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The CM Law Library Blog seeks to inform the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law community about key legal education, research, practice, and law library news, with a particular focus on Cuyahoga County and Ohio as well as faculty research interests.

What's New at the North Pole? - International Dispute Over Arctic Sea Bed

Marie Rehmar, Head of Reference Services, marie.rehmar@law.csuohio.edu | December 21, 2007 - 15:11

It’s the time of the year to catch up with developments near the North Pole, or more generally, the Arctic. Countries are trying to sort out who has the rights to explore the continental shelf around the Arctic, and exploit natural resources there.

Russia recently planted a flag in the Arctic sea bed to claim its rights, rights which Canada disputes. Russia Plants Flag under North Pole, BBC News Aug. 2, 2007. The dispute for rights has become more pressing, because melting polar ice caps have allowed for easier exploration, and there is interest in finding new sources of oil and gas. Russia Ahead in Arctic "Gold Rush"by Paul Reynolds, BBC News, Aug. 1, 2007. Many countries are involved in the dispute over various Arctic regions, including the United States, Canada, Norway, Russia, Denmark and Greenland. According to Reynold's article, the United States needs to ratify the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea in order to help resolve the dispute.

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EISIL's Features: More Ways to Research International Law Online

Amy Burchfield, Access & Faculty Services Librarian amy.burchfield@law.csuohio.edu | December 21, 2007 - 14:09

What's EISIL?

EISIL, the American Society of International Law's premier free online research tool, points you to the highest quality primary materials and the most authoritative websites and research guides on international law. It's a great place to start your international law research.

What's new?

EISIL's added a few new features to make researching international law online even easier. There's the EISIL Extra box that alerts you to recent items, a Recent Additions button that lets you seen the latest content up front, and the ability to save the results of your searches.

What about Bluebooking help?

Let's face it - google the name of any big name treaty -- say CITES - and you'll find the text of the treaty, no problem. But what about a decent Bluebook citation?

By clicking on More Information under any EISIL primary source, you'll find a field on Legal Citation. I won't guarantee it's 100% Bluebook, but it will sure get you on your way to writing a great citation. See this example for CITES in EISIL.


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New Database Helps Find Foreign Law

Sue Altmeyer, Electronic Services Librarian, sue.altmeyer@law.csuohio.edu | December 21, 2007 - 09:05

Looking for information on the environmental laws of Mexico, preferably in English? Or maybe you would like to find information on copyright laws in Germany? A great starting point for foreign law questions like these is Foreign Law Guide, an online bibliography by Reynolds & Flores. The database does not contain the full text of foreign laws, but rather, provides citations and web links. For each country, the database: (1) Lists the major legislative codifications, administrative regulations and court reports, and whether copies have been published in English. (2) Provides links to online sources, both free and for fee. (3) Lists legal subjects and citations to laws on that subject, as well as citations to secondary sources. (4) Briefly summarizes the country's legal system. This database is available both on campus and remotely with a CSU Id number and PIN.



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The Most Up-to-Date Free U.S. Code

Sue Altmeyer, Electronic Services Librarian, sue.altmeyer@law.csuohio.edu | December 21, 2007 - 09:00

Cornell University has improved its U.S. Code Collection by adding a better and easier to use update feature. The Code on Cornell's site is current through Jan. 2, 2006, but there are update links on the right hand side of the code section. The updates are based on the classification tables, so there may be some additional updates since the last table was issued. With its update feature, Cornell's U.S. Code appears to be the most up-to-date free U.S. Code online. Compare: U.S. House of Representative U.S. Code; U.S. Code on GPO Access; and Findlaw.

Source: BolelyBlogs!, Dec. 2, 2007.


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