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International Team Project: Argentina - Research Checklist

Introduction

This is a selective list of resources prepared for students participating in the International Team Project: Argentina course at Northwestern Law in the Spring 2006 semester.

Also use the Conduct Research portion of the law library web site. In particular, see the Foreign and Comparative and International sections. For an excellent guide to the civil law system, see A Primer on the Civil-Law System, by James G. Apple and Robert P. Deyling (Federal Judicial Center).

Note: The law library does not collect materials on Latin American countries in vernacular languages.

Key to call number locations:

  • I,REF = international reference area - 3rd floor
  • I,PER = international and comparative law journals - 3rd floor
  • PER = general law journals, shelving area to south of grand staircase - 2nd floor
  • R,REF = reference room - 2nd floor
  • REF = shelving area under grand staircase - 2nd floor
  • Sp.Arg. = the old call number for Argentina - closed stacks, request at Circulation Desk
  • N, SAR = the new location symbol of Argentina - 3rd floor
  • N, LAA = the new location symbol for Latin America - 3rd floor
  • MAIN = the Northwestern University Library in Evanston
  • MAIN Reference = the Northwestern University Library Reference Room in Evanston
  • B, ABA = American Bar Association collection - 3rd floor

General Country Information

Business Conditions

Selected web sites for Argentina and Regional Organizations

Latin American Studies

Laws and Legal System

Introductions, Research Guides, Comprehensive Sources

  • A Research Guide to the Argentine Legal System. By Dr. Gisela Monge Roffarello, Emilse Monge Roffarello, Dr. Ezequiel Trajtenberg and Prof. Eng. Julio O. Trajtenberg (GlobaLex).
  • Reynolds and Flores. Foreign Law: Current Sources of Codes and Legislation in Jurisdictions of the World. Includes background on the legal system and legal publication, as well as citations to laws on particular topics and English language translations. An indispensable source for foreign law research. Print copy shelved in Foreign Law Office. Also available via the Internet Must be used within Northwestern Law buildings .
  • World Legal Information Institute: Argentina (WorldLII)
  • JURIST's World Law: Argentina
  • Guide to Law Online: Argentina Law Library of Congress. Includes links to both legal and non-legal resources.
  • LegisLaw: Links to laws of Argentina, jurisprudence, and Boletin Oficial. (In Spanish)
  • Dubberly, David E. and Markus, Andrew J., eds. Doing Business in Argentina. Chicago, Ill. : ABA, Section of International Law and Practice, 2000. N,SAR KHA 333 .B86D62 2000 and B, ABA 325.148.D63 2000
  • Sistema Argentino de Informatica Juridica (In Spanish)
  • Derechogratis.com (In Spanish)
  • Argentina Law Digest, in Martindale-Hubbell International Law Digest. Digest of various areas of substantive law, especially useful for company, corporate, and tax law. I,REF K 68 .M37 Also available on LexisNexis Available from anywhere to members of the Northwestern Law community (INTDIG file)

Primary Law

Constitution

Legislation

  • Boletin Oficial de la Republica Argentina (In Spanish) - Laws, Decisions, and Official Notices (Paid database / only current day is free).
  • Leyes Nacionales y Provinciales (In Spanish) - Free access to laws in Spanish.
  • Legislacion de Turismo (In Spanish)
  • Comisiones Permanentes y Especiales (In Spanish) - Links to laws and commissions by topic.
  • Congreso de la Nacion Argentina (In Spanish) - Official web site of the National Congress.
  • Camara de Senadores (In Spanish) - Links to bills and resolutions of the Parliament (Senado de la Nacion).
  • Camara de Diputados (In Spanish) - Links to bills in process (proyectos) and bills by session of the Parliament.
  • Argentina Legislation Index (In Spanish)
  • Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) - Search summaries (in English) of Argentinian laws.
  • LexisNexis Databases: Argentina Country Files (ARGEN), Argentina National Constitution (ARGCON), Argentina Prior Constitutions (ANTCON), Constitution of Buenos Aires (BACON), Codigo Civil de la Nacion Argentina (CCIV), Argentina Code of Commerce (CCOM), Argentina Mining Code (CMIN), Argentina Penal Code (CPEN), Argentina Aeronautics Code (CAER), Argentina Customs Code (CAOU), Argentina Civil/Commercial Procedure Code (CPCC), Argentina Code of Penal Procedure (CPPEN), Argentina Legislation (ARGLEG), Argentina Civil Laws (LCIV), Argentina Commercial Laws (LCOM), Argentina Civil/Commercial Procedure Laws (LPCC), Argentina Labour Laws (LLAB), Argentina Penal Laws (LPEN), Argentina Administrative Laws (LADM), Argentina Aeronautical Laws (LAER), Argentina Customs Laws (LADU), Argentina Penal Procedure Laws (LPPEN), and Argentina Miscellaneous Laws (LOTR), available on LexisNexis Available from anywhere to members of the Northwestern Law community ["Legal" > "Legal (excluding U.S.)" > Argentina > Legislacion (Legislation)]. (In Spanish)
  • Argentina Legislation (WorldLII) and Argentina Parliament (WorldLII)
  • NATLEX (summaries of Argentinian labor laws) - International Labour Organization
  • Romanach, Julio, Jr., transl., Civil Code of Argentina (in English), Baton Rouge, LA: Jura Division, Lawrence Pub. Co., 2001. N, SAR KHA 404.31869 .A52 2001.
  • Abogados, Estudio Durrieu, The Argentine Penal Code and Selected Excerpts From Corporate Criminal Law, Ardsley, NY: Transnational Publishers, 2004. N, SAR KHA 5414.31921.A52 2004.

Courts and Jurisprudence

Treaties and Agreements - Selected Sources

Finding Books on Argentina

  • Szladits' Bibliography on Foreign and Comparative Law: Books and Articles in English Through the supplement for 1989-90 it provided references to books, journal articles, and essays published in collections, in English. It included a section citing to the texts of laws (including constitutions) in translation, published in both books and articles. This index now covers only books, not periodical articles. Statutes are now usually excluded. I,REF K 38 .S94 1955 and supplements I,REF K 38 .S94 1990 I,REF K 38 .S94 1995/1996 I,REF K 38 .S94 1997/1998
  • To find books at Northwestern University:

    NUcat, the catalog of Northwestern University libraries, provides various ways to find books on a topic. These include searching by keyword (for which there are several methods) and searching by subject (using Library of Congress subject headings).

    (Note: NUcat can be used to find out whether the library owns a particular periodical, but it is not used for finding articles within periodicals; for this, you use a periodical index, described in the following section.)

    "Guided Search" tab: It is sometimes easiest to start with a "guided" search, using words or phrases that are likely to appear in the record for a relevant book. From the NUcat screen, click on the "Guided Search" tab. Guided searches allow you to search for words or phrases in specific parts of the bibliographic record (e.g., author, title, subject) or as keywords; to use connectors (e.g., and, or); and to limit your search (e.g., by location, date, language). The search screen is set up in such a way as to guide you through the search formulation process and minimize the amount of typing. Searching in "keyword anywhere" is usually the best.

    "Search" tab: Keyword searching is also available under the "Search" tab by clicking on "keyword search" or "keyword phrase search." You must formulate and type in the search, both terms and connector, yourself. Some examples of "Keyword" searches are:

    constitution? and argentina
    argentina and (law? or legal)
    Once you have found a relevant book, you can look at the record in "long view" to find the Library of Congress subject headings for the book. You can then do a subject search by clicking on the link. This will sometimes retrieve additional relevant books that were not found by the keyword search. You may also do a subject heading search from the "Search" tab by choosing "Subject Heading." An example of a Library of Congress subject heading is:
    Law--Argentina
    Note: Materials on the law of a particular country on a particular subject might be found either in books devoted to the jurisdiction or in materials devoted to the subject. An Example of a work classified (i.e., shelved) by jurisdiction is:
    Doing Business and Investing in Argentina N,SAR KHA 333.B86D63 2004
    Examples of books and looseleaf services, etc., on a specific subject, which include discussion of more than one jurisdiction:
    Constitutions of the Countries of the World I,MON K 3157 .A2B58 1971-
    Copyright Laws and Treaties of the World I,MON K 1419.2 1956-
    Digest of Commercial Laws of the World I,MON K 1005.4 .D54 1996-
    International Encyclopaedia for Labour Law and Industrial Relations I,MON K1705.4 .I58
    International Civil Procedure I, MON K 2205.I58 2003
    Examples of books and looseleaf services, etc., on a specific region, such as Latin American countries:
    The judiciary and democratic decay in Latin America: declining confidence in the rule of law N, LAA KG 495.P75 2000
    Reform of Latin American banking systems N, LAA HG 2710.5.A6R456 2000

  • To find books at other libraries:

Finding Articles

The following are indexes that can be searched to identify articles, etc., on a subject. In some instances, in addition to a bibliographic citation, a direct link to full text of the article will be provided. Often a "Find it at NU" button will lead to a full text electronic source. If no full text is identified, search NUcat by the title of the journal to see if the journal in which the article appears is owned in print format by Northwestern. If it is in the Northwestern University Library (or not held by Northwestern at all) you can submit an interlibrary loan request for the article. Note: before beginning to search any index, consult its "help" feature to be sure you are constructing an effective search.

Legal Topics

  • LegalTrac Available from anywhere to members of the Northwestern Law community

    Current Law Index R,REF K 33 .C87

    • LexisNexis Available from anywhere to members of the Northwestern Law community : Legal Resource Index (LAWREV;LGLIND)
    • Westlaw Available from anywhere to members of the Northwestern Law community : Legal Resource Index (LRI)

    The most comprehensive periodical index for U.S. legal research, this index, which began in 1980, can also be used to find articles on international and comparative law topics. It covers more than 850 journals from the United States, Canada, Great Britain, New Zealand, and Australia.

  • Current Index to Legal Periodicals (most recent five issues) Available from anywhere to members of the Northwestern Law community

    Current Index to Legal Periodicals R,REF K33 .C865

    • Westlaw Available from anywhere to members of the Northwestern Law community : CILP database (most recent eight issues)

    A current awareness service, published weekly by the University of Washington law library. More up-to-date than LegalTrac.

  • Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals Available from anywhere to members of the Northwestern Law community

    Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals I,REF K 33 .I529

    An index of articles and book reviews appearing in more than 550 selected legal periodicals, most of which are published outside of the United States, as well as the contents of collections of essays, dealing with international law (both public and private), comparative law, and the domestic law of countries worldwide. It does not attempt to cover the legal systems of the United States, the British Isles, and the British Commonwealth. The print edition covers 1960 onward; the web version covers 1985 onward.

  • HeinOnline Available from anywhere to all members of the Northwestern University community - Search International and Non-U.S. law journals in the "Law Journal Library."
  • GLIN (Global Legal Information Network) - Laws, Judicial Decisions, Legislative Records, and Legal Literature for Argentina.

Non-Legal Topics

Resources covering more than one topic in the social sciences and humanities

  • HAPI Online: Hispanic American Periodicals Index Available from anywhere to all members of the Northwestern University community

    Provides citations to worldwide information about Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States.

  • HLAS Online (Library of Congress)

    Links to E-Journals and other electronic resources for Latin American studies.

  • PAIS International (1972 - present) Available from anywhere to all members of the Northwestern University community and PAIS International Archive (1937-1976) Available from anywhere to all members of the Northwestern University community

    PAIS International in Print REF Z 7163 .P9223

    Published by Public Affairs Information Service. Indexes and abstracts public and social policy literature published in over 120 countries. Includes such areas as economics, finance, law, education, the military, political science, public administration, international law and relations, the environment, and demography. The materials indexed include journal articles, books, reports of governmental, private, and intergovernmental organizations, statistical directories, research reports, conference reports, selected microfiche, and selected Internet resources originally published in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese. This publication is the continuation of two earlier indexes, PAIS Bulletin (English language sources) and PAIS Foreign Language Index.

  • CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online Available from anywhere to all members of the Northwestern University community

    Citations, abstracts, and selected full-text articles covering topics in international affairs, collected largely from university- and foundation-funded research institutes, non-governmental organizations, and academic conferences. Includes working papers, conference proceedings, journal and book abstracts, and links to related resources.

  • OxResearch Available from anywhere to all members of the Northwestern University community

    Short articles by Oxford Analytica in the areas of business and management, economics, and political science.

  • EXAC (Expanded Academic ASAP) Available from anywhere to all members of the Northwestern University community

    An online index to articles in more than 1,000 periodicals covering the social sciences, the humanities, the sciences, and current affairs.

  • Web of Science Available from anywhere to all members of the Northwestern University community

    Contains three individual databases, which may be searched separately or simultaneously: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index. Social Sciences Citation Index covers anthropology, history, industrial relations, law, linguistics, psychology, psychiatry, political science, public health, social issues, sociology, substance abuse, urban studies, women's studies.

  • FirstSearch Available from anywhere to members of the Northwestern Law community

    FirstSearch includes a number of databases that index articles, papers, and proceedings in a variety of subject areas. A few of the individual databases are listed below. For FirstSearch databases, interlibrary loan requests for articles may be placed directly from the record, but check NUcat first.

    • ArticleFirst Available from anywhere to members of the Northwestern Law community

      Index of articles from 12,500 journals in business, the humanities, social sciences, popular culture, science, technology, and medicine, from 1990 onwards. Some entries have abstracts; some have full-text.

    • PapersFirst Available from anywhere to members of the Northwestern Law community

      Index of papers presented at conferences.

    • ProceedingsFirst Available from anywhere to members of the Northwestern Law community

      Index of conference proceedings.

    • Wilson Select Plus Available from anywhere to members of the Northwestern Law community

      Citations, abstracts, and full-text articles from over 850 periodicals indexed in Reader's Guide Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts, General Science Abstracts, and Wilson Business Abstracts, 1994- .

  • Project Muse Available from anywhere to all members of the Northwestern University community

    Online database of more than 200 journals from nonprofit publishers. Many links to full text articles.

  • Social Science Research Network Available from anywhere to all members of the Northwestern University community

    A service providing scholarly research papers, working papers, and journals in numerous social science disciplines, including law, economics, and financial economics.

Finding Dissertations

Dissertations Abstracts database. "Citations and abstracts for doctoral dissertations, and some master's theses, from accredited North American colleges and universities and some international universities." Available from the following:

  • ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Full Text Available from anywhere to all members of the Northwestern University community

    Entries for more than 2 million doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Dissertations published from 1980 forward include 350-word abstracts written by the author. Master's theses published from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. More than 600,000 dissertations and theses are available in native or image PDF formats for immediate free download.

  • Dissertations Abstracts Online

    Westlaw (DAO) Available from anywhere to members of the Northwestern Law community

  • Current Research @ CIC Institutions

    The Committee on Institutional Cooperation includes all Big Ten schools, plus the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago. Current Research provides full-text dissertations since 1996 from these schools.

Finding Statistics

News: General, Legal, and Business

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International Business Resources

  • See our web site's International Trade, Business, and Economic Law page.
  • ABI/INFORM Available from anywhere to members of the Northwestern Law community

    Business and management index. Citations and abstracts of articles from more than 1,300 journals, including over 350 English-language international sources. Full-text articles from over 600 selected sources.Westlaw Available from anywhere to members of the Northwestern Law community : ABI-INFORM (ABI/Inform (R) (DIALOG)) and ABI-INFORM Current (ABI/Inform (R) - Current (DIALOG)

  • Business Source Premier Available from anywhere to all members of the Northwestern University community

    "[P]rovides nearly 3,300 full-text scholarly publications, including more than 1,000 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to the full-text, this database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 4,100 journals. This database offers information in nearly every area of business including management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, and more."

  • GlobalEDGE (TM) Resource Desk. Michigan State University.

International Organizations

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