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Law: International Trade & Commerce

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International Trade Websites

Research Guides

Recommended site ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law
Contains chapters the European Union; Human Rights; International Commercial Arbitration; International Criminal Law; International Economic Law; International Environmental Law; International Intellectual Property Law; International Organizations; Private International Law; Treaties; and the United Nations. Is augmented by EISIL, see the Web Directories section below.

International Trade Law
Research Guide from Georgetown University Law Library.

Researching International Economic Law on the Internet
Research Guide from Georgetown University Law Library.

From GATT to the WTO and Beyond
Research Guide from Georgetown University Law Library.

World Trade-Reference Guide
Harvard Law School Library.

Guide on the Harmonization of International Commercial Law
Part of the GlobalLex series of research guides from NYU Law, this guide is written by Duncan Alford.

Regional Research Guides

Research Guide on the Trading Systems in the Asian-Pacific Region: APEC, ASEAN and their Members
Part of the GlobalLex series of research guides from NYU Law, this guide is written by Chenglin Liu.

Regional Trade Agreements in Africa: A Historical and Bibliographic Account of ECOWAS and CEMAC
Part of the GlobalLex series of research guides from NYU Law, this guide is written by Victor Essien.

Basic Info and Online Sources for NAFTA and CAFTA Research

North American Free Trade Agreement and United States-Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement - Part of the GlobalLex series of research guides from NYU Law, this guide is written by Francisco Avalos and Maureen Garmon.

A Guide to MERCOSUR Legal Research: Sources and Documents
Part of the GlobalLex series of research guides from NYU Law, this guide is written by Edgardo Rotman.

NAFTA - Research Guide
Harvard Law School Library.

International Commercial Arbitration Research Guides

International commercial arbitration
Research Guide from Georgetown University Law Library.

International Commercial Arbitration Charlotte L. Bynum's Research Guide
Cornell Law Library

A Selective Guide to Online International Arbitration Resources
By Gloria Miccioli, located on the legal resource site LLRX.com.

International Commercial Arbitration: Locating the Resources
By Jean M. Wenger located on the legal resource site LLRX.com.

Websites & Portals

Recommended site EISIL International Economic Law
The site includes sections on: basic sources; GATT/WTO System; International Trade Law; International Financial Law; Regional Economic Integration; International Development Law; Regulation of Foreign Investment; Intellectual Property Rights; Competition (Antitrust); Electronic Commerce; Labour; International Commercial Arbitration (Dispute Settlement); and Transnational Corporations.

Intute: Trade Law
High quality UK Higher Education site providing a database of hand selected Web resources for education and research. See also: other law topics on Intute.

Recommended site Lex Mercatoria
Predominantly a international commercial law site which has expanded to cover topics such human rights and environmental law.

Heiros Gamos: Trade Law / International Trade Law
This section of the portal Heiros Gamos focuses on trade between nations. Commercial law focuses on intra-state transactions.

WORLDLII: International Trade
links for international trade by country, international organisations, etc.

Recommended site Juris International
A database on international trade law.

Eye on International Business Law
From the Central University of Cologne this page covers the topics, international trade and commercial law, international commercial arbitration, private international law and also contains further links to relevant organisations.

European Unions' Trade
Covering multilateral and bilateral issues, sectoral and geographical topics, and all current trade policy debates.

SCADPlus: Trade
ScadPlus is an EU official website which provides summaries of EU legislation. The above links to the section on trade.

CSIG Database
From Pace University this is a site for materials relating to the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.

Transnational Law Digest and Bibliography
From the Center for Transnational Law (CENTRAL), University of Cologne, Germany. This site is a knowledge & codification platform for transnational commercial law.

Trans-Lex
A project by the Central University of Cologne to create a research and codification platform for transnational law. The database is searchable or browseable by materials i.e. national legislation and international conventions and by principles. The site also includes a bibliography and links.

Global Trade Negotiations Home Page
Center for International Development at Harvard University this is a portal to current trade research.

NAFTA Information Center databases
From the Western Hemispheric Trade Information Center at Texas A & M International University. The databases are comprised of trade and commerce information in regards to NAFTA, FTAA, Central and South America.

Bibliography of International Trade Related Law Journal Articles
From the United States International Trade Commission this site covers from 1970 onwards.

Department for Business, Enterprise and regulatory Reform (UK)
See sections on business law, export and trade, etc.

Organisations

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM)
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
European Union (EU)
Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)
Group 8 Information Centre
Group of 77
Hague Conference on Private International Law
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF)
SICE - Foreign Trade Investment System (OAS)

UN Commission for International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)

See also: CLOUT - Case Law on UNCITRAL Texts

UN International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)

See also: UNILEX - case law and bibliographies relating to the CISG and the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts.

UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
United States International Trade Commission (USITC)
World Bank Group
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
World Trade Organisation (WTO)

 

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