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International and Foreign Law Research: United Nations

This guide is intended to assist students in the International & Foreign Legal Research class at Florida State University locate important resources.

Background Sources

Guides from the United Nations

OHCHR Databaases
U.N. Documentation Guide
Presents an overview of selected UN documents, publications, databases and websites.
U.N. Library Research Guides
A listing of all UN research guides by subject with access to search engines.
U.N. Legal Research Resources
This guide is intended as a starting point for doing legal research.

Other Guides

Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements.
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Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations

Treatises

Commentaries
Major Works

The Charter of the United Nations by Bruno Simma (Editor); Daniel-Erasmus Khan (Editor); Georg Nolte (Editor); Andreas Paulus (Editor); Nikolai Wessendorf
Call Number: KZ4991 .C53 2012
ISBN: 0199580154
Publication Date: 2013
Charter of the United Nations by Leland M. Goodrich
Call Number: KZ4991.G66 1969
ISBN: 231032188
Publication Date: 1969

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the 21st Century by Gordon Brown (Editor)
ISBN: 1783742186
Publication Date: 2016

Finding U.N. Documents

Current Awareness

International Law Affairs

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