Research Guides: Legal Research Resources: Subscription Resources

Don't know what a legal abbreviation means?

Legal abbreviations are not always clear. There are a few sources that you can use to help you decifer the citation in front of you.

Index to Legal Abbreviations
Index for English language legal publications focusing mostly on the British Isles, the Commonwealth, and the United States including those that cover international and comparative law. From Cardiff University, in Wales.
Abréviations en droit
Extensive index for mostly French language citations produced by the Université Panthéon-Assas.

International Law Databases

These legal resources give you access to the full-text articles in thousands of law journals and reviews. If you are looking for articles on specific topics, try searching some of these databases.

Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals
Provides the full text of the most important decisions, including concurring, separate and dissenting opinions of the International Tribunals.

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Foreign Law Guide
Current sources of code and basic legislation in jurisdictions of the world. The database offers relevant information on sources of foreign law, including complete bibliographic citations to legislation, the existence of English translations and selected references to secondary sources.

This subscription will end on 31 March 2026 due to the impact of the UN's liquidity crisis on the library resources. If your office is interested in funding its renewal, please contact us.
Hague Academy Collected Courses Online
[access outside UNHQ is currently not working, contact the library to request articles]

This subscription will end on 28 February 2026 due to the impact of the UN's liquidity crisis on the library resources. If your office is interested in funding its renewal, please contact us.
HeinOnline
Access to more than 20 legal databases, including Law Journal Library, Legal Classics, and more.
Click here for instructions to set up alerts to this resource.

This subscription will end on 28 February 2026 due to the impact of the UN's liquidity crisis on the library resources. If your office is interested in funding its renewal, please contact us.
HeinOnline World Constitutions Illustrated: Contemporary & Historical Documents & Resources
Constitutional and political development of every country in the world.
Accessing from UNHQ? use this link: https://heinonline.org/HOL/COW?collection=cow
This subscription will end on 28 February 2026 due to the impact of the UN's liquidity crisis on the library resources. If your office is interested in funding its renewal, please contact us.
Lexis
Full text database with access to over 10,000 news, business and legal publications. Includes major English-language newspapers as well as non-English language news sources. Contact the Library to request a search. The Library does not provide IDs for users.

This subscription will end on 28 February 2026 due to the impact of the UN's liquidity crisis on the library resources. If your office is interested in funding its renewal, please contact us.
Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law
A comprehensive online resource containing peer-reviewed articles on every aspect of public international law.
This resource will be Open Access starting April 2025 until March 2026. If you experience problems accessing though the institutional link above, use the general access https://opil.ouplaw.com/home/mpil
Oxford Reports on International Law
Oxford Reports on International Law brings together decisions on public international law from international law courts, domestic courts, and ad hoc tribunals.

This subscription will end on 31 March 2026 due to the impact of the UN's liquidity crisis on the library resources. If your office is interested in funding its renewal, please contact us.

Case reporting service from Oxford University Press that contains selective cases from domestic courts around the world dealing with public international law issues. Legal experts in the field cover over sixty countries, providing detailed analysis of the core legal issues, highlighting the most salient points of the case, and providing historical and legal context to understand the significance of the decision. Translations of key passages of non-English judgments appear alongside the full text of the judgments in the original language.The Dag Hammarskjold Library subscription includes access to the following modules: Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts, Oxford Reports on International Criminal Law,Oxford Reports on International Human Rights Law, and Oxford Reports on International Courts of General Jurisdiction.
Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law
Access full-text of Oppenheim's International Law, and the Oxford Commentaries on International Law and other titles.

This subscription will end on 31 March 2026 due to the impact of the UN's liquidity crisis on the library resources. If your office is interested in funding its renewal, please contact us.
Oxford Scholarship Online - Law
Classic and new titles by Oxford University Press.

This subscription will end on 04 March 2026 due to the impact of the UN's liquidity crisis on the library resources. If your office is interested in funding its renewal, please contact us.
Rosenne's Law and Practice of the International Court: 1920-2015
Widely considered the most authoritative reference work on the International Court of Justice. This 4 volume work includes information and analysis of the Court’s relation to the other principal bodies of the United Nations, its jurisdiction, and its procedure.

This subscription will end on 31 December 2025 due to the impact of the UN's liquidity crisis on the library resources. If your office is interested in funding its renewal, please contact us.

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