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The set of topic links on this site works by searching the syllabi (case summaries) for related key terms. You can search directly for key words yourself in either the syllabi or full opinions. You can also use such a search to retrieve cases by words in a case name (or year or docket number) or opinion author.

This provides a search of free federal and state caselaw for the last 5 years (registration required)

EISIL has been developed, with the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, by the American Society of International Law (ASIL), a scholarly association that has been a leader in the analysis, dissemination and development of international law since 1906.

GlobaLex is an electronic legal publication dedicated to international and foreign law research. Published by the Hauser Global Law School Program at NYU School of Law,

The Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) is a public database of official texts of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international organizations. These GLIN members contribute the full texts of their published documents to the database in their original languages. Each document is accompanied by a summary in English and, in many cases in additional languages.

A subscription database from the United Nations, the UN Treaty Collection includes several treaty-related databases, including the UN Treaty Series and the Status of Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General. The UN Treaty Series contains the text in the original language(s) and translations into English and French of over 40,000 treaties and a similar number of related actions which have been published by the Secretariat.