International law topics research

Research guides to international law (by subject) and foreign law (by jurisdiction) from NYU's Hauser Global Law School Program.
An updated, comprehensive work comprised of articles on essential topics in international law.
Articles are written by legal scholars and practitioners and are reviewed by the members of the MPEPIL Advisory Board.

Newer and emerging areas of international law often involve an intersection between two or more branches of international law, for example, international humanitarian law impacts the protection of cultural property and environmental law.

Major sources of international law, including:

Journal articles provide useful coverage of new and emerging developments in international law.
Depending on the researcher’s familiarity with the subject area, texts may be consulted at different times during the research process.

This guide provides an overview of the major topics in international law and highlights important resources and research strategies that can be used when researching in this area of the law

This Research Guide is organized into the following sections, each with multiple subsections:

The Grotius Collection, named in honor of 17th century international law scholar Hugo Grotius, is also available

Research guides provide narrative descriptions of international law topics and link to relevant titles in the Peace Palace library collection

Journal articles provide useful coverage of new and emerging developments in international law

Depending on the researcher’s familiarity with the subject area, texts may be consulted at different times during the research process