The librarians at Duke University School of Law  and UC Berkeley School of Law recently completed an online tutorial, which is designed to teach law students about international legal research.  The tutorial covers both print and electronic resources, and it includes review questions so that students can test their mastery of the material throughout the tutorial.  Heafey has a permanent link to the tutorial on our international law Internet resources page.

The Frederick K. Cox International Law Center and the Public International Law and Policy Group have teamed up to create the Saddam Hussein Trial Blog.  In addition to blog commentary, you can find basic information about the tribunal as well as key trial documents at the site.  Thanks to Yale Law School’s Lillian Goldman Law Library for the tip.

Continuing today’s theme of international criminal law resources, we’re featuring a relatively new blog from Pace Law School faculty called Jus in Bello.  The blog concentrates on the International Criminal Court, other international criminal tribunals, and the law of international criminal prosecutions. Thanks to Out of the Jungle for the tip.

The European Commission has announced plans to create a "European Digital Library" over the next five years.  According to the press release, this digital archive will be supported by all of the national libraries in the EU and will furnish access to at least six million books, photographs, archival items, and other works by 2010.  If you’re interested in exploring the European Digital Library’s current offerings, visit the library’s web portal.

Tom Mighell’s legal research newsletter, Internet Legal Research Weekly, recently highlighted the website of the Federation of International Trade Associations (FITA).  There are some great links for legal researchers featured under the "Tools of Trade" category on the left-hand side of the FITA page, including an extensive online library of trade law resources on the Internet.  Simply click on the "Trade Law" link under the "Tools of Trade" category.

And if you haven’t subscribed to Internet Legal Research Weekly yet, I encourage you to do so!  Tom Mighell writes about materials that are useful to librarians, academics, and practicing attorneys, and reading his newsletter each week is an easy way to stay abreast of the latest domestic and international legal resources on the Internet.

BeSpacific recently posted links to the U.S. Department of State’s 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.  The report features discussions of each country’s human rights record in 2005, with examples of specific human rights abuses. 

Launched last January, the International Economic Law and Policy Blog concentrates on international trade law (thanks to Inter Alia for the tip!).  The blog features commentary from an impressive array of over 20 trade law experts from law schools around the world. 

Heafey has completed three new research guides, which are designed to help patrons with research in international and foreign and comparative law:

• Foreign and Comparative Law
• U.S. Treaties and International Agreements
• World Treaties

You can find print copies of these research guides on the first floor of the library, and all of Heafey’s research guides are always available in electronic form on Heafey’s ClaraNet page.

We’ve just added a new site to Heafey’s page of international law Internet resources.  The Project on Extrajudicial Executions is part of NYU School of Law’s Center for Human Rights & Global Justice.  The Project’s website was established by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions and contains the Special Rapporteur’s annual reports, correspondence, and country visit reports as well as breaking news about international human rights issues.

The Law Library of Congress has created a new electronic publication, the Global Legal Monitor.  As the name implies, the newsletter will monitor legal developments from around the world.  According to the announcement, the newsletter will have frequent updates, and will occasionally feature "lectures, conferences, symposia and exhibits on timely legal topics."