Comparative Law Journal Resources
- African Journal of International and Comparative LawAlso available in print at Law Library JX1 .A42.
- Comparative LawPublication of the Comparative Law Institute at Nihon University. In print at Law Library JX1 .C6575.
- International and Comparative Law QuarterlyAlso available in print at Law Library JX1 .I533. Back issues available at Hein Online.
- Zeitschrift für Europarecht, Internationales Privatrecht und RechtsvergleichungIn print at Law Library JX5 .Z4542.
Locating General Journal Articles
Law journal articles may be found using an index to legal periodical literature. Three of the most widely used law journal indexes are the Index to Legal Periodicals, the Legal Scholarship Network, and LegalTrac. Each database provides multiple fields to search, including title, author, subject and keyword.
Once you have identified potentially relevant articles, use the print journal, Hein Online, JSTOR or another full-text database to retrieve the article(s). HeinOnline and JSTOR provide access to legal and non-legal journal literature, respectively. Both provide .PDF versions of articles, as well as search functionality. They are particularly useful for retrieving items with specific citations.
- Legal Source (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
This comprehensive database combines access to EBSCO's Index to Legal Periodicals and Books (1981-present) and Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective (1908-1981), with access to more than 500 full-text journals not available in either of the Index to Legal Periodicals modules, and access to more than 100 full-text journals, many published in Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand, that have not been previously available in any database. In full, Legal Source provides access to more than 880 full-text journals, with indexing (using the "Advanced Search") by title, author(s), subjects, court cases, statutes, books reviewed, languages, etc.
- Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (HeinOnline) This link opens in a new window
Indexes selected legal periodicals and essay collections published worldwide since 1960. It provides in-depth coverage of public and private international law, comparative law, and foreign law, in all key jurisdictions.
- LegalTrac (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Indexes law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals, and international legal journals with coverage beginning in 1980. It also covers law-related articles from business and general interest titles.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Provides full text access to selected scholarly journals in history, economics, political science, philosophy, mathematics, and other fields of the humanities and social sciences. Note that this database contains ONLY back issues, the JSTOR database does not include issues for the most recent 3 to 5 years. Consult the online tables of contents for specific holdings information as coverage varies for each title.
- Lexis: Law Reviews and Journals
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