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to find books on your topic. If you find a book that looks interesting,
and you are not on campus, click on the call
number to browse titles on the shelf nearby. Of course, if you
are on campus, browsing the shelves is a great way to find relevant
books.
One
good way to find books on your topic is to search
by subject to find all the books in the Hastings Library on
your topic. There are over 50 subjects covering various aspects
of war crimes prosecution and analysis in the Hastings Library catalog.
If
the book you want isn't in the Hastings Law Library, or you would
like to locate other books on your topic, use FirstSearch.
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Selected
International Criminal Law and War Crimes Books in the Hastings
Library
• Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals
[10 vols. / Yugoslav & Rwanda tribunals]
KZ1203.A2 A5 (6th Stacks)
• Bringing the Khmer Rouge to Justice: Prosecuting Mass
Violence before the Cambodian Courts [supplemental
documents available online]
KNM4538 .B75 2005 (6th Stacks)
• Global War Crimes Tribunal Collection [58 vols. cover the Yugoslav & Rwanda tribunals]
KZ1190 .G56 1997 (6th Stacks)
• International Courts and Tribunals: Selected Documents
and Materials
KZ6250 .I57 1999 (6th Stacks)
• International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda [2 vols.]
KZ1201.A12 M67 1998 (6th Stacks)
• International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: An Exercise in Law, Politics, and Diplomacy
KZ1203.A12 K47 2004 (6th Stacks)
• International Tribunal for Rwanda: Facts, Cases, Documents
KZ1201.A12 I59 1999 (6th Stacks)
• Judicial Reports / Recueils Judiciaires [8 vols. covering
ICTY cases 1994-2000]
K5301.A495 J83 (5th Stacks)
• Law Reports of Trials of War Criminals [15 vols. prepared
by the U.N. War Crimes Commission]
KZ1174 .L39 1997 (6th Stacks) (Also available on microfiche)
• Legislative History
of the International Criminal Court [by Cherif M. Bassiouni]
KZ6312 .L44 2005 (6th Stacks)
• Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression: Opinion and Judgment
[9 vols.]
D804.G42 A4 & D804.G42 A42 (5th Stacks)
• Trial Justice: The International Criminal Court and the Lord's Resistance Army
KZ1208.U33 L67 2006 (6th Stacks)
• Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg, 14 November 1945 - 1 October 1946 [42 vols.]
D804.G42 I55 (5th Stacks)
• Trials of War Criminals before the Nuernberg Military
Tribunals under Control Council Law No. 10, Nuremberg, October 1946-April,
1949 [16 vols.]
D804.G42 A2 (5th Stacks)
• War Crimes Against Women: Prosecution in International War Crimes Tribunals
K5301 .A98 1997 (5th Stacks)
• When Does War Become Crime?: Aspects of the Criminal Case Against Eric O.
KZ6795.I73 D54 2005 (6th Stacks)
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Index
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• Index Search #1 (Index to Legal Periodicals):
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OR Westlaw (ILP)
OR the Index
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United States since 1980.] If articles on your topic may have been
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• Index Search #3 (Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals):
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INTERNATIONAL
CRIMINAL COURT
• The International
Criminal Court (ICC) is the first permanent court capable of
trying individuals accused of the most serious violations of international
humanitarian and human rights law, namely genocide, crimes against
humanity and war crimes. The treaty that established the ICC, the
Rome Statute, entered into force on July 1, 2002, and provisional
headquarters for the Court were opened shortly thereafter. Visit
the Coalition for the International
Criminal Court webpage to read recent documents, press releases,
and fact sheets.
The
reference
librarians at Hastings are available to help you plan your research
strategy and to help you find the resources that might be useful
in writing your final class paper. If you want to meet to discuss
your research or have question about international law research,
send an email to
,
Int'l & Foreign Law Librarian.
,
Int'l & Foreign Law Librarian.