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Legal Classics This link opens in a new window
Legal Classics contains thousands of historical works from authors including including Joseph Story, Jeremy Bentham, William Blackstone, and many more

HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
Primary and secondary material from around the world. More than 208 million pages of journals, government documents, international resources, and case law. Includes the Annual Statutes of the Parliament of Canada, Canada Supreme Court Reports, Provincial Statutes of Canada, and Revised Statutes of Canada.
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Use the International tab to navigate to World Journals collection.
Includes: Criminal Source, Employment source, Estates&Trusts Source, Family Source, Insolvency Source, IP Source, Labour Source, Litigator, Securities Source

Foreign & International Law Resources Database
"This database includes in-depth publications of the American Society of International Law and prominent Yearbooks from around the world, including the Hague Permanent Court of International Justice series. It also includes U.S. Law Digests, International Tribunals/Judicial Decisions, and more."

Treaty Sources

Canada Treaty Information
Canada Treaty Series in the Law Library
Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary General
Provides key information about treaties deposited with the United Nations, including title, date and place of signature, parties and party status, reservations filed and information necessary to cite the treaty.
United Nations Treaty Series
Official website.
United Nations Law Collection
via HeinOnline, provides the scanned version of UN Treaty Series in an easy-to-navigate way.
US Treaties and Agreements Library
via HeinOnline
World Treaty Library
via HeinOnline

Common Treaty Citations

Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 10 December 1948, 43 AJILS 127. UNGAOR 3rd Sess. UN Doc A/811. (Adopted by the UNGA 10 December 1948).
Statute of the International Court of Justice, 26 June 1945, Can TS 1945 No 7 (entered into force 24 October 1945).
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 23 May 1969, 1155 UNTS 331 (entered into force 27 January 1980, accession by Canada 27 January 1980).
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, 09 May 1992, 1771 UNTS 107 (entered into force 21 March 1994, ratified by Canada 4 December 1992).

Sources

Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals This link opens in a new window
ALC provides the full text of the most important decisions of the International Criminal Court, including concurring, separate and dissenting opinions.

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Sources for United Nations Documents

League of Nations Archives
Among the 14,2 million pages digitized are documents covering all the activities of the League between 1920 and 1946, and some 27,000 maps and 9,000 photographs.
United Nations Digital Library
UNDL includes UNBISnet, UN documents, UN maps, speech and voting records.
United Nations Documents
via HeinOnline United Nations Law Collection.
United Nations Official Document System

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