This home page has two primary purposes.  First, it provides you with quick access to some useful WWW sites. Second, it is to provide you convenient access to course documents.  When you click on the blue link to a document, the file will be loaded in the Explorer or Netscape window---some documents are yet other WWW pages and others are plain text files.  In either case, you can then view the document by using the right vertical scroll bar. 

   Course Documents  
 

The only document that will be handed out in class is the syllabus.  The syllabus has all the nuts and bolts of the course and all course policies.  You should have copies of all the other files listed below.  Either print them from your browser  or download them and then either view or print them later.

• Course Syllabus -- Copy of the current syllabus with active links
• Cases to Brief -- List of cases and briefing instructions
• Briefing Guide -- Components of the case brief 
• Alternative Guides   John Jay College of Criminal Justice   University of Houston Law Center
• Class Trials 2009
  • General Directions
  • Teams     
  • Case Homepage -- All Documents  
    • US (Thomas) v. Ecuador  (The Great Tuna Boat Chase and Massacre)
    • Icara v. Mercuria (The Aerial Accident Case) 
• Writing Essay Exams --
• Essay Questions for Midterm Exam --
• Essay Questions for Final Exam ---
• Lectures

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  Online Resources 

• Internet Law Library
• Public International Law -- Francis Auburn
• Cornell Legal Information Institute: Legal Material Organized by Type or Source
• World Wide Web Virtual Library: Law: Main Index
• ASIL  Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law (Good Chapter on Treaty Research on the WWW)
• Law Library of Congress Guide to Law on Line

• PICT Index to Materials from International Courts and Tribunals
• National Center for State Courts: Index of US States and Other Nations
• Permanent Court of Arbitration
• The International Court of Justice

  • The World Court Digest

  • Germain's ICJ Research Guide

  • Rules of the Court

• European Court of Justice
• European Court of Human Rights
• Federal Courts Finder
• World Bank  International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
• International Criminal Court
• International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
• International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia
• International Tribunal for Law of the Sea
• Inter-American Court of Human Rights
• US Courts on Line
• US Supreme Court
• WTO Dispute Settlement

• Private International Law Database (PILDB)
• Multilaterals Project
• Internet Law Library: International Treaties
• Lex Mercatoria--Began with just International Trade, but is expanding to most areas
• Treaty Pathfinder  Resource for Researching Treaties
• UN Treaty Collection: Text of Recently Deposited Multilateral Treaties
• UN Treaty Collection -- A few are available, you need a subscription to search the database

                  Multilateral:

• United Nations Treaty Collection  Need a Subscription for full access, but it is free for students.   Partial Listing Open to WWW
• Treaty Secretariats  Only some are on line
• Multilateral Arms Regulation and Disarmament
• CIESIN Database of Signatories

• US Department of State List of Treaties in Force
• US Dept of State Recent Treaty Actions
• Thomas Status of Treaties
• US Department of State, Bureau of Arms Control Current Treaties and Agreements
• US Commerce Department Current Trade Agreements
• US Department of Energy  International Agreements Database

       Text of Major Treaties

• Charter of the United Nations
• Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations
• Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
• Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
• Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or Between
  International Organizations 
• UN Convention of Law of the Sea
• Agreement on the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 
• Treaty of Westphalia

• Web Site for Fundamental Perspectives on International Law
• International Law Dictionary
• Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law
• US Supreme Court cases 1990 to present
• US Supreme Court cases 1937 to 1975
• Good overall source for US Supreme Court cases
• International Law Commission
• UN Treaty Reference Guide

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