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AALL and New Horizons Houston Area Law Librarians (HALL) February 2008 Meeting

AALL and New Horizons Houston Area Law Librarians (HALL) February 2008 Meeting. Jean M. Wenger, AALL Board Member Government Documents/ Foreign & International Law Librarian Cook County Law Library. Strategic Directions Drive AALL. Education Leadership Advocacy. Personal Horizons.

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AALL and New Horizons Houston Area Law Librarians (HALL) February 2008 Meeting

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  1. AALL and New Horizons Houston Area Law Librarians (HALL) February 2008 Meeting Jean M. Wenger, AALL Board Member Government Documents/ Foreign & International Law Librarian Cook County Law Library

  2. Strategic Directions Drive AALL • Education • Leadership • Advocacy

  3. Personal Horizons • AALL/BNA Continuing Education Grants Program • 101st AALL Annual Meeting, Portland • AALL Grants & Scholarships • Speaker’s Directory • Member Survey • Special Committees • Involving ALL Members • Leadership Development Academy in Oct. 2008

  4. Institutional Horizons • New AALL Vendor Relations page on AALLNET • Board Working Group developing specific strategies to better address member concerns • Guide to Fair Business Practices, 2d edition • Principles for Licensing Electronic Resources • Monthly series of CRIV Tips @ “From the Desk Of” • Authentication • Uniform Law Commission approves study of authentication of online state legal materials • Legislative Advocacy Leadership Training in Portland Saturday, July 12, 8:30 AM - Noon

  5. Chapter Horizons • AALL/BNA Continuing Education Grants Program • Full throttle local programming • Share Houston’s expertise • VIP at Annual Meeting [Valuable Invited Participant] • Invite special guests from Houston’s legal, governmental or information communities • Complimentary full registration to Annual Meeting

  6. Other News • Kate Hagan, New AALL Executive Director • Extensive background in management of legal organizations • ABA Family Law Division & Ohio Bar • Getting our Information • Monthly e-newsletter from President • Members can submit news items • Entity and member news on AALLNET

  7. Please fasten your seatbelts.

  8. Foreign & International Law Research Horizons

  9. Foreign Law • Legal systems are different: • Common law, civil law, mixed system • Terminology / concepts differ • Looking for text &/or commentary of foreign law • Researcher might provide: • Name • Cite • Topic

  10. Need Text of Foreign Law • Starting points • Country-specific sources • Codes, print & web compilations, treatises • International and regional organizations • Government Sites • Legislatures & ministries often provide legislative texts • Try parliaments, ministries (foreign affairs, justice, trade, environment)

  11. Foreign Law by Topic • Topical resources: text and/or analysis • Multinational collections database • Business/Commercial more readily available • Doing Business In… (not created equal) • Family law/succession harder to find • Litigation differences: conduct of court proceedings

  12. International Law • Public International Law • Historically governs relations between states • Modern def. adds: international orgs. & persons (natural / juridical) • Private International Law • Regulates private relationships across national borders • Conflicts of law • Unification of law • Players • Sovereign states, IGO, NGO, Regional Orgs

  13. Need Text of International Law • Treaties, conventions, agreements, protocols • Bilateral or multilateral • International law resources • Source Documents • Secondary Sources • Research Guides

  14. Treaties et al. • Identification • Indexes (official and unofficial) • Research Guides • Status • Texts • Official Sources • International Organizations • Topical collections • Unofficial Sources

  15. International Organizations • Specialized agencies • Starting point for research • Information arranged by country, topic, function • Explanatory materials & background info • Tabs for research, documents, legal, publications • Compilations and databases • Treaties, documents & decisions • Online not always complete or official; check print

  16. Decisions (Foreign & International) • Official court collections • Unofficial collections • Collections based on convention • Human rights • Hague convention • Regional • WTO/GATT • Subject = international law -- cases

  17. F/I Law Research: Don’t Forget! • Abbreviations / Acronyms / Citations • British-English used outside of U.S. • Journals for content and cites • Current awareness materials • Email updates / RSS • Discussion forum • Blogs

  18. Foreign, Comparative & International Law Special Interest Sectionhttp://www.aallnet.org/sis/fcilsis Select Past Programs for bibliographies: Globalization Moved My Cheese: Or, How Do I Find International Law? (2007) Globalization Moved My Cheese: Or, How Do I Find Foreign Law? (2004)

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