup Competition Resources: 2026: Secondary Sources

• European Library

  Search the catalogs of the national and research libraries of Europe. Also links to Europeana, cultural collections of images, text, video, and sound
• Peace Palace Library

  A catalog of books and articles from one of the oldest and most prestigious international law libraries.
• United Nations Dag Hammarskjold Library

  Contains UN documents and publications (many in full-text) from 1979 onwards, in addition to records of non-UN sources owned by the library.

• Google Books

  Digital images of every page of 22,000 legal treatises on US and British law.
• HathiTrust Digital Library

  Over eight million digital volumes freely available and preserved for posterity.
• HeinOnline Legal Classics Library

  Over 3000 works. Browse by subject feature is recommended.

• American University International Law Review

  The American University International Law Review publishes articles, critical essays, comments, and casenotes on a wide variety of international law topics, including public and private international law, the law of international organizations, international trade law, international arbitration, and international human rights. (Full text available from vol. 23)
• Cornell International Law Journal

  The Cornell International Law Journal (ILJ) is one of the oldest and most prominent international law journals in the United States. Three times a year, the Journal publishes scholarship that reflects the sweeping changes that are taking place in public and private international law.
• Harvard International Law Journal

  Harvard International Law Journal is a student-run publication that covers a variety of international issues and topics in public and private international law. (Full text available from vol. 45)
• NYU Journal of International Law and Politics

  New York University Journal of International Law and Politics is a student-run online publication that features articles on international legal topics by leading scholars and practitioners, as well as notes, case comments, and book annotations written by Journal members. (Full text availble from vol. 31)
• The European Journal of International Law

• Constitute Project

  A tool designed to help compare constitutions from around the world side-by-side. You can view constitutions in whole, or search for relevant sections from different constitutions and compare the results.
• Eldis

  Website sponsored by the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex seeking to "[share] the best in development policy, practice, and research.” Contains over 26,000 documents all available for free download, including topical resource guides and country profiles.
• Environmental Law Reporter

  The Environmental Law Reporter is the most-often cited environmental law journal. Its online database contains over 40 years of analysis by leading practitioners and academics in the field. Available online through HeinOnline.
• European Court of Human Rights

  Established by the European Convention of Human Rights and hears applications from individuals alleging that a contracting state has breached one or more of the human rights provisions concerning civil and political rights in the Convention.
• European Court of Justice

  Highest court of the European Union. Tasked with interpreting EU law and ensuring its equal application across all EU member states.
• Foreign & International Law Resources Database

  FILRD includes the publications of the American Society of International Law along with prominent Yearbooks from around the world, including the Hague Permanent Court of International Justice series. It also includes U.S. Law Digests, International Tribunals/Judicial Decisions, and more.
• Frequently-Cited Treaties & Other International Instruments

  Very helpful Guide from the University of Minnesota listing treaties frequently cited in law review articles, along with available sources of hard copy and links to web sources.
• Gazette Collection (Law Library of Congress)

  Alphabetical guide to 56 nations with online gazettes.
• Georgetown Law Foreign & International Law Research Guides

  Over 40 research guides on a variety of foreign and international law subjects.
• Georgetown Law Library- National Treaty Collections

  Links to national treaty collections; advice on finding national gazettes and other sources.
• GlobaLex (NYU Hauser Global Law School Program)

  A wide variety of research guides on the laws of individual countries, as well as guides on international and comparative law. Available through the NYU School of Law.
• GlobaLex - Guide to Research on Vienna Convention
• GlobaLex - UN Research Guide
• Glossary of Key Terms relating to Treaties
• Government Gazettes Online

  Provides links and descriptions of official gazettes for countries worldwide. Also includes a bibliography.
• Guide to Law Online: Nations of the World

  Provides links to primary and secondary foreign resources, including constitutions, executive, judicial, and legislative materials, legal guides, and general sources; organized by country. Available through the Law Library of Congress.
• ICCPR

  This treaty sets out the rights a State must not violate. Created at the same time as the ICESCR.
• ICESCR

  This treaty sets out rights that States should provide. Created at the same time as the ICCPR.
• International and Comparative Law Quarterly

  Published by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law available online through Hein Online, OhioLINK EJC, Lexis, and Academic Search Complete
• International Court of Justice (ICJ)

  The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. The Court’s role is to settle, in accordance with international law, legal disputes submitted to it by States and to give advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by authorized United Nations organs and specialized agencies.
• JuriGlobe--World Legal Systems

  Research group formed by professors from the Faculty of Law of the University of Ottawa, which focuses on the development of a multilingual information data bank containing general information relating to the different legal systems in the world.
• Summaries of the Work of the International Law Commission: Law of Treaties
• Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

  This treaty is often consulted as a guide to interpreting other treaties.
• Website of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

  The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights monitors implementation of the ICESCR. It issues general comments on the interpretation of ICESCR and jurisprudence on the ICESCR
• Website of the Human Rights Committee

  The Human Rights Committee monitors States' implementation and compliance with the ICCPR and its optional protocols. It issues general comments of interpretation of the ICCPR and jurisprudence on the ICCPR.
• World Constitutions Illustrated

  Contemporary and historical constitutions for the countries of the world in original language and English versions, as well as books, periodicals, and related resources. Available through HeinOnline.
• World Legal Information Institute (World LII)

  Contains a collection of freely available full-text databases of primary sources for several countries, as well as a catalog of links to lists of resources. The site can be browsed by country, region, or subject.
• WorldLII International Courts & Tribunals
• WorldLII International Treaties & Agreements

  Multilateral and bilateral treaties arranged by subject, region and country
• WorldLII National Treaty Database

  Search within National Treaty databases. Caveat: some are not as current as the source database.
• World Treaty Index

  Provides access to over 55,000 treaties of the 20th century, from sources ranging from the United Nations Treaty Series to various national indexes, gazettes, and official files.
• Yale Comparative Administrative Law Blog

  Blog managed by the Yale Comparative Administrative Law Initiative that posts recent scholarship in the field.

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