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International Intellectual Property

Research guide with links to laws, treaties, cases and information on International IP

General

Treaties & Trade Agreements

Human Rights

Medicines and Int'l IP

Indigenous/Traditional knowledge

To see other results, run a catalog search as, Advanced: "indigenous people" and "intellectual property" both as subject headings, 16 local results will be returned, and 67 titles show as available through the SUS "U-Borrow" program.

Conflict of Laws

Selected Periodicals

   The Journal of world intellectual property.
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   Intellectual property spotlight,
from the Office of the U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator

   Review of Economic Research on Copyright Issues

   IIC - International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law

   International Journal of Cultural Property,
part of the Cambridge Journals subscription. FIU log in required. GL

   The WIPO Journal,
is a peer-reviewed, independently written journal with in-depth articles.

From Oxford Journals: FIU log in required. GL

Indexes & Databases to Legal Journals

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Journals & Articles

Scholarly articles on foreign and international law can be retrieved in the following databases:

Westlaw, you can search all secondary sources content or restrict your search to international law materials

Lexis, in Content > Secondary materials, or using Practice Area > International Law or selecting a listed country from the International link in the 'Explore' selection tab or the View all Jurisdictions link.

HeinOnline, you can perform searches in several libraries:

Cambridge Journals Online GL

Oxford Journals GL

Foreign Law Guide - online resource

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The Foreign Law Guide: current sources of codes and basic legislation in jurisdictions of the world lists and details information for some 190 countries.


Each jurisdictional entry in the Foreign Law Guide provides:

  •  An introductory overview of the legal system and legal history;
  •  An outline of the judicial and legislative system;
  • Primary and secondary sources of law, including a list of codifications, gazettes and other sources of law;
  • Links to major online sources;
  • Identification of major legal publications.