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Explore 60,000 volumes covering public and private law, with a focus on arbitration, human rights, and intellectual property. Access historical and current sources and foreign law collections, including extensive materials on international organizations.
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Arthur W. Diamond Law LibraryColumbia University International, Foreign and Comparative Law Collection
International Law Collection • Approx. 60,000 volumes • Both public and private law • Current and historical sources • Special emphasis • arbitration • intellectual property • human rights • international organizations
Foreign Law Collection • Catalogued with Schiller call nos. generally • Collect laws of nearly all countries (Cellar) • U.K., Ireland, Canada (5th floor) • Toshiba Library for Japanese Legal Research (2nd floor) • approx. 17,000 volumes, 90% in Japanese
Foreign Law (con’t) • Cooperative collection development with other law libraries • Collection’s strengths include: • Western Europe • Former Commonwealth nations • Mexico, Argentina • South Africa
International Research Guides • UN Research Guide • Treaty Guide • Public International Law Guide • http://www.library.law.columbia.edu/intlaw. html
United Nations Documents • Diamond Law Library is a full U.N. depository library • Collect UN Documents (“term of art”); not sales publications • Not documents of related organizations • UN Documents • Official Record (GAOR, SCOR, ESCOR) • Parliamentary Documents
European Union Documents • Diamond Law Library is NOT an EU depository library • Significant collection • O.J. - L Series, C Series • EU Parliamentary Debates • European Court of Justice • extensive treatises and journals
Electronic Databases of International Law • Jutastat (Africa) • isinolaw (China) • Quicklaw (Canada) • Foreign Law Guide • UN ODS • TIARA • Westlaw/ Lexis • http://www.library.law. columbia.edu/inddb.html