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Law

International Law

The SOAS Library’s collection of printed materials on International law is shelved on Level D. Classmarks begin with the letter ‘A’ and fall within A341.

There are various guides to researching International law:

Databases

Oxford Reports on International Law
Contains coverage of International courts and tribunals, domestic courts and international ad hoc tribunals.

Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law
Includes over 1,700 articles on Public International Law and is searchable or can be browsed by subject/author

Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law 
Cross-searchable full text of over fifty current editions of books on a wide variety of aspects of international law from Oxford University Press. Updated twice a year with additional texts added.

Westlaw International and LexisLibrary
Comprehensive databases for International case law and legislation. Include international judicial decisions, treaties and selected full text international journals.

HeinOnline
Provides access to the Law Journal Library (large number of international law journals in full text), Treaties and Agreements Library and the Foreign and International Law Resources Database (e.g. yearbooks, digests and judicial decisions).

Justis (only available via IAS Library for SOAS staff & postgraduate law students)
Provides the full text of the International Law Reports from 1919 onwards.

Web Resources

United Nations International Law and Justice

United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library
Search the catalogue of the UN’s New York Library

United Nations Treaty Collection
Provides free access to bilateral and multilateral treaties, including their status and links to the full text in various languages

Council of Europe Treaty Series
Provides access to the full text Council of Europe’s treatise and explanatory reports.

International Court of Justice
Provides the text of the Reports of Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders and
Pleadings, Oral Arguments and Documents.

International Law Association

International Law Commission

Need some extra help with your research?

SOAS students and staff may attend Library training sessions or arrange an individual training sessions with the subject librarian, Carly Lockett, via the booking link here or by emailing cl74@soas.ac.uk