1. Catalogs, Indexes and other
Databases
Use the Diamond Law Library’s catalog,
PEGASUS.
Also use the University Libraries’ catalog,
CLIO,
to find resources at other libraries, including the Business Library,
and use
WorldCat
to find books beyond the Columbia system.
To find law journal articles, use Wilson’s Index to Legal
Periodicals and the Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals. You may
access those indexes from the Diamond Law Library’s Electronic
Resources
Web Page.
Both are also available on
Westlaw!
To find BNA products, such as
U.S. Law Week and Supreme Court
Today, go to the Diamond Law Library’s Electronic Resources
Web Page.
To find non-law indexes and resources, also go to the Business
and Economics Databases
Page and then go to their many internet resources.
To find journal articles in non-legal fields, use
JSTOR,
Project Muse,
ProQuest Direct, or any of the other
databases listed on the
University Libraries’ Web Page under
Databases.
At
the south end of the fourth
floor, there
are
copies of the most heavily used U.S. state and federal primary and
secondary
legal materials, including the United
States Code (U.S.C.), United States
Code Annotated (U.S.C.A), United
States Code Service (U.S.C.S.), United
States Statutes at Large (Stat.), United
States Code Congressional and Administrative News (U.S.C.C.A.N.), Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.),
the regional federal reporters and digests, national legal
encyclopedias, the American Law Reports (ALR),
general
form books, and Shepard's citators.
State
statutory and
administrative codes can be found in the Reserve Reading Room on the
third
floor,
official
state reports in the cellar and,
according to
date, in microfilm – on the second
floor;
the New York official case reporters, as well as another copy of McKinney's
Consolidated Laws of New York Annotated, in the New York
Collection in
the northwest corner of the fourth
floor.
4. Specific Sources
in the Law Library
Conflict
of Laws. Jurisdiction
Born, Gary. International Civil
Litigation in United
States
Courts: Commentary & Materials (3rd ed) 3rd Fl
Reserve:
KF8940.P75 B67 1996. This one-volume treatise covers in its
third part
“Legislative Jurisdiction and Choice of Law,” which encompasses issues
about
international law limits on legislative jurisdiction in U.S.
courts.
Nanda, Ved P. Litigation
of International Disputes in U.S.
Courts (2003) 2nd Floor: JX6601 N154 2003. Formerly published in
loose-leaf format, this two-volume source
covers, inter alia, application of
foreign law in U.S. courts (Ch. 9), and recognition and enforcement of
foreign
judgments in U.S. courts (Ch. 11).
Domestic Protection of Human
Rights
Jayawickrama,
Nihal. The Judicial Application of Human Rights Law:
National, Regional, and
International Jurisprudence. (Cambridge University
Press, 2002) 2nd Floor:
JX4263.P3 J334 2002. In its main part, this secondary source
covers 27
substantive rights -- such as the right to a fair trial, the right to
health,
and the right to education -- and their enforcement within various
national,
regional, and international jurisdictions.
Environmental Law
Environmental Law Reporter.
(Environmental Law
Institute) (1971-) 4
th Floor:
KF3775.A6 E5. This multi-volume loose-leaf is a good source for
statutory, administrative and case law materials, as well as news
analysis, and
briefs and pleadings on environmental issues. It also contains a
detailed
subject matter index. However, if you want to make sure that your
search is
comprehensive and up-to-date you should use its
online version.
Environment Reporter. (BNA, 1970-) 4th Floor:
KF3775.A6 E49. This
reporter is a comprehensive source of environmental cases decided by
state and
federal courts, as well as administrative agencies. Starting with vol.
26, no.
43 (1996) it is available only
online.
Robinson,
Nicholas A.
Environmental Law Lexicon. (1992-) 4th
Floor:
KF3775.A68 R67 1993. This one-volume loose-leaf is an excellent
starting point
for practitioners less familiar with environmental law terms.
Immigration
Law
Immigration Law and Procedure
(1988-). 3rd Floor Reserve: KF4819
.G6 1988 (Matthew
Bender). In its 19 volumes, this loose-leaf covers, inter
alia, an overview of immigration law,
procedure
(vol.1-8), immigration forms (vol. 9), United Nations documents and
other
international treaties (vol. 10), as well as INS-related documents
(vol.
13-16). Its 20thvolume contains a detailed index.
Interpreter
Releases, (West Group, 1948-) 4th Floor: KF4802 .I57. This periodical contains court opinions,
administrative and legislative
developments as well as legal articles on immigration matters. It
analyzes
up-to-the minute information on all significant immigration and
nationality law
matters. The library has almost the entire collection
from 1948
onward. Westlaw coverage starts in 1987.
Labor
Law
Labor
Relations Reporter (BNA, 1938-) 4th Floor: KF3365 .L32. Considered
to be one of the best compilations of U.S.
labor law materials, this multi-volume set covers news and background
information (binder no.1); decisions from courts and labor boards
(binder
no.2); labor arbitration (binder no.3); state statutes (binders nos. 4
&
4A); wage-hours cases and materials (binders nos. 5 through 6A); fair
employment practice cases (binders nos. 7 through 9A); and Americans
with
disability act issues (binder no. 10).
Employment
Law Deskbook (Matthew Bender,
1989-) 4th
Floor: KF3455
.E47 1989. This reference
tool aims
to help practitioners decipher the new trends in labor law by giving
them quick
access to employment decisions, statutes, forms, and annotations.
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5. Helpful
Web Sites
·
The
Library of Congress, Thomas. Legislative Information on the Internet
(http://thomas.loc.gov/)
·
U.S.
Government Printing Office
(http://www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html)
·
US
Environmental Protection Agency
(http://www.epa.gov/)
·
Internet Law Library. Environmental,
Natural
Resource and Energy Law
(http://www.lectlaw.com/inll/101.htm)
·
US
Department of Labor
(http://www.dol.gov/)
·
Cornell's Legal Information
Institute --
Labor(www.law.cornell.edu/topics/labor.html).
·
US
Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review
(http://www.usdoj.gov/eoir/)
·
Bureau
of Citizenship and Immigration Services
(http://uscis.gov/graphics/index.htm)
·
Immigration
Equality
http://www.lgirtf.org/
· The
National Organization for Women (NOW)
(http://www.now.org/index.html)
·
Planned
Parenthood Federation of
America,
Inc.
(http://www.plannedparenthood.org/)
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