Last updated: February 22, 2005
The Ocean and Coastal Law Center Collection, http://oceanlaw.uoregon.edu/library/library.html, is on the law library's third floor. Andrea Coffman, Ocean and Coastal Law Librarian, acoffman@law.uoregon.edu, 346-1567, is available during her regularly scheduled hours at the general reference desk and at other times in her office in the ocean and coastal collection.
Located in the Document Center is the Map & Aerial Photography (MAP) Collection, http://libweb.uoregon.edu/map/, 346-3051, which contains maps, atlases, and aerial photographs from around the world.
You can search these catalogs by author, title, subject, and keyword. The limit feature allows you to narrow your search to books published in a specified year or range of years, in a specified language, and so on.
Please note that for many years, LC assigned the subject heading Maritime Law to describe both law of the sea books and admiralty books. In recognition that these are two quite different, albeit related, fields, LC now uses Law of the Sea as a heading for materials dealing with the law of the sea. To be thorough when searching for older law of the sea publications, it is advisable to search under both Maritime Law and Law of the Sea.
Some Law Library locations:
LAW LIB: general stacks, 3rd and 4th floors
LAW MF: microform collection, 2d floor
LAW OCEAN: Ocean & Coastal Law Collection, 3rd floor
LAW READ: Reading Room (collection of frequently used materials), 2d floor
LAW REF: stacks behind reference desk, 2d floor
LAW RESV: Open reserve room, 2d floor
LAW STORAGE: library basement (request at circulation desk; retrieval usually possible at time of
request)
Each campus library has a set of location codes. In using federal and international law documents, you are very likely to see various location codes for the Knight Library Document Center (e.g., DOC LC, DOC-US, REF DOC). The Document Center provides a useful floor plan keyed to location codes at http://libweb.uoregon.edu/govdocs/docsmap.html.
You may also need to find documents in the Knight Library Document Center that are arranged by U.S. Superintendent of Documents number or by UN document number. Documents librarians will assist you in locating these materials.
To use those electronic resources for which you are an eligible user, you need to use a UO computer or your laptop connected to the Internet via the law or UO networks. If you want to access these resources from a home computer using a non-UO Internet Service Provider, you will need to authenticate (identify) yourself as being affiliated with the UO by using the UO library's proxy server. Please refer to Off-Campus Access to Library Databases, http://libweb.uoregon.edu/dbs/proxy/, for instructions.
Information about the indexes (many of which are in electronic format) and the full-text online databases provided by the UO Libraries is available at http://libweb.uoregon.edu/dbs/indexes.php. Following links from the Law Library's web page at http://lawlibrary.uoregon.edu/main.html is a convenient way to find law-related electronic resources.
Non-law UO students and faculty may use the Lexis-Nexis Academic, Lexis-Nexis Congressional, Lexis-Nexis Statistical, and Government Periodicals Index databases at http://libweb.uoregon.edu/dbs/lexis-permission.html (again, for educational purposes). Coverage in these databases does not correspond exactly with that of the law school version of Lexis-Nexis.
You will find links to useful Web sites in this research guide as well as on the Ocean and Coastal Law Center's web page of "Relevant Links" at http://oceanlaw.uoregon.edu/links/links.html and the Law Library's "Links to Internet Resources" at http://lawlibrary.uoregon.edu/. Additional sites can be located via any number of web search engines, several of which are listed on "Searching the Web" at http://libweb.uoregon.edu/network/srchweb.html.
Leah F. Chanin, ed., Specialized Legal Research, 1987- with updates. LAW REF KF240.S69 1987. Chapter 6, "Environmental Law and Land Use Planning" includes annotated references to ocean law materials.
Morris L. Cohen, Robert C. Berring, and Kent C. Olson, How to Find the Law, 9th ed., 1989. LAW RSRV and LAW REF KF240.C538 1989. Includes chapters on international law, English and Commonwealth materials, and foreign and comparative law.
Claire M. Germain, Germain's Transnational Law Research: A Guide for Attorneys, LAW REF K85.G47 1991. Last updated in 2002. Particularly useful is chapter IV on how to research specific subjects, the law of the sea among them.
Guide to International Legal Research, compiled by the editors and staff of the George Washington Journal of International Law and Economics, 3d ed. LAW REF KZ1234.G85 1998. Last updated in 2001. Good source of information on treaty research and international organizations.
Peter I. Hajnal, ed., International Information: Documents, Publications, and Electronic Information of International Government Organizations, 2d ed. DOCS REF JZ4850.I58 1997 (Knight Library Document Center).
Roy M. Mersky and Donald J. Dunn. Fundamentals of Legal Research, 8th ed., 2002. LAW REF KF240.J32 2002. Includes good coverage of international law.
The Law of the Sea: A Bibliography on the Law of the Sea, 1968-1988: Two Decades of Law Making, State Practice and Doctrine, 1991, LAW OCEAN Z6464.M2 L35 1991, and 1993 supplement. Published by the UN Office for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, compiled in large part from the annual Select Bibliographies, but with additional entries. Citations to material written in either English or French; the 1993 supplement covers works published in six languages.
Marine Affairs Bibliography: A Comprehensive Index to Marine Law and Policy Literature, 1980-1992, LAW OCEAN Z6464.M2 W54. Quarterly issues replaced by annual cumulations.
Christian L. Wiktor and Leslie A. Foster, comps., Marine Affairs Bibliography: A Comprehensive Index to Marine Law and Policy Literature Cumulation, 1980-1985, LAW OCEAN Z6464.M2 W55 1987. A cumulation of v. 1-6 of the quarterly issues along with some additional entries from before 1980 and some entries for 1985.
James C. F. Wang, Ocean Politics and Law: An Annotated Bibliography, 1991, LAW OCEAN Z6464.M2 W36 1991. Selective listing of interdisciplinary works.
N. Papadakis, International Law of the Sea: A Bibliography, 1980, LAW OCEAN Z6464.M2 P36, and 1984 supplement.
Martin Ira Glassner, ed., Bibliography on Land-locked States, Economic Development and International Law, 5th rev. ed., 2000, LAW OCEAN Z6464.M2 G57 2000.
John B. Ovink, "Maritime Oil Pollution: A Research Guide," 14 Legal Reference Services Q. 113 (1995), LAW LIB K12.E267.
Yann-Huei Song, "A Pathfinder on the Law of the Sea and Marine Policy," 24 Ocean Dev. & Int'l L. 205 (1993), LAW LIB K15 .C23.
"Bibliography of Books and Periodical Articles on Marine and Coastal Law," published in each quarterly issue of The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law, 1986 to date, LAW LIB K9.N674. Listing of recently published books and articles arranged under broad subject categories. Beginning in 2001, the bibliographies cover only periodical articles.
Recent Articles in Marine Legal Affairs, 1995 to date, http://oceanlaw.uoregon.edu/library/articles/art.html. Quarterly current awareness publication of the Ocean and Coastal Law Center Collection, compiled by Andrea G. Coffman.
Random House Atlas of the Oceans, 1994. LAW OCEAN G2800.R35 1991
Times Atlas and Encyclopaedia of the Sea, 2d ed., 1989. LAW OCEAN xG2800.T5 1989 (x indicates oversize shelf)
James R. Fox, Dictionary of International & Comparative Law, 1992. LAW REF JX1226.F69 1992
Encyclopedia of Associations, REF KNIGHT AS22.E5, and Encyclopedia of Associations--International Organizations, REF KNIGHT AS22.E54. Also available on Westlaw.
Green Globe Yearbook: An Independent Publication on Environment and Development from the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway, most recent edition at SCI REF HC79.E5 G68.
International Agencies and Information on the Web (University of Michigan Documents Center), http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/intl.html. Up-to-date list of web sites, plus links to other sources.
International Government Organizations (Northwestern University Library), http://www.library.nwu.edu/govpub/resource/internat/igo.html. Alphabetical list of IGO web sites.
Links to International Organizations Selected from Yearbook of International Organizations (compiled by the Union of International Associations), http://www.uia.org/extlinks/pub.php. Indexes organizations by name, subject area, and geographic region.
Yearbook of International Organizations, REF KNIGHT JX1904.A42.
The Federal Web Locator, http://www.infoctr.edu/fwl/. Very comprehensive listing of U.S. government web sites.
The United States Government Manual, LAW REF JK421.A3. Also available on the Web at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gmanual/index.html. Brief descriptions of federal agencies with departmental addresses.
Index to Legal Periodicals and Books: Index to English-language legal periodicals, 1908, 1926 to date. Print, LAW READ KF8.I3.
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals: Covers non-Anglo-American legal periodicals, 1960 to date. Print, LAW READ K33.I527.
LegalTrac: Index to English-language legal periodicals, 1980 to date. Web version accessible to any on-site patron via the law library work station near the reference desk. Current Law Index is the print equivalent, LAW READ KF8.C8.
Legal Resource Index: An online counterpart to Current Law Index, 1980 to date. On Lexis-Nexis and Westlaw.
PAIS International in Print (formed by the union of PAIS Bulletin and PAIS Foreign Language Index): Indexes periodical articles, books, and government publications from around the world in the area of public affairs. Print, KNIGHT Z7164.E2 P34, 1991-1996. Coverage for earlier years carried in volumes under varying titles, with very similar call numbers. The PAIS: Public Affairs Information Service database is available to campus users via the UO Libraries home page, http://libweb.uoregon.edu/.
Dissertation Abstracts: Indexes and abstracts dissertations from North America and Europe. The electronic version (available to campus users via the UO Libraries home page, http://libweb.uoregon.edu/) includes options for ordering copies of the dissertations for a fee. You can also use the citation you find to request a dissertation through interlibrary loan.
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts: Indexes and abstracts journals, books, reports, and conference proceedings on all aspects of marine, freshwater, and brackish environments, 1978 to date. Electronic database available to campus users via the UO Libraries home page http://libweb.uoregon.edu/.
Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management: Interdisciplinary abstracting service covering such areas as ecology, energy resources, environmental impact statements, and water resources, 1981 to date. Available to campus users via the UO Libraries home page, http://libweb.uoregon.edu/.
Geobase: An index covering worldwide literature in geography, ecology, and related disciplines, 1980 to date. Available to campus users via the UO Libraries home page, http://libweb.uoregon.edu/.
GeoRef: Database of international scope covering earth science literature, 1785 to date for North American records and 1933 to date for world records. Available to campus users via the UO Libraries home page, http://libweb.uoregon.edu/.
Oceanic Abstracts: Indexes and abstracts literature in the marine sciences,1964 to date. Available on Westlaw (OCEAN-ABS); electronic database (1980 to date) available to campus users via the UO Libraries home page, http://libweb.uoregon.edu/.
International Organizations and the Law of the Sea: Documentary Yearbook, v. 1- (1985 to date). LAW OCEAN JX4408.I62.
Law of the Sea Bulletin, v. 1- (1983 to date). LAW OCEAN K12.A67. Issued three times a year by the UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, this is a good source for treaties and the legislation of foreign jurisdictions; especially valuable for texts not yet officially published. Also has information on current status of the LOS Convention, although the Division's web site, http://www.un.org/Depts/los/index.htm, is more up to date.
Marine Policy, v. 2- (1978 to date). LAW OCEAN K13.A4944. Current 12 months available on the Web via link in the online catalog record.
Ocean and Coastal Law Journal, v. 1- (1994 to date). LAW LIB K15.C238. Continues Territorial Sea Journal, v. 1-2 (1990-1992), same call number.
Ocean & Coastal Management, v. 17- (1992 to date). Continues Ocean & Shoreline Management, v. 11-16 (1988-1991), and Ocean Management, v. 1-10 (1973-1986). LAW LIB K15.C26. Current 12 months available on the Web via link in the online catalog record.
Ocean Development and International Law, v. 1- (1973 to date). LAW LIB and LAW OCEAN K15.C23. v. 30- (1999 to date) available on the Web via link in the online catalog record.
Ocean Yearbook, v. 1- (1978 to date). LAW OCEAN GC1000.O27.
Yearbook / International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, v. 1- (1996-97 to date). LAW OCEAN K29.E128.
The library also has numerous journals that specialize in maritime law and admiralty. Check the online catalog under subjects Maritime law--Periodicals and Admiralty--Periodicals.
The Law of the Sea: Official Texts of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 and of the Agreement Relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982: with Index and Excerpts from the Final Act of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea. LAW OCEAN KZA1120.3.A2 1997.
The Law of the Sea: Declarations and Statements with Respect to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and to the Agreement Relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982. KNIGHT JX4421.L385 1997.
United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Oceans and Law of the Sea, http://www.un.org/Depts/los/index.htm. Links to full text of the LOS Convention and related instruments and includes current status tables.
Myron H. Nordquist, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982: A Commentary, 5 vols. LAW OCEAN JX4421.U54 1982z. Presents text of each convention article along with commentary and citations to sources.
Council on Ocean Law, http://www.oceanlaw.org/. The web site focuses on U.S. positions and actions with regard to the LOS Convention and includes text of U.S. position and statements. Also includes full-text of the convention and related agreements, ratification tables, and commentary.
The UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea has published a series of booklets on the legislative history of particular parts of the Law of the Sea Convention. Search the online catalog for titles beginning: Law of the Sea....
Igor I. Kavass, ed., Guide to the United States Treaties in Force, annual, 1982 to date. Current edition at LAW REF JX236 1929c .A2. To be used in conjunction with Treaties in Force, this work contains status information about the treaties and agreements reported to be in effect for the United States as of January 1 of the specified year. Treaties indexed by subject (with geographic checklist) and by additional points of access (e.g., number, date, and parties to multilateral agreements) not provided by Treaties in Force.
Igor I. Kavass, comp. and ed., United States Treaty Index: 1776-1990 Consolidation, with bound supplements and revisions. LAW LIB JX231.A342 1991. Multi-volume set has subject, country, chronological, and geographical indexes. Updated, 1990 to date, by Current Treaty Index, LAW LIB JX231.A342.
Igor I. Kavass and Adolf Sprudzs, comps., Current Treaty Index, 1982 to date. LAW LIB JX231.A342. Loose-leaf for twice-a-year updating. Contains information on current actions by the United States. Covers treaties that have been published in the official TIAS pamphlet series (and thus assigned a TIAS number) as well as treaties not yet published as TIAS pamphlets (and assigned an interim "KAV" number). Has numerous conversion tables that cross reference KAV, TIAS, and Senate Treaty Document numbers.
M. J. Bowman and D. J. Harris, comps., Multilateral Treaties: Index and Current Status. LAW REF JX171.B68 1984 (with 1994 supplement). Includes important treaties regardless of parties.
Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary General, annual, 1981 to date, Knight Library Document Center JX171.U372. United Nations' list of signatures, ratifications, accessions, reservations, and objections. Online version contained in United Nations Treaty Collection, a collection of databases available on the web for a fee. Note: The UO library currently does not subscribe to the online service.
Peter Rohn, World Treaty Index, 2d ed., 1983-84, 5 vols. LAW REF JX171.R63 1983. Useful, but it is dated. Includes party and keyword indexes.
The Law of the Sea: Multilateral Treaties: A Reference Guide To Multilateral Treaties And Other International Instruments Related to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Revised and Updated As of 31 December 1996), 1997. KNIGHT JX4408.L396 1997. Comprehensive list, with status information and useful indexes. (Please note that the Law Library has the earlier (1985) edition of this work at LAW OCEAN JX4408.L396 1985.)
P. De Cesari, Index of Multilateral Treaties on the Law of the Sea, 1985. LAW OCEAN JX4408.I53 1985.
Clive Parry, comp., The Consolidated Treaty Series. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, 1969-1981. LAW STORAGE JX120.P35. Unofficial compilation of worldwide treaties dating from 1648 to 1919, thus providing coverage for the period before the League of Nations Treaty Series began. Chronological and party indexes. United States Treaties and Other International Agreements (UST), v. 1- (1950 to date). LAW LIB JX231.A34. Began in 1950; prior to that, treaties were published in United States Statutes at Large, LAW LIB KF50.A2. Before treaties are published in the permanent, bound volumes of UST, they are issued as Treaties and Other International Acts Series (TIAS) pamphlets (official "slip treaties"). Print copies of TIAS slip treaties are at LAW LIB JX231.A341, but note that the most current TIAS documents are available on microfiche in cabinet 28, drawer 1; current paper collection available at Knight Library Document Center JX235.9.A32.
Igor I. Kavass, comp., Hein's United States Treaties and Other International Agreements Current Service. LAW LIB MF JX231.A347 (in cabinet 28, drawer 1). Microfiche set of treaties and agreements not yet published in the TIAS series. Editors of this service assign a "KAV" number to each treaty and agreement. Microfiche are filed by KAV numbers. Cumulative paper indexes filed in 3-ring binder at JX231.A347 (located on microform index shelf).
Erwin C. Surrency, comp., Consolidated Treaties & International Agreements. Current Document Service: United States (CTIA). Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, 1991 to date. LAW LIB JX231.A346. Unofficial compilation of treaties to which the United States becomes a party, beginning with Department of State (DOS) document number 90-1. The editor assigns a CTIA number to each document. Each volume has index by country, index to multilateral agreements, topical index, and list of treaties cited. Currently, two volumes per year are published. On Lexis-Nexis: U.S. Treaties on Lexis (file name is USTRTY). Coverage is 1776 to date.
On Westlaw: USTREATIES database. Coverage is 1778 to date.
C. Bevans, comp., Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States of America 1776-1949. LAW LIB JX236 1968 .A5. Includes multilateral and bilateral treaties.
International Legal Materials, v. 1- (1962 to date), LAW LIB K9.N78. Reprints full texts of major treaties and agreements, as well as judicial and arbitral decisions, national legislation, and the resolutions of international organizations. Invaluable source because it provides texts well before their publication in official international and national sources. Also available on Lexis-Nexis (ILM file, coverage is 1962 to date) and on Westlaw (ILM database, selected coverage begins with 1980; cumulative and annual indexes in ILM-INDX database). Tables of Contents available at http://www.asil.org/internati.htm.
Multilaterals Project, http://fletcher.tufts.edu/multilaterals.html. An ongoing project at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, which makes available the texts of multilateral conventions and other instruments. Subject divisions include "Marine and Coastal," and there is a chronological listing.
S. Houston Lay, Robin Churchill, and Myron Nordquist, comps. and eds., New Directions in the Law of the Sea: Documents, 1973-1981, 11 vols. LAW OCEAN JX4408.L43.
Kenneth R. Simmonds, comp. and ed., New Directions in the Law of the Sea. New Series, 1983-1995, 6 vols. LAW OCEAN JX4408.N48 1983.
Roy S. Lee and Moritaka Hayashi, comps., and eds., New Directions in the Law of the Sea. Global Developments, 1996 to date (loose-leaf for updating, 2-3 releases per year). LAW OCEAN JX4408.N482.
Roy S. Lee and Moritaka Hayashi, comps., and eds., New Directions in the Law of the Sea. Regional & National Development, 1995 to date (loose-leaf for updating, 2-3 releases per year). LAW OCEAN JX4408.N483 1995.
J. Moore, ed., International and United States Documents on Oceans Law and Policy, 1986, 5 vols. LAW LIB and LAW OCEAN JX 4408.I57 1986.
Richard L. Wallace, comp., The Marine Mammal Commission Compendium of Selected Treaties, International Agreements, and Other Relevant Documents on Marine Resources, Wildlife, and the Environment, 1994, 3 vols. LAW OCEAN K3483.M37 1994. First Update (published in 1997): LAW OCEAN K3483.M37 1997; Second Update (published in 2000), Knight Library Document Center, U.S. Supt. of Docs. no. Y 3.M 33/3:2 T 71/2000. Valuable source.
Selected compilations of treaties on the environmental may also be found on the Internet. Two examples are:
Internet Guide to International Fisheries Law, http://www.oceanlaw.net/guide.htm. Compendium has over 100 international agreements, declarations, resolutions, and other texts on or relating to fisheries. Also included are judgments from a small selection of fisheries-related cases, information from international organizations, and an extensive Internet pathfinder.
Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators (ENTRI), http://sedac.ciesin.org/entri/.
Try checking the web site of the designated depositary for a particular treaty or other international agreement for recent actions and current status information. For example, the UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, http://www.un.org/Depts/los/index.htm, and the International Maritime Organization, http://www.imo.org/home.asp, provide excellent and up-to-date tables showing the status of individual conventions (ratifications, accessions, declarations, reservations, etc.).
International Law Reports, 1950 to date, LAW LIB JX68.A65. Commercial publication that covers decisions of the International Court of Justice and other international courts.
Reports of Judgments, Advisory Opinions, and Orders = Recueil des arrêts, avis consultatifs et ordonnances, 1947 to date, Knight Library Document Center JX1971.6.A244. Search the online catalog under this series title to retrieve particular cases; web links provided to full text when available. Also on WESTLAW.
Reports of Judgments, Advisory Opinions, and Orders (Compilation) = Recueil des arrêts, avis consultatifs et ordonnances, 1947 to date, Law Library has 1947-1997 at LAW LIB JX1971.6.A245. Compilation of selected volumes published in the series above.
Reports of International Arbitral Awards, 1948 to date, Knight Library Document Center JX1991.A25.
Yearbook / International Court of Justice, 1946/47 to date, Knight Library Document Center JX1971.6.A25.
International Court of Justice, http://www.icj-cij.org/. Includes list of decisions with links to all contentious cases and advisory opinions referred to the Court since 1946. The "Docket" page lists cases currently being heard and pending cases, and provides links to the full text of recent documents.
World Court Digest / prepared by Rainer Hofmann ... [et al.], 1992 to date. Available on the Web at http://www.virtual-institute.de/en/wcd/wcd.cfm (UO does not have print version).
Edmund Jan Osmánczyk, The Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Relations, 2d ed. (1990) at LAW REF JX1977.O8213 1990.
Annual Review of United Nations Affairs, 1949 to date. LAW LIB JX1977.A1 A5. Has selected annual reports, including that of the UN Secretary-General on the law of the sea.
Yearbook of the United Nations, Knight Library Document Reference JX1977.A37 Y4.
Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law, 1997 to date, LAW LIB K13.A669.
UN Info Quest (UN-I-QUE), http://lib-unique.un.org/lib/unique.nsf. Created by the UN's Dag Hammarskjöld Library to provide quick access to symbols and sales numbers of tens of thousands of selected UN documents from 1946 to date. Does not give full bibliographic citation.
The UN has many specialized agencies whose documents are not routinely acquired by the UO Library System. Many of these documents do not appear in the standard indexes, and you will therefore most likely need to browse the UN agency web sites to identify such documents. To find a particular site, look at one of the comprehensive listings of intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), such as the Northwestern University Library's International Organizations at http://www.library.nwu.edu/govpub/resource/internat/igo.html or the University of Michigan's International Agencies and Information on the Web at http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/intl.html.
United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (1st : 1958 : Geneva, Switzerland), United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, Geneva 24 February-27 April 1958, Official records, 1958, 4 v. in 7. KNIGHT JX4419.U7 1958.
United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (2nd : 1960 : Geneva, Switzerland), Official Records of the Second United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, Geneva, 17 March- 26 April 1960, 1962, 1 v. KNIGHT JX4408.U554 1960.
United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (3rd : 1973-1982 : New York, N.Y.,etc.), Official Records, 1973-1984, 17 v. in 6. LAW OCEAN JZ5090.A/CONF.62.
The Law of the Sea: Master File Containing References to Official Documents of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, 1985, LAW OCEAN Z6464.M2 L45 1985.
Renate Platzöder, comp. and ed., Documents / Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (1973-1982), 18 vols. plus 2-volume index. LAW OCEAN JX4408.U554 1978.
Renate Platzöder, comp. and ed., The Law of the Sea: Documents, 1983-1989 / Preparatory Commission for the International Sea-Bed Authority and for the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, 16 vols. LAW OCEAN JX4408.P74 1990.
International Seabed Authority, http://www.isa.org.jm/. Includes the full-text of official documents.
United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, http://www.fao.org/. Home page for FAO has link to a fisheries page, http://www.fao.org/fi/default_all.asp, which provides access to a variety of information systems and sources, including full-text documents.
International Maritime Organization, http://www.imo.org/home.asp. Includes circulars, status of conventions, selected IMO codes, the IMO Newsletter, and the IMO Directory of Maritime Links (a list of official and unofficial sources). The Law and Knight Libraries have only a few IMO sales publications; check the online catalog for holdings. (Note: At the time of writing, none of the UO libraries had International Maritime Organization, Assembly, Resolutions and Other Decisions.).
The Law of the Sea: National Legislation on the Continental Shelf, 1989. LAW OCEAN JX4143.L37 1989.
The Law of the Sea: National Legislation on the Exclusive Economic Zone, 1993. LAW OCEAN JX4144.5.L42 1993.
The Law of the Sea: National Legislation on the Territorial Sea, the Right of Innocent Passage and the Contiguous Zone, 1995. LAW OCEAN JX4408.L399 1995.
The Law of the Sea: National Legislation, Regulations, and Supplementary Documents on Marine Scientific Research in Areas under National Jurisdiction, 1989. LAW OCEAN K3775.O23 1989.
J. Andrew Schlickman, et al., International Environmental Law and Regulation, 1991, 2 v. (loose leaf), LAW LIB K3585.4I573 1991. Summarizes environmental laws, regulations, and enforcement in a variety of jurisdictions; includes citations to primary sources.
International Environment Reporter: Reference File, LAW LIB TD169.I573. Loose-leaf for updating. Reprints many European Union decisions, directives and regulations; also includes summaries of selected environmental laws.
EUR-LEX is the European Union's web database of EU law, found at http://europa.eu.int/eur lex/en/index.html. Coverage varies according to document type. EU materials are also available on Lexis-Nexis and Westlaw.
FAOLEX Database, http://www.fao.org/Legal/, contains national legislation and international agreements concerning food and agriculture. Subjects include environment, fisheries, water, and wildlife. Indexes and abstracts treaties, laws, and regulations taken from official sources of member nations.
Foreign and International Law (a web site maintained by Washburn Law Library), http://www.washlaw.edu/forint/, has links to law-related sites around the world.
Foreign Governments, http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govpub/resource/internat/foreign.html, is a comprehensive, up-to-date list of official web sites of national governments.
The Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) of the Library of Congress, http://www.loc.gov/law/glin/, has a searchable database of summaries of laws from many different nations. Officials from nations that are members of the project can access the full text of gazettes; anyone else may search the summaries.
Guide to Law Online, prepared by the Law Library of Congress, http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/index.html, provides a link to Nations of the World, an annotated list of links to the law of jurisdictions around the world.
The Law Library has an excellent collection of slip laws and congressional publications (including Treaty Documents; Senate Executive Documents; and House and Senate reports, hearings, and prints) on microfiche (CIS Microfiche Library: Complete Collection, LAW MF KF49.C622). A law library handout indicates which cabinets contain this collection. Paper copies of congressional publications are available at the Knight Library Document Center. Some congressional publications can now be found on the Web (see, e.g., Library of Congress, Thomas, Legislative Information on the Internet, at http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas2.html).
Most congressional documents are not individually cataloged in the UO Libraries online catalog, but they can be identified by using Congressional Information Service, CIS Annual print index and abstract volumes, 1970 to date, LAW MF KF49.C62 (located on the microform index shelf). Updated with monthly pamphlets. These print indexes serve as finding aids for locating congressional documents in the CIS Microfiche Library: Complete Collection.
United States Code Congressional & Administrative News, LAW READ KF48.U56, reprints slip laws for each session of Congress and the text of some documents related to legislative history. For thorough legislative history researching, the CIS resources are recommended. If you are looking for a compiled legislative history, check Sources of Compiled Legislative Histories, LAW REF KF42.2, loose-leaf for updating.
For more information, see the Knight Library Document Center's web page on "Government Information" at http://libweb.uoregon.edu/govdocs/govinfo.html.