“Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation…” Isaiah 28:16
Cornerstone Research Guides
Comparative Constitutional Law
Electronic Databases
Faulkner University has a wide range of databases to use for research purposes. Certain databases are accessible only from campus, and others may be accessible remotely. Try your Faulkner email username & password or consult the JSL Electronic Database Password under public folders.
http://www.faulkner.edu/jsl/library/databases.asp
Indexes
Legal Resources Index-Available in print as the Current Law Index in Reference, on Westlaw & LexisNexis, or via LegalTrac on the Jones Law Library Electronic Database page
Index to Legal Periodicals-Available in print in Reference and on LexisNexis under Legal>Secondary Legal>Annotations & Indexes
Research Guides
Commercial Databases
Consult vendor directories or the Area of Law (Lexis) and Topical Practice Areas (Westlaw) and International Law listings online.
International Legal Materials – Published by ASIL, materials include the full texts of important treaties and agreements, judicial and arbitral decisions, national legislation, other documents, and analysis of international law useful to scholars and practitioners.
Selected Web Sites
Books
Academic Legal Writing: Law Review, Student Notes, Seminar Papers, and Getting on Law Review Reserve KF 250 .V65 2005
Accidental Tourist on the New Frontiers: An Introductory Guide to Global Legal Research Reserve K 85 .A27 1998
Guide to International Legal Research Reserve KZ 1234 .G85 1993
Interpreting Constitutions: A Comparative Study Reserve K 3165 .I58 2006
Martindale-Hubbell International Law Digest - Includes summaries of the law on specific subjects for about 60 countries. Also on LexisNexis INTDIG. Located around stairwell.
Scholarly Writing for Law Students: Seminar papers, Law Review Notes, and Law Review Competition Papers Reserve KF 250 .F35 2000
Remember
If we don’t have an item in the JSL collection, we can get it for you via Interlibrary Loan!Under JSL Library General I