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RESEARCHING THE LAW OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND NATIONAL SECURITYMargaret Clark
FSU College of Law Research Center June 2010
Human Rights and National SecurityLegal Research
Step 1: Choosing a topic Step 2: Pre-emption check Step 3: Background research Step 4: Primary Materials Step 5: International Law
Off-Campus Access
BNA U.S. Law Week
Step 1: Choosing a Topic Specialized current awareness
Civil rightsElectronic
surveillanceHabeas corpusInterrogation
Right of privacySpeedy trialTerrorism Unlawful
interception
Step 1: Choosing a Topic Specialized current awareness
Sign up for BNA Email
Step 2: Pre-Emption Check
Determine that nobody else has published on same thesis as yours
Use step-by-step handout Consult cutting-edge resources…
Step 2: Pre-Emption Check
Scholarly papers
Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
Research guides Books and treatises Journal articles Reports Current Awareness
Step 3: Background ResearchSecondary Sources
Step 3: Background ResearchResearch Guides
Use research guides that organize the primary and secondary sources
Law Library of Congress National Security Research (Georgetown) Class Libguide Westlaw & LexisNexis Pages on “Homeland
Security”
Step 3: Background ResearchResearch Guides
Class LibGuidehttp://www.law.fsu.libguides.com/nationalsecurityandhumanrights
Step 3: Background ResearchTreatises
FSU Online Catalog WorldCat Digital Libraries Westlaw & Lexis
TOOLS FOR LOCATING TREATISES
Subject terms - broad
military law AND united states Intelligence services AND united states National security AND law AND united
states Terrorism AND prevention AND united
states War on terrorism 2001
AND Civil rights OR Human rights
Subject terms - narrow
Extraordinary rendition Detention of persons Abu Ghraib Prison Iraq War 2003 Prisoners of War – abuse of Electronic surveillance Library surveillance Questioning Military interrrogation
LOCATE ARTICLES, after 1980 WESTLAW and LEXIS Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals Index to Legal Periodicals (ILP) Public Affairs International Service Google Scholar
Step 3: Background ResearchArticles and Law Reviews
Index to Legal Periodicals & Books• Full Text = after 1980• Retro = before 1980
STEP 4: Primary Materials
Compilations Legislation Cases Executive Orders Legal Memos
Step 4: Primary MaterialsCompilations of U.S. Materials
Legal Memos Court Documents
Step 4: Primary MaterialsLegislation
Step 4: Primary MaterialsLegislative History
Step 4: Primary MaterialsExecutive Orders
Have legal effect Used by president to exercise authority
Locating Executive Orders
Federal Register Title 3, CFR National Archives
Indexing Codification online 1945-1989 Subject Index of last three presidents online
Step 4: Primary MaterialsCases
Step 5: International Law
Treaties Jurisprudence United Nations Bodies
Step 5: International LawTreaties
United Nations Treaty Collection Largest source for international treaties Not just UN treaties
U.S. Treaties in Force List in LibGuide
Class-related treaties
Step 5: International LawJurisprudence
International Courts ICJ ICC
Human Rights Courts U.N. Bodies Regional Human Rights Bodies
Step 5: International LawJurisprudence
Online Digests International Law Reports
(from 1918 @ http://www.justis.com/) Oxford Reports of International Law Digest of Jurisprudence of the UN and Regio
nal Organizations on the Protection of Human Rights While Countering Terrorism
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Headnotes and Analysis
Step 5: International LawUnited Nations Bodies
Working Groups
Security Council
Secretary General
Resolutions
Use Research Guides!Consult Secondary Sources FIRSTInterlibrary Loan
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