International Tribunals Case Law

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International Tribunals Case Law

• ALR International Law
• February 9, 2004

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How to determine whether the court has
jurisdiction or adjudicates issues related to
your topic?

• Look at the courts statute e.g. statute of
  ICJ. http//www.icj-cij.org/.
• Court Rules - http//www.icc-cpi.int/php/index.php
  .
• Statement of jurisdiction.
• Treaty (e.g. European Ct. of Justice/First
  Instance).
• Contract terms.
• Parties involved.

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International Court of Justice (ICJ)

• Seated in the Hague, principal judicial organ of
  the UN.
• Articles 36 37 of the Statute of the ICJ
  articulate jurisdiction (see Basic Documents).
• Website http//www.icj-cij.org/icjwww/icj002.htm.
  
• Decisions of contentious cases and advisory
  cases since 1946.

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International Criminal Courts

• International Criminal Court -
  http//www.icc-cpi.int/php/index.php. For
  detailed description of the Rome Statute by UN -
  http//www.un.org/law/icc/index.html.
• International Criminal Tribunal for the Former
  Yugoslavia - http//www.un.org/icty/.
• International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda -
  http//www.ictr.org/.

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European Tribunals

• European Court of Justice - http//europa.eu.int/c
  j/en/index.htm. Digest of Case Law -
  http//europa.eu.int/cj/en/content/juris/index.htm
  . Texts and Documents - http//europa.eu.int/cj/e
  n/instit/txtdocfr/index.htm.
• European Court of Human Rights -
  http//www.echr.coe.int/.

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International Court Projects/Arbitration

• Permanent Court of Arbitration -
  http//www.pca-cpa.org.
• Project on Intl Courts and Tribunals PICT -
  http//www.pict-pcti.org. Description of hybrid
  courts - http//www.pict-pcti.org/courts/hybrid.h
  tml.

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Digests/Compilations of Intl Case Law Online

• World Court Digest - http//www.mpil.de/en/wcd/wc
  d.cfm.
• Institute of Global Law - http//www.ucl.ac.uk/la
  ws/global_law/ . (Provides Translations of
  Foreign Case Law).

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International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

• UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (1994) -
  http//www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/
  convention_overview_convention.htm.
• Website for Tribunal - http//www.itlos.org/start2
  _en.html. (Includes basic documents and caselaw).

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International Legal Information Institutes

• AustLII (1.5 million searchable documents) -
  http//www.austlii.edu.au/.
• BAILII (19 databases covering 5 jurisdictions) -
  http//www.bailii.org/.
• CanLII (Primary materials from all Canadian
  jurisdictions) - http//www.canlii.org/.
• WorldLII - http//www.worldlii.org/.

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French Courts

• Constitutional Council- http//www.conseil-constit
  utionnel.fr/langues/anglais/edecisio.htm.
• Highest Admin. Law Ct. (Conseil dEtat) -
  http//www.conseil-etat.fr/ce/home/index.shtml.
• Highest Judicial Court (Cour de Cassation) -
  http//www.courdecassation.fr/.
• Tribunal of Commerce Registrar -
  http//www.greffe-tc-paris.fr.

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Research Guides

• NYUs Foreign Database Collections by
  Jurisdiction http//www.law.nyu.edu/library/fore
  ign_intl/france.html.
• NYUs Intl Crim. Law (including Crim.
  Tribunals)- http//www.law.nyu.edu/library/foreign
  _intl/criminal.html.
• NYUs UN Guide (UN Tribunals) -
  http//www.law.nyu.edu/library/foreign_intl/un.htm
  l.
• American Society of Comparative Law
  (LinksForeignPrimary Law)
  http//www.comparativelaw.org.

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Print Resources at Marquette for Intl Case Law

• (1) Reports of Judgments, Advisory Opinions and
  Orders, 1947- (Law Lib. JZ1242.I58) (Westlaw
  INT-ICJ database).
• (2) The Case Law of the International Court of
  Justice (Law Lib. KZ6260.C37).
• (3) Documents on the International Court of
  Justice (Law Lib. KZ6275.R67.1979).

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Print Resources at Marquette Law . .

• (4) International Court of Justice Yearbook (Law
  microfiche).
• (5) Shabtai, Rosenne, The Law and Practice of
  the International Court, 1920-1996 (Law Lib. JZ
  6275.R67 1997).
• (6) World Court Reports (Law Lib. KZ 6260.W67
  1969).
• (7) International Criminal Law Reports (Law
  Lib. KZ 6310.I585) (2 vol. just puchased!!).

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Online Databases Westlaw

• http//lawschool.westlaw.com.
• All Databases---Topical Materials by Area of
  PracticeInternational Law (decisions of OAS
  Commission on Human Rights, WTO GATT, ICJ, ICT,
  ICTR, ICTY, and Iran-US Claims Tribunal).
• All DatabasesInternational/Worldwide
  MaterialsEuropean UnionCases.
• All DatabasesInternational/Worldwide
  MaterialsAsia and the Pacific RimRegional
  MaterialsCases.

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Online Databases - Lexis

• http//www.lexis.com.
• LegalArea of Law-By TopicInternational
  LawCases.
• Find a Source Type name of tribunal or
  international court for US Intl Courts. (e.g.
  US Court of Intl Trade).
• LegalLegal (excluding U.S.)Multinational
  PublicationsLaw Digests.
• LegalLegal (excluding U.S.)European UnionCase
  Law.

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Next Lectures

• British Legal Research.
• Canadian Legal Research.
• Exercise 5.