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Subject Guides

World Trade organization

Where to Start:

If you are unsure about your subject, look it up in a dictionary or encyclopedia. Or try a handbook for the latest information with facts and figures. Why not try:

Dictionary of international and comparative law James R. Fox	REF K 211 FOX 2003
Dictionary of trade policy terms	REF K 211.T6 GOO 2002
Halsbury’s Laws of Australia	REF K 218 .K1 HAL 1991 Online version through Butterworths
International law : a dictionary Boleslaw A. Boczek	REF K 211 BOC 2005
Parry and Grant encyclopaedic dictionary of international law edited by John P. Grant and J. Craig Barker	KC 72 PAR 2004

Research Guides:

American Society of International Law Guides: - International Economic Law - Private International Law - International Commercial Arbitration	http://www.asil.org/resource/home.htm
E.B. Williams Library Research Guides – From the GATT to the WTO	http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/intl/guides/gattwto
NYU Law Library: WTO/GATT Research	http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/wtoguide.html

Text of the Agreements:

International Legal Materials	KC 10.001 INT
Lexis: - Select “International Trade” from “Area of Law – By Topic”	http://www.bond.edu.au/library/find/eresources/law.html
Westlaw: Directory/All of Westlaw/International Materials/Worldwide/Multinational Materials/Legislation	http://www.bond.edu.au/library/find/eresources/law.html
WTO web site	http://www.wto.org/english/docs_e/legal_e/legal_e.htm

GATT/WTO Documents:

Basic Instruments and Selected Documents: (Geneva : GATT, 1953 – 1995) On Lexis: Area of Law – By Topic/International Trade/ Treaties and International Agreements	http://www.bond.edu.au/library/find/eresources/law.html
WTO Official Documents(from 1995)	http://www.wto.org/english/docs_e/docs_e.htm

Dispute Settlements:

Basic Instruments and Selected Documents On Lexis: Area of Law – By Topic/International Trade/ Treaties and International Agreements	http://www.bond.edu.au/library/find/eresources/law.html
Lexis: Area of Law – By Topic/International Trade/	http://www.bond.edu.au/library/find/eresources/law.html
Westlaw: All of Westlaw/International/Worldwide Materials/Multi-National Materials/ International Organizations & Institutions/ WTO & GATT Panel Decisions	http://www.bond.edu.au/library/find/eresources/law.html
WTO web site	http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e /dispu _e.htm#disputes

Books:

Use the Library Catalogue to search for books held in the Library.

World Trade Organization : Law, Practice, And Policy Mitsuo Matsushita; Thomas J. Schoenbaum; Petros C Mavroidis	KC 645 MAT 2005
Basic legal instruments for the liberalisation of trade : a comparative analysis of EC and WTO law Federico Ortino	KC 230 ORT 2004
The WTO dispute settlement system 1995-2003 edited by Federico Ortino, Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann	KC 645 WTO 2004
A handbook on the WTO dispute settlement system Legal Affairs Divison and the Appellate Body	KC 645 HAN 2004
The WTO and the Doha round : the changing face of world trade edited by Ross P. Buckley	KC 645 WTO 2003

Or you can look on the shelves at the following numbers:

KC 220 – International economic law
KC 230 – Trade – international law
KC 641-5 - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

Electronic Resources (including Journal Databases):

Electronic resources including journal databases provide secondary sources of information such as journal articles, news, reports. Access electronic resources (including journal databases) from the Library's Electronic Resources page.

AGIS Plus Text	Mainly Australian journal articles - some full text
Ebrary	Full-text books including some on international trade.
HeinOnline	Full text journal articles including International & Non-U.S. Law Journals. The Treaties and Agreements Library includes coverage of International Legal Materials (ILM) since inception.
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals	Multilingual index to articles published worldwide. Coverage includes international trade law.
Legal Periodicals Full Text	Coverage includes law reviews, university publications and yearbooks on all areas of jurisprudence. Full text coverage for selected journals is included.
Lexis	Contains an International Trade section with full text journals, case law, legislation and treaties. Also includes an online version of ILM
Westlaw	Contains case law, treaties, commentary Go to: Directory/All of Westlaw/International/Worldwide Materials/Multi-National Materials

Journals:

Journals may have more up-to-date information than books. You can search for journals using the Library catalogue. Try the following to start:

Journal of world trade	KC 230.001 JOU
International trade & business law	KC 230.001 INT
Journal of international economic law	KC 225.001 JOU

Current Awareness:

Have a look at the following to keep up to date:

GATT/WTO Current News

http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news_e.htm

Internet Resources:

Some of the many sites on the internet containing information on international trade and trade-related issues:

Cornell Law School LII – International Trade Law	http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/trade.html
Harvard University : Global Trade Negotiations	http://www.cid.harvard.edu/cidtrade/
Juris International	http://www.jurisint.org/pub/
Lex Mercatoria: International Trade Law	http://lexmercatoria.org/international.economic.law/itl
Fletcher Multilaterals Project: Trade and Commercial Relations Treaties	http://fletcher.tufts.edu/multi/trade.html

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