Use general reference tools to start. Find background material on applicable laws or conventions and the relevant organizations to provide context for your research and to discover the vocabulary and acronyms used in discussions of your topic. Sources such as encyclopedias, dictionaries and research guides are useful for providing overviews of your topic and the organizations involved and for providing suggestions to help you identify, locate and understand useful resources. The websites of agencies, organizations, legislative bodies, courts and countries often provide useful information as well.
Dictionary of international and comparative law 3d ed.- Fox, James R. Dobbs Ferry NY: Oceana, 2003
Call Number: Core KZ 1161 F69 2003
Legal systems of the world : a political, social, and cultural encyclopedia - Kritzer, Herbert M. ed. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2002
Call Number: Core K 48 L44 2002
Guide to international legal research 5th ed.- George Washington U. International Law Rev. Newark NJ: LexisNexis Matthew Bender, 2003
Covers primary and secondary sources.
Call Number: Core KZ 1234 G84 2003
International and foreign legal research: a coursebook 2d ed. - Hoffman, Marci and Mary Rumsey. Leiden; Boston: Martinus Nijhoff, 2012
Excellent, helpful guide to international and foreign legal research with extensive lists of resources, including resources for foreign law.
Call number: K 85 H64 2012 and e-book
International legal research in a nutshell. - Hoffman, Marci and Robert C. Berring. St. Paul MN: ThomsonWest, 2017
A very useful "nutshell" book.
Call Number: KZ 1234 H64 2017
Legal research methods in a modern world: a coursebook 3d ed. - Lomio, J. Paul, Henrik Spang-Hanssen and George D. Wilson. Copenhagen, DK; Portland OR: DJØF, 2011
Focus primarily on US and EU.
Call Number: Core K 85 L66 2011