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International Team Project: India - Research Checklist
Introduction
This is a selective list of resources prepared for students participating in the International Team Project: India course at Northwestern University School of Law in the spring 2008 semester, by Irene Berkey, Foreign and International Law Librarian.
This list provides detailed information on resources for the law and legal system. For other areas of country research, links are
provided to the relevant section of the law library's web site. Most materials cited are in English. Note that the English language
versions of foreign language websites do not always have the same content as the vernacular version.
Key to call number locations:
- I,REF = international reference area, 3rd floor
- I,PER = international, foreign, and comparative law journals, 2nd floor
- I,MON = international and comparative law monographs, 3rd floor
- Asia Ind = the old call number for India, located in closed stacks, please request.
- N,HIA = the new location symbol for India, 3rd floor
- D,USG = U.S. government publications, 3rd floor
Country Information
- General Resources by Country or Region The resources listed in this section, both print and online, together provide a great deal of information on the history, geography, government, economy, etc., of the countries of the world. See "Resources for more than one country or region." Also, under the heading "Resources by Country or Region," see the sub-topic "Asia."
Asian Studies Web Sites and Databases
- Asia-Studies Full-text Online. Full-text reports from research institutions on business, government, economic and social issues.
- Bibliography of Asian Studies
 . From the Association for Asian Studies at the University of Michigan. Western language articles and book chapters on all parts of Asia published since 1971, on all subjects, especially in the humanities and social sciences.
Governmental web sites
Laws and Legal System
Research Guides
Descriptions of Laws and/or Legal System
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Martindale-Hubbell International Law Digest.
The "digest" for each country (usually prepared by a leading law firm in the country) consists of detailed summaries of the law on selected substantive and procedural topics, arranged alphabetically. May cite to primary law. Especially useful for company, corporate, and tax law. Does not include criminal law. Note: Library print copy is 2005; LexisNexis version (INTDIG) is the latest.
- LexisNexis
 :
- Legal
- Area of Law - By Topic
- International Law
- Find Statutes, Regulations, & Administrative Materials
- Martindale-Hubbell(R) International Law Digest
- Legal Systems of the World: A Political, Social, and Cultural Encyclopedia, vol. 2, pages 693-699
I,REF K 48 .L44 2002
- The Legal System of the Republic of India, by C.C. Young, in Modern Legal Systems Cyclopedia, vol. 9, pages 9.80.3 - 9.80.42. Also, Hindu Conceptions of Law, by Ludo Rocher (1978), pages 9.90.5 - 9.90.19.
I,REF K 48 .M62 1988
Constitution and Constitutional Law
- Constitution of India, updated to 94th Amendment Act (2006) From government of India web site. Includes texts of constitutional amendment from 1951 to 2006.
- Constitutions of the Countries of the World
 . This site includes Introductory Notes and texts of constitutional amendment acts 1999 to 2002. Also available in hard copy, I,MON K 3157 .A2B58 1971-
- Chandrachud, Y. V. Shorter Constitution of India, by Durga Das Basu. 13th ed. (2002)
N,HIA KNS 1744 .5195 .C53 2002
- Seervai, H. M. Constitutional Law of India: A Critical Commentary, 4th ed., 2002.
N,HIA KNS 1744 .5195 .S44 2002 vols. 1-3.
Legislation
Case Law
Finding Books
Finding Books at Northwestern University
- NUcat Searching Tips
- The preceding section explains how clicking on the "Library of Congress Subject Headings" in a catalog record can help to focus a search. Subject headings can also be searched directly. From the NUcat "Search" tab, search in "Subject Heading" or "Browse Subject Heading" Some Library of Congress Subject Headings are listed below. (The dashes and parentheses can be omitted.)
constitutional law -- India
India - Rural conditions
Human rights -- India
Finding books at other libraries:
Finding Articles
Journal articles are published in a wide range of subject areas relating to country research, such as history, politics, economics, sociology, gender studies, and religion. In order to identify relevant articles it is best to search the various specialized indexes to which Northwestern University subscribes. The following pages of the library's web site list many such indexes. Once a relevant article is identified, it may be possible to access an electronic version of the text by clicking on the "Find It At NU" buttion," or by doing a journal title search in NUcat for the name of the journal (not the title of the article). When searching an index, an "advanced" search is often easier to use than the basic search. When you find a relevant article, clicking on the "descriptors" or "subject headings" for that record may lead you to other relevant citations.
Finding Dissertations
Finding Statistics
News: General, Legal, and Business
Note that both Lexis and Westlaw allow you to create and save a search, to be run on a periodic basis, such as daily or weekly.
For links to tutorials, see the Research Alerts page of the library's web site.
Many organizations make it possible to monitor news by means of an RSS/XML ("Really Simnple Syndication") feed. For information of setting up RSS feeds, see the Research Alerts: RSS Feeds section of the library's web site.
- Lexis .
- News: India
- News & Business
- Country and Region (excluding US)
- India
- News
- Country Reports
- News & Business
- Country and Region (excluding US)
- India
- Westlaw
- Regional Materials
- International/worldwide materials
- Asia and the Pacific Rim
- Regional Materials
- Business and News: Multi-National
- International/worldwide materials
- Multi-National Materials
- Business and News
- Business News: India
- International/worldwide materials
- Asia and the Pacific Rim
- Individual Country Materials
- India
- Business and News
- Global News
- Business and News tab
- Global News
India: News and Media. Links to free Internet news sources listed in the Open Directory Project.
Europa World Online: India directory: Society and Media
International Business Resources
Regional and International Organizations
Note: India is not necessarily a member of all the organizations listed below. However, these web sites are good sources of information about India.
Additional Resources for Selected Topics
- AIDS/HIV/Health
- Criminal Justice
- Economic Development
- Education
- ERIC Annotated references to over 2,000 titles "issued in the monthly Resources in Education (RIE) and to journal articles issued in the monthly Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)." Dates of coverage: 1966 to present.
- Environment/Land Use/Natural Resources
- ECOLEX. World Conservation Union (IUCN). A database of imformation on environmental law.
- FAOLEX. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. A legislative database on food, agriculture, and renewable natural resources.
- Pollution Abstracts Environment-related international literature on pollution.
- Agricola
National Agricultural Library. Citations to agricultural literature.
- Human Rights
- Hindu Law
- Islamic Influence
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, Oxford University Press, 2001, c.1995
I,REF DS 35.53 .O95 2001
- Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures
I,REF HQ 1170 .E53 2003
- Index Islamicus An index to literature on Islam, the Middle East, and the Islamic world.
- Islamic Family Law. Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Emory University School of Law. Note: site updated as of 2002.
- Refugees/Immigration
- Religion
- Women's and Children's Issues
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