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Legal Research Tutorial

Module 3: International Law and Legal Material from
Foreign Countries


International Law (Part 4)

Your search will yield a list of results sorted by date, the most recent first. Click on the link for the publication title you want to view.

Results list

For this example, I selected the following document.

Sample document

Notice that the following type of information is provided:

  • Title: Report of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space to the 18th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
  • Source of Report: In this example, the original source is United Nations Document A/5549 (September 24, 1963).
  • Text of Report: Scroll down to read the full text of the document.

The records from other international research sources may vary slightly, but the same sort of information will be available.

At the top, right hand side of the screen under Next Steps  you will find icons, that you can use to print  Print, email Email, download Download, or export Export your results to RefWorks.

You can also search the Law Reviews section of LexisNexis Academic, covered in Module 1, for articles from journals covering international law issues.

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