Blog Posts: Jim Sherwood

United Nations Treaty Series

New Foreign Law Content in Lexis

British Law Reports in PDF format on Westlaw

Westlaw has long provided access to most British caselaw, but it has not offered those cases in the PDF format needed by citecheckers. Recently, though, Westlaw has begun to include PDF versions of the two most-cited British case reporters, Law Reports and English Reports.

EISIL – A Portal for International Law

Free Access to Foreign Law

English Case Conversion Table

Bloomberg Workflow Solutions

Three new, specialized research vehicles are now available from Bloomberg Law. Called “Workflow Solutions”, they cover the topic areas Banking, Corporate Transactions and Privacy & Data Security.

Law Reports gone from Lexis

The decisions from the most senior courts of England and Wales are reported in the Law Reports, which includes the subseries Appeal Cases, Chancery Division, Family Division, and Queen's Bench. These cases are all the more important because the Law Reports is the Bluebook’s preferred authority for citations.

World Digital Library

The World Digital Library is a new initiative of the Library of Congress in partnership with nearly 200 museums and libraries around the world. This growing online collection is intended to make available high-quality PDF versions of significant historical works of art and literature.

World Treaty Library from HeinOnline

The Law Library has just purchased the HeinOnline World Treaty Library, a new collection of treaties and treaty-related materials. In addition to current treaties, this set offers access to hundreds of historical treaties, as well as a wide selection of commentary and scholarly articles.