International Team Project: Tanzania -- Research Checklist

Prepared for International Team Project Tanzania, Northwestern University School of Law, Spring 2011 semester, by Irene Berkey, Foreign and International Law Librarian.

For questions about this guide, contact Heidi Kuehl, Foreign, Comparative, and International Law Librarian and Coordinator of Educational Programming and Outreach (e-mail | (312) 503-4725)

Country Information

General Resources by Country or Region (history, geography, government, economy, etc.)

African Studies Web Sites and Databases

Northwestern University: Africana Collection | Electronic Resources | Program of African Studies
Stanford University: Africa South of the Sahara.
Columbia University: African Studies Internet Resources (World Wide Web Virtual Library) | International Directory of African Studies Scholars.

Web Sites for Tanzania

National Website of the United Republic of Tanzania
Parliament of Tanzania
Bank of Tanzania
Tanzania On-line. "Gateway to Information on Development Issues in Tanzania"

Laws and Legal System

Introductions and Research Guides:

Legal Systems of the World: A Political, Social, and Cultural Encyclopedia, ed. by Herbert M. Kritzer (ABC-CLIO, 2002).
I, REF K48 .L44 2002 " Tanzania" chapter is in vol 4, pages 1597-1603.
Guide to Tanzanian Legal System and Legal Research By Bahame Tom Nyanduga and Christabel Manning, updated by Christabel Manning and Seka Kasera (GlobaLex, 2010).
Foreign Law Guide: Current Sources of Codes and Basic Legislation in Jurisdictions of the World by Thomas H. Reynolds and Arturo A. Flores. For each country, background on the legal system and legal publication, citations to laws on particular topics and to English language translations.
Constitutional and Legal System of Tanzania: A Civics Sourcebook, Issa G. Shivi, et al. (2004). N,ITA KTT 6.5 .C66 2004 and AFRICANA 342.678 C758
Twaib, Fauz. The Legal Profession in Tanzania: Law and Practice (2008). AFRICANA 347.67803 T969l

Links to Selected Legal Materials:

Constitution:

The Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania of 1977 (as amended to 1995) is available in Constitutions of the Countries of the World . Also available in print I,MON K 3157 .A2B58 1971- v.18 Includes "Introductory and Comparative notes."
The Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania, 1977 (as amended through 1998) from the Tanzanian government website via Constitution Finder (University of Richmond) , which also has the Constitution and the Constitution Amending Act 1/2005 in Swahili.
The Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania, 1977. This edition incorporates and consolidates all amendments made up to June 30, 1995. Africana 342.678 S774c 1998

Legislation:

Parliament of Tanzania Category “Documents” includes Acts (session laws) starting in 2002 and current Bills in full text in English. Other materials are available in Swahili.

Case Law:

East Africa Law Reports - N, IAA KQC 20 .E173
Tanzania Court of Appeal Decisions from SAFLII
Tanzania High Court Decisions from SAFLII

Other:

Law Reform Commission of Tanzania reports from World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII) "Database last updated: 9 September 2005."
"How Leaders, Ideology, and Organizations Effect Nation-Building: A Look at the Role of Julius Nyerere, Ujama and Tanu in Shaping Tanzania's Law and Legal System." In Modern Legal Systems Cyclopedia, volume 6A. I,REF K 48 .M62 1988
Islamic Family Law Emory Law School. Note: Updated as of 2002.

Finding Books

NUcat Searching Tips: Using NUcat to search for books on a topic.
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.)
human rights -- Tanzania
women in development -- Tanzania
Zanzibar -- politics and government -- 1964-
Finding Books at Other Libraries (WorldCat )

Finding Articles

Hints: Many subject areas are relevant - not just law. | Use indexes to identify relevant articles. | "Advanced search" often easier than "basic search." | Find relevant citation, then click on "subject headings" or "descriptors" to find more. | "Find it at NU" button often leads to electronic full text. | NUcat "journal title" search leads to print and/or electronic full text.

Find Legal Articles (mostly from U.S. and Anglo-American journals, including foreign and international law topics)
Finding Articles and Papers on Foreign and Comparative Law (for articles on law of countries other than the U.S. and comparative law methodology, from journals published both in the U.S. and abroad)
Finding Articles and Papers on International Law (for public and private international law)
Find Non-Law Articles (for subjects in the social sciences, humanities, and sciences)

Finding Dissertations

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Full Text Entries for doctoral dissertations and master's theses, many of which are available for immediate free download. Can search by school, e.g., Northwestern.

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. Always check scope notes (click on information icon) for dates of coverage. Not all publications are current.

Many organizations make it possible to monitor news by means of an RSS/XML ("Really Simple Syndication") feed. For information of setting up RSS feeds, see the Research Alerts: RSS Feeds section of the library's web site.

Lexis

News & Business > Country and Region (excluding US) > Middle East and Africa > News
News & Business > Country and Region (excluding US) > Tanzania > News

Westlaw

International/Worldwide materials > Sub-Saharan Africa > Regional Materials > Business & News

Online News Sites (English)

International Business Resources

ABI/INFORM Citations, abstracts and many full text articles on business and management
Business Source Premier " Citations, abstracts and many full text articles from scholarly publications on business.
globalEDGE™ International Business Resource Desk. Michigan State University.

Regional and International Organizations

Note: Tanzania is not necessarily a member of all the organizations listed below. However, these web sites are good sources of information about Tanzania.

African Regional Organizations

International Organizations

Additional Resources for Selected Topics

AIDS/HIV/Health

AIDSinfo UNAIDS: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.
World Health Organization: Tanzania See also HIV/AIDS.

Children/Juvenile Justice

Tanzania. From UNICEF.
DePaul University College of Law Tanzania Service Learning Trip

Criminal Justice

UNODC in Eastern Africa United nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

Development

Tanzania Development Gateway
African Development Bank Group – Tanzania
United Nations Development Programme in Tanzania
World Bank Group – Tanzania
International Fund for Agricultural Development
- IFAD in Tanzania International Fund for Agricultural Developoment

Education

ERIC Citations to articles and reports on education.

Environment/Land Use/Natural Resources

ECOLEX

FAOLEX

Human Rights

2009 Human Rights Report – Tanzania U.S. Dept. of State.
International Religious Freedom Report 2010 – Tanzania U.S. Dept. of State.
Amnesty International 2009 Report – Tanzania
Human Rights Watch: Tanzania and Zanzibar
Legal and Human Rights Centre Under “Documentation Centre,” see annual human rights reports.
African Human Rights Resource Center. University of Minnesota Human Rights Library.
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Tanzania page.
HuriSearch Searches more than 5,000 human rights web sites.
Human Rights portion of Pritzker Legal Research Center web site

Islamic Influence

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World (I,REF DS 35.53 .O95 2001), Oxford University Press, 2001, c.1995
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. From Emory University Law School. Updated as of 2002.

Legal Assistance

Recent History/Politics

International Political Science Abstracts . Citations and abstracts to English and non-English language periodicals throughout the world. Covers political science, public law, international law, and international relations.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts . Citations with abstracts from more than 1100 journals in political science and related disciplines. Coverage is international in scope.
OxResearch Oxford Analytica, Ltd. Succinct analytical articles covering world and regional economic and political developments of major significance.

Refugee/Regional/Tribal

ReliefWeb. See Tanzania page.
Guide to International Refugee Resources on the Web. By Elisa Mason (LLRX.com, 2009).

Forced Migration Online. University of Oxford
UNHCR: The UN Refugee Agency: Tanzania.

Women's Issues

Contemporary Women's Issues Women's studies, including works on sociology, psychology, health, education, and human rights.

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	U.S. Primary Law U.S. Government Resources (federal, state and local) Illinois and Chicago International Law Foreign and Comparative Law Getting Started Finding Articles and Papers Law by Country or Region Law by Subject General Resources by Country or Region Statistical Resources Selected Topics Find Books, Articles, etc. Writing a Paper or Article Research Alerts	International Team Project: Tanzania -- Research Checklist Prepared for International Team Project Tanzania, Northwestern University School of Law, Spring 2011 semester, by Irene Berkey, Foreign and International Law Librarian. For questions about this guide, contact Heidi Kuehl, Foreign, Comparative, and International Law Librarian and Coordinator of Educational Programming and Outreach (e-mail \| (312) 503-4725) Country Information General Resources by Country or Region (history, geography, government, economy, etc.) African Studies Web Sites and Databases Northwestern University: Africana Collection \| Electronic Resources \| Program of African Studies Stanford University: Africa South of the Sahara. Columbia University: African Studies Internet Resources (World Wide Web Virtual Library) \| International Directory of African Studies Scholars. Web Sites for Tanzania National Website of the United Republic of Tanzania Parliament of Tanzania Bank of Tanzania Tanzania On-line. "Gateway to Information on Development Issues in Tanzania" Laws and Legal System Introductions and Research Guides: Legal Systems of the World: A Political, Social, and Cultural Encyclopedia, ed. by Herbert M. Kritzer (ABC-CLIO, 2002). I, REF K48 .L44 2002 " Tanzania" chapter is in vol 4, pages 1597-1603. Guide to Tanzanian Legal System and Legal Research By Bahame Tom Nyanduga and Christabel Manning, updated by Christabel Manning and Seka Kasera (GlobaLex, 2010). Foreign Law Guide: Current Sources of Codes and Basic Legislation in Jurisdictions of the World by Thomas H. Reynolds and Arturo A. Flores. For each country, background on the legal system and legal publication, citations to laws on particular topics and to English language translations. Constitutional and Legal System of Tanzania: A Civics Sourcebook, Issa G. Shivi, et al. (2004). N,ITA KTT 6.5 .C66 2004 and AFRICANA 342.678 C758 Twaib, Fauz. The Legal Profession in Tanzania: Law and Practice (2008). AFRICANA 347.67803 T969l Links to Selected Legal Materials: Guide to Law Online: Tanzania (Law Library of Congress) Southern African Legal Information Institute (SAFLII) – Tanzania Index. Constitution: The Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania of 1977 (as amended to 1995) is available in Constitutions of the Countries of the World . Also available in print I,MON K 3157 .A2B58 1971- v.18 Includes "Introductory and Comparative notes." The Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania, 1977 (as amended through 1998) from the Tanzanian government website via Constitution Finder (University of Richmond) , which also has the Constitution and the Constitution Amending Act 1/2005 in Swahili. The Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania, 1977. This edition incorporates and consolidates all amendments made up to June 30, 1995. Africana 342.678 S774c 1998 Legislation: Parliament of Tanzania Category “Documents” includes Acts (session laws) starting in 2002 and current Bills in full text in English. Other materials are available in Swahili. Case Law: East Africa Law Reports - N, IAA KQC 20 .E173 Tanzania Court of Appeal Decisions from SAFLII Tanzania High Court Decisions from SAFLII Other: Law Reform Commission of Tanzania reports from World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII) "Database last updated: 9 September 2005." "How Leaders, Ideology, and Organizations Effect Nation-Building: A Look at the Role of Julius Nyerere, Ujama and Tanu in Shaping Tanzania's Law and Legal System." In Modern Legal Systems Cyclopedia, volume 6A. I,REF K 48 .M62 1988 Islamic Family Law Emory Law School. Note: Updated as of 2002. Finding Books NUcat Searching Tips: Using NUcat to search for books on a topic. 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.) human rights -- Tanzania women in development -- Tanzania Zanzibar -- politics and government -- 1964- Finding Books at Other Libraries (WorldCat ) Finding Articles Hints: Many subject areas are relevant - not just law. \| Use indexes to identify relevant articles. \| "Advanced search" often easier than "basic search." \| Find relevant citation, then click on "subject headings" or "descriptors" to find more. \| "Find it at NU" button often leads to electronic full text. \| NUcat "journal title" search leads to print and/or electronic full text. Find Legal Articles (mostly from U.S. and Anglo-American journals, including foreign and international law topics) Finding Articles and Papers on Foreign and Comparative Law (for articles on law of countries other than the U.S. and comparative law methodology, from journals published both in the U.S. and abroad) Finding Articles and Papers on International Law (for public and private international law) Find Non-Law Articles (for subjects in the social sciences, humanities, and sciences) Finding Dissertations ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Full Text Entries for doctoral dissertations and master's theses, many of which are available for immediate free download. Can search by school, e.g., Northwestern. Finding Statistics National Bureau of Statistics Tanzania Worldwide Statistical Resources 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. Always check scope notes (click on information icon) for dates of coverage. Not all publications are current. Many organizations make it possible to monitor news by means of an RSS/XML ("Really Simple Syndication") feed. For information of setting up RSS feeds, see the Research Alerts: RSS Feeds section of the library's web site. Lexis News & Business > Country and Region (excluding US) > Middle East and Africa > News News & Business > Country and Region (excluding US) > Tanzania > News Westlaw International/Worldwide materials > Sub-Saharan Africa > Regional Materials > Business & News Online News Sites (English) NGO News Africa AfricaNews.com allAfrica.com BBC World Service – Africa Tanzania News Daily News The Citizen IPPMEDIA International Business Resources ABI/INFORM Citations, abstracts and many full text articles on business and management Business Source Premier " Citations, abstracts and many full text articles from scholarly publications on business. globalEDGE™ International Business Resource Desk. Michigan State University. Regional and International Organizations Note: Tanzania is not necessarily a member of all the organizations listed below. However, these web sites are good sources of information about Tanzania. African Regional Organizations Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) African Union East African Community (EAC) International Organizations Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development International Labour Organization (ILO) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) United Nations Economic, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Health Organization (WHO) Additional Resources for Selected Topics AIDS/HIV/Health AIDSinfo UNAIDS: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. World Health Organization: Tanzania See also HIV/AIDS. Children/Juvenile Justice Tanzania. From UNICEF. DePaul University College of Law Tanzania Service Learning Trip Criminal Justice UNODC in Eastern Africa United nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Development Tanzania Development Gateway African Development Bank Group – Tanzania United Nations Development Programme in Tanzania World Bank Group – Tanzania International Fund for Agricultural Development IFAD in Tanzania International Fund for Agricultural Developoment Education ERIC Citations to articles and reports on education. 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. Human Rights 2009 Human Rights Report – Tanzania U.S. Dept. of State. International Religious Freedom Report 2010 – Tanzania U.S. Dept. of State. Amnesty International 2009 Report – Tanzania Human Rights Watch: Tanzania and Zanzibar Legal and Human Rights Centre Under “Documentation Centre,” see annual human rights reports. African Human Rights Resource Center. University of Minnesota Human Rights Library. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Tanzania page. HuriSearch Searches more than 5,000 human rights web sites. Human Rights portion of Pritzker Legal Research Center web site Islamic Influence The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World (I,REF DS 35.53 .O95 2001), Oxford University Press, 2001, c.1995 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. From Emory University Law School. Updated as of 2002. Legal Assistance Legal and Human Rights Centre Southern African Legal Assistance Network (SALAN) Legal Aid Clinic, Faculty of Law, Open University of Tanzania Tanganyika Law Society Women’s Legal Aid Centre (WLAC) Recent History/Politics International Political Science Abstracts . Citations and abstracts to English and non-English language periodicals throughout the world. Covers political science, public law, international law, and international relations. Worldwide Political Science Abstracts . Citations with abstracts from more than 1100 journals in political science and related disciplines. Coverage is international in scope. OxResearch Oxford Analytica, Ltd. Succinct analytical articles covering world and regional economic and political developments of major significance. Refugee/Regional/Tribal ReliefWeb. See Tanzania page. Guide to International Refugee Resources on the Web. By Elisa Mason (LLRX.com, 2009). Forced Migration Online. University of Oxford UNHCR: The UN Refugee Agency: Tanzania. Women's Issues Contemporary Women's Issues Women's studies, including works on sociology, psychology, health, education, and human rights.