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FCIL NewsletterForeign, Comparative, and International Law Special Interest Section / American Association of Law Libraries

Volume 9 October 1994 Number 1

Message from the ChairLyonette Louis-Jacques

University of Chicago Law Library

Years ago, I took a course in law librarymanagement with George Grossman, and onething I learned from that course was to identifygaps in the literature for our field and try to fillthem. So, at my first FCIL SIS meeting, if Iremember correctly, I stood up and asked formore guides for new foreign law librarians. Atthat time, for information about the work offoreign law librarians and for finding out aboutlegal resources of foreign countries and inter-national organizations, there were articles inLaw Library Journal and the InternationalJournal of Legal Information, chapters inbooks such as How to Find the Law, Manualof Law Librarianship, and Law Librarianship:A Handbook, Charles Szladits's works, AdolfSprudzs's treaty research publications, andformal training, as well as informal conversa-tions with Dolf, Tim Kearley, Claire Germain,Dan Wade, etc. I think I wanted all thisinformation in one source, a sort of handbookof foreign law librarianship.

I didn't fully realize then, almost a decadeago, how busy we all were, how much work(albeit rewarding and challenging work) it wasto be a professional librarian specializing inforeign, comparative, and international law. Ialso wasn't fully aware of the quiet servicebeing performed by members of our professionevery day in spite of how busy they are. I willoften see an article by an FCIL SIS member ina chapter newsletter, or see members' names asspeakers at local library association programs,or see their book reviews, bibliographies, orresearch guides in various journals. Some FCILSIS members serve formally or informally as

mentors for newer foreign law librarians andare always willing to help when needed. Theymight not be in the limelight, but they tooserve our profession well.

And it is via the quiet service of dedicatedmembers of our profession that we have newresources for foreign law librarianship such asTom Reynolds and Arturo Flores's ForeignLaw: Current Sources of Codes and Legisla-tion; Claire Germain's revision with CharlesSzladits of Guide to Foreign Legal Materials:French; Tim Kearley and Wolfram Fischer'sCharles Szladits' Guide to Foreign LegalMaterials: German; Germain 's TransnationalLaw Research; International Law: The Basicsand Beyond; Training the Future Generationof Foreign Law Librarians: Introduction toForeign Legal Systems; the INT-LAW list [email protected]; the upcomingrevision to Law Librarianship: A Handbook,and many other guides for foreign lawlibrarians.

We still don't have that one handbook onforeign law librarianship that I wished foralmost a decade ago, but we have many more

INSIDE

ASIL 1995 Meeting in New York ... p. 2Seattle AALL Reports ... p. 3FCIL SIS Officers for 1993-94 .. p. 4The Hague tALL Report ... p. 14What's New on INT-LAW ... p. 15News About Our Members ... p. 19

FCIL Newsletter October 1994resources to make the work of foreign, com-parative, and international law librarians easier,and we continue to have a network of some ofthe most wonderful colleagues a professionalcan have!

From the Editor

Reports of FCIL SIS activity at the AnnualMeeting traditionally constitute much of theOctober issue of our newsletter. This issue isno exception. In addition to the minutes of theSIS business meeting, a number of committeesand working groups have submitted reports ontheir activities during the past year. Since manyof you do not have the opportunity to attendthe business meeting, we are happy to publishthese reports so you can learn what your SIS is

FCIL Newsletter is published in October,February, and May by the Foreign, Comparative,and International Law Special Interest Section ofthe American Association of Law Libraries. Themain goal oUthis Section is 'to serve as a forumfor the exchange of ideas and information onforeign, comparative, and international law,:and torepresent its members' interests and concerns withinAALL"

The Newsletter is sent free. to members of: theFCIL SIS. It is available :for that "exchange of ideasand information."

Editor' Kenneth RudolfYale Low School LibraryBox 208215127 Wall StreetNew Haven, CT 06520-8215

Tel. (203) 432-1259Fax. (203) 432-4204Internet [email protected]

Copy Editor: Carmen ValeroDeadline for next issue: Jan. 30, 1995

doing. A special word of thanks goes to all thechairs, coordinators, and reporters who took thetime to submit reports for the newsletter so thewhole membership can keep abreast of theactivities of the SIS.

Reports from Seattle are not the only itemsin this issue, however. Ellen Schaffer treats usto a description of the IALL summer course inThe Hague. Janice Selberg continues her INT-LAW column, recapping some of the news andinformation available through that resource.

Mila Rush begins a new column in thisissue, one devoted to news about our col-leagues. This time she introduces us to twonew librarians. In order for Mila to write thiscolumn, however, you need to let her knowabout your (or a colleague's) activities.

Finally, if you would like to contribute anarticle or suggest a topic, please let the editorknow. Remember, this is your newsletter.

ASIL Announces 199SMeeting in New York

The American Society of International Lawannounces its 89th Annual Meeting to be heldApril 5 to 8, 1995, at the Waldorf-Astoria inNew York City. The theme of the meeting isStructures of World Order.

Speakers include Boutros Boutros-Ghali,secretary-general of the United Nations, HansCorell, under-secretary-general for legal affairsand legal counsel of the United Nations, andMadeleine K. Albright, U.S. ambassador to theUnited Nations.

Cross-cutting themes include: perspectivesof world order, regional institutions, challengesand functions of international institutions,looking ahead to the United Nations' secondhalf-century.

For more information contact MelissaScott, ASIL Meetings Manager, 2223Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, DC20008-2864; phone 202-939-6020; fax 202-797-7133.

October 1994FCIL Newsletter

REPORTS FROM THE 1994 SEATTLE ANNUAL MEETING

Minutes of the 1994 FCIL SIS Business Meetingby Margareta Horiba, Secretary/Treasurer 1993-95

Tulane Law School Library

The annual business meeting of theForeign, Comparative, and International LawSpecial Interest Section of the AmericanAssociation of Law Libraries was convened at4:10 p.m., July 10, 1994, by the outgoingChair, Jonathan Pratter. Approximately 45members were in attendance.

Jon introduced the incoming Chair,Lyonette Louis-Jacques, and the Secretary/Treasurer, Margareta Horiba. He characterizedhis own term as one of quietude and repose incontrast to the preceding activity and efficiencyof Mila Rush and the anticipated energy ofLyonette.

The first order of business was to reportthat the election procedure for vice-chair/chair-elect by mail was invalid as a result ofincomplete mailings sent out by AALLHeadquarters. An estimated 100 members hadnot received the ballot. The nominee wasFrancisco Avalos of the University of ArizonaLaw Library. Jon announced that the electionwould take place during the business meeting.After a ten minute delay, during whichmembers would have time to present furthernominees to satisfy the clause for write-incandidates, Francisco Avalos was elected vice-chair/chair-elect by voice vote.

The reading of the minutes from theBoston meeting was dispensed with andapproved as published in the May 1994 issueof FCIL Newsletter.

Jon said that the subcommittees of theFCIL SIS did not necessarily have to presentoral reports at the annual meeting. In manycases they are instead published in the FCILNewsletter. It is important, however, thatreports be submitted in some form to show the

complexities of the work that goes on.Treasurer's report. Margareta gave the

treasurer's report with the balance as of thatday being $871.75 inclusive of knownexpenditures. She explained that themembership dues for 1994-95 will be creditedafter October 1, the beginning of the fiscalyear, but will not be reported until January 27,1995. SIS dues, $12 per year, are dividedevenly between the specific SIS and thegeneral AALL memberships. The previousproblems with receiving current and accuratefund reports from Headquarters are hopefullyon the mend. On January 31, 1994, theexecutive director of the AALL sent out amemorandum to SIS chairs and treasurersexplaining new audit and reporting procedures.

The executive committee is facingsubstantial challenges leading up to themeeting in Pittsburgh. Jon reported on theNational Conference on Legal Information thatis scheduled for July 15-18, 1995, as anintegral part of the Annual Meeting. TheSunday when FCIL members and workinggroups traditionally meet will be devoted to theNational Conference. Speakers for theprograms will also be delegates to the NationalConference.

Special Committee to Develop Means toCoordinate Responses to Third-WorldLibraries' Requests for American LegalMaterials. Margaret Aycock, succeeding Susanvan Syckel as chair, presented the report,which is published separately [see p. 11]. Jonmentioned that the committee was created withthe first strategic plan of AALL and predictedthat it may have a continued important role inconnection with the new working group on

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Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Unionled by Radu Popa.

Special Committee to Design a ModelCurriculum on Basic Legal and LibraryConcepts to Help Those AssignedResponsibility for Law Library Collectionsin Developing Countries. This committee didnot meet and there was no report.

Clearinghouse for Internships andInternational Personnel Exchanges. TelleZoller, chair, has continued and expanded onthe survey of foreign law libraries willing tohost visitors. Her report and the results of theexpanded survey will be published in the

newsletter [see p. 8].FCIL Newsletter. Kenneth Rudolf, editor,

extended special recognition to Janice Selbergand Carmen Valero, who assist with the news-letter. The incomplete mailing list from AALLHeadquarters caused around 100 members notto receive the May 1994 issue of the news-letter. Contact Ken at Yale for a copy.

Education/Program Committee. LyonetteLouis-Jacques and Jolande Goldberg served asco-chairs. There is very much a question as tohow the AALL Educational and Programcommittee deals with submitted programs,what criteria are used for ranking and selecting

FCIL SIS OFFICERS FOR 1994/95

ChairLyonette Louis-Jacques, University ofChicagoVice-Chair/Chair-electFrancisco Avalos, University of ArizonaSecretary/TreasurerMargareta Horiba, Tulane University

Committee Chairs

Education/Program CommitteeJolande Goldberg, Library of CongressMarci Hoffman, University of Minnesota

Publications CommitteeGrace Mills, University of California,Berkeley

Newsletter EditorKenneth Rudolf, Yale University

Clearinghouse for Internships andInternational Personnel Exchanges

Telle Zoller, University of WisconsinSpecial Committee on Materials for Third-World Libraries (AALL Stragegy II.B.7)

Margaret Aycock, University of HoustonSpecial Committee to Design a ModelCurriculum for Librarians in DevelopingCountries (AALL Strategy lI.B.8)

Mary Ann Nelson, University of Texas

Committee on Self-Instructional MaterialsBonnie Koneski-White, Western NewEngland College

Working Group Coordinators

African Law Working GroupVictor Essien, Fordham University

Asian Law Working GroupBill McCloy, University of Washington

CIS/East European Law Working GroupRadu Popa, New York University

Electronic Issues GroupMarylin Raisch, Columbia University

International Issues Working GroupEllen Schaffer, Georgetown University

International Organizations/Human RightsSub-Group

Wiltrud Harms, University of California,Berkeley

Latin American Law Working GroupJonathan Pratter, University of Texas

Processing Issues Working GroupSandy Beehler, Cornell University

Teaching Foreign and International LegalResearch Working Group

Christine Corcos, Case Western ReserveUniversity



programs. To what extent should programs becosponsored with other special interestsections? To what degree should institutes andprograms focus on new librarians or moreexperienced librarians? Lyo suggested thatthere be a program on how to train librarianswith more than five years' experience. Jonthought that such a program should be part ofthe larger organization and that the workinggroups would be a better forum for moreexperienced librarians.

Working Groups. Jon announced the newworking groups on East European law, onelectronic issues, and on processing issues,formed to deal with specialized issues andsharing of information. Bill McCloy remindedanyone interested to come to the Asian LawWorking Group and the Japanese legal historyprogram. He also extended a welcome tovisitors for a reception at the Gallagher LawLibrary on the University of Washingtoncampus Tuesday evening.

In continuing the tradition started by Mila,Jon invited everyone to a small reception inhonor of visiting librarians from abroad tofollow the business meeting. The visitors wereasked to introduce themselves. There wereeight of them representing libraries in Canada,England, Australia, and New Zealand.

Kay Todd, AALL president, had tele-phoned to ask for an opinion on GLIN, theGlobal Library Information Network, and forhelp in identifying persons with linguistic skillswho could participate in the expansion of theLC program. This is an ambitious project bythe Library of Congress, and Jon felt that itdeserves the support of the FCIL SIS. Todefine the role of our participation, he said, wemust refer to the NLRC (National LegalResources Council). Kathie Price summarizedthe previous effort at LC to index and abstractofficial gazettes in English as part of anInternet project. Mexico and Brazil currentlysend images over the telephone lines. It is notestablished where the project should belocated. Dr. Rubens Medina, law librarian ofCongress, who is in charge of the project, is

trying to identify law schools interested inreceiving imaging.

Jon then turned over the stewardship of theFCIL SIS to Lyo, who presented him with asmall gift.

Under new business, Kathie Price broughtup donations of books to developing countriesand criticized irresponsible dumping of super-seded and useless books. She suggested thatwe act in response to the needs expressed bythe receiving countries or raise money insteadof sending books. "This is a group that shouldnot be imperialistic." Lyo responded that wehave a subcommittee working with theseissues.

With no further business the meeting wasadjourned at 5:15 p.m. and was followed by asmall reception in honor of the visitingcolleagues from abroad.

CIS/East European Law WorkingGroupby Jeanne RehbergNew York University Law Library

Radu Popa of New York University LawLibrary moderated a meeting of the workinggroup concerned with collection and researchissues in the Commonwealth of IndependentStates and the countries of Central and EasternEurope. The highlight of the meeting was afascinating report from Kent McKeever ofColumbia Law Library on his trip to Kazakh-stan. There, he examined the status of legalresearch, scholarship, publishing, and currentlaw-drafting efforts in support of the "rule oflaw."

Other business consisted of informationsharing, including the following [Disclaimer bythe reporter: this information was current as ofthe time of the meeting; check with individuallibrarians for current status]:

1. The University of Chicago D'AngeloLaw Library has exchange agreements with thenational libraries of Estonia, Latvia, andLithuania.

2. The Congressional Research Service at


FCIL Newsletter October 1994the Library of Congress has exchanges withmost of the national libraries in these countries,but most materials are in the vernacular only.CRS has a representative collecting materialsin Moscow and works with blanket dealers inother countries.

3. Los Angeles County is collecting inthese countries, with special emphasis on trade,investment, and corporate law, and mostly inthe vernacular.

4. Maria Smolka-Day reported from hertrip to Poland that there is increasing commer-cial activity and competition within Polandamong domestic and foreign publishers, but weare not yet seeing the anticipated benefit of thisactivity outside of Eastern Europe. Maria notednew looseleafs in Polish, new periodicals, andnew editions of the basic codes.

Teaching Foreign andInternational Legal ResearchWorking Groupby Jeanne RehbergNew York University Law Library

With Chris Corcos of Case WesternReserve serving as moderator, the WorkingGroup on Teaching Foreign and InternationalLegal Research met in Seattle to discussmethods for teaching United States legalresearch to foreign law students, experienceswith upper-level foreign and international lawcourses, and ways to make our teachingmaterials available electronically.

Chris reported that Case Western Reserveis creating a hypertext/gopher site. All FCILlibrarians are invited to submit guides,bibliographies, practice exercises, and otherteaching materials for the site. Hypertext alsoallows us to load course syllabi and link themto the text of course readings. The siteincreases the potential for coordinating withother groups such as the Research InstructionCaucus of AALL, sponsor of the annualNational Legal Research Teach-In. You maysend materials to Chris in print or electronicformat, but ASCII is preferred. Please contact

Chris for more information.Elena Gonzalez, librarian at the newly

established Hostos Law School in Mayaguez,Puerto Rico, was a welcome contributor to thediscussion on teaching American legal researchskills to foreign students. Elena's school hasencouraged her from the beginning to beinvolved with the teaching faculty in planningthe curriculum of their new law school. In thisway, she has had the opportunity, not alwaysafforded to most of us, to tell the facultywhether the library can support a particularnew course or not. If you are interested incontacting Elena, she can recommend legalresearch textbooks for teaching U.S. and PuertoRican legal research to Spanish-speakingstudents, and she can provide copies of herown syllabus and exercises. Her address isElena Gonzalez, Hostos Law School, P.O. Box1900, Mayaguez, PR 00681.

Various members of the group reportedthat they are supporting upper-level courses,such as international environmental law,comparative civil procedure, and a seminar inthe enforceability of the decisions of inter-national tribunals. These efforts often result inan "inventory" of the library's collections ofnot only books, but also articles and chaptersin books, to support highly specialized courses.Presenting a lecture in research methods isonly the first step. The librarian often becomesa mediator between faculty and students asstudents refine their research topics to matchthe available resources.

Processing Issues Working Groupby Sandy BeehlerCornell University Law Library

The annual meeting of the FCIL WorkingGroup on Processing Issues was held onSunday, July 10, at 8:30 a.m., with aroundeight members attending. There was a briefdiscussion about sharing local authorities work-who would participate and how it could bedone.

Jolande Goldberg then described the new



"catalogers' desktop" being developed at LC. Itwill contain LC rule interpretations, catalogingand classification manuals, and USMARCformats. She also noted that, now that JX is nolonger being used, Berkeley and LC are work-ing together on reclassifying all JX materialsinto JZ and KZ. Classification numbers will beavailable on CD-ROM and tapes only, with thepaper version being produced every other year.Call number access to library materials couldwell replace subject access once the LC class-ification tables are more widely available.Public services librarians would have to betrained to use the tables-a possible programfor AALL in the future.

The meeting ended with a proposal to adda column on technical processing to the FCILNewsletter. Ken Rudolf, the editor, supportsthe idea. It was agreed that some of theinformation that appears in TSLL (the TS SISnewsletter) might be used. Jolande Goldbergsuggested Aaron Kuperman, who works withher at LC, as a good person to write thecolumn. She offered to ask him when shereturns to Washington.

Electronic Issues Working Groupby Marylin J. RaischColumbia University School of Low Library

The meeting was moderated this year byMarylin Raisch, the author of this report, at therequest of Lyonette Louis-Jacques; pastmoderators have been Lyonette and Paul Zarinsof George Washington Law Center. Thepurpose of this working group is to discuss andassess the impact on international and foreignlaw research of electronic formats and theInternet.

I chose to begin the discussion with a briefdescription of steps taken this year at myinstitution, Columbia Law School Library, toinvolve the entire library staff in consideringthe impact of electronic sources. In particular,the library needed to look at user awareness of,and access to, material in electronic formats.While CD-ROM products can be cataloged

(often as serials, with updates) and provided tousers at a work station or via a local areanetwork (LAN) as at Columbia, so-called "e-journals" and "e-texts" available via Internetpose a more difficult set of challenges.

A committee was set up at Columbia toconsider several issues relating to electronicsources (excluding Lexis and Westlaw) of legalmaterial, but using Lexis and Westlaw (and anearlier trial loading of records for one of theseservices onto the catalog) as a reference point.

Four main topics were discussed by thelibrary staff: 1) electronic versions of, oraccess to, texts located at remote sites on theInternet (e.g., bibliographic recording andcollection development issues); 2) enhancementof traditional tools of access, particularly thecomputerized card catalog; 3) scanning projectsand the problems of copyright; and 4) trainingof faculty and students in the use of theInternet and other electronic databases.

The committee at Columbia made severalrecommendations to the group responsible forlong-range library planning, and I shared someof these with the working group. Onesuggestion was that e-journals should besubscribed to very selectively and downloadedby a library staff member onto disk for easeand fairness of patron use (the LAN is only forour current faculty and students). Note ofelectronic texts or text copy, including thegopher or World-Wide Web site, should bemade in the notes field of the bibliographicrecord. As for training, both group and one-to-one strategies were deemed necessary.Intellectual property issues remain undercontinuing careful consideration as the Janusscanning project goes forward at Columbia.There was an exchange of information aboutthe publisher Basil Blackwell and its willing-ness to work with Innovative Interfaces toprovide a link to a table of contents for itstitles when a patron calls up that record. Thisis an enhancement our library has decided totry.

Several librarians described what theirlibraries are doing to provide similar kinds of



access to electronic materials. These strategiesincluded downloading texts or journals to diskand creating MARC records for them. Use ofthis technique for certain types of materials asa preservation tool was also mentioned. TheLibrary of Congress World Law Index projectwill go well, it is hoped, and provide foreignlaw in an electronic format that may increaseits availability to a wide range of institutionsand businesses via the Internet. The Index toForeign Legal Periodicals is now available viaRLG's CitaDel.

The meeting was a productive exchange ofinformation in this ever-changing area, butthere was also a sense that available resourcesrelevant to international and foreign law arebecoming better known to librarians and moreaccessible to all users of electronic information.

Clearinghouse for Internships andInternational Personnel Exchanges

by Telle ZollerUniversity of Wisconsin Low Library

In 1993 Margareta Horiba initiated aninternational survey of law libraries willing tohost exchanges or/and visitors. I expanded hersurvey and sent out over 100 questionnaireswith the FCIL SIS brochure and my businesscard for a more personal touch. As the base formy selection of the institutions, I used the1994 "World Law School Directory" volumeof the Modern Legal System Cyclopedia. Iselected larger law schools in all continents.They all had to 1) have a law librarian,2) accept foreign students, 3) have advanceddegrees in law. All in all, I sent 112 question-naires early in 1994. So far I have received 11responses. I was quite pleased with thisnumber.

Last year I was contacted by two com-panies about posting job opportunities. One ofthem was with a major Washington D.C. lawfirm: a one-year appointment to set up a libraryin London. The other was a short-termtechnical assistance position to establish a PilotLaw and Democracy Resource Center in

Kazakhstan. I posted these on Internet. I haveno knowledge whether anyone was able to takeadvantage of these opportunities. I also postedtwo large scale placement information noticeson INT-LAW. After all this activity on my parton INT-LAW, a few librarians looking for ajob contacted me thinking that the Clearing-house was a placement service. In the summerof 1994 a German library and informationstudies graduate was looking for an Americanacademic library for a practicum in automation.I sent him the list of the U.S. libraries whichhad expressed willingness to host an intern.After a short while I received an E-mailmessage from him stating that he had found aplace.

Committee membes for the FCIL Clear-inghouse in 1994-95 are Suzanne Thorpe(University of Minnesota Law Library),Catharine Krieps (University of PennsylvaniaLaw School, Biddle Law Library), and TelleZoller, chair (University of Wisconsin LawLibrary).

Our discussion focused on three maintopics:

1. Other avenues of locating possible insti-tutions willing to host an exchange or avisitor.

2. Where we should publish results of thesurveys to make these opportunities knownto as many people as might be interested.

3. News-type information about FCILClearinghouse for non-library type ofinstitutions.The committee decided to contact Renate

Weidinger in Germany to see if she would bewilling to post the questionnaire on EURO-LEX. This way we would also reach librariansand other information specialists who are notworking in an academic setting (the focus ofthe survey so far).

We also decided to post information aboutthe Clearinghouse activities on Internet toreach students of library and informationsciences, a group more likely to be able to taketime off for an educational opportunity likethis.



Internet would also be an appropriate placeto send out information on the Clearinghousefor the non-library type of institutions.

For results of the survey on U.S.institutions willing to host interns, contactTelle Zoller, University of Wisconsin LawLibrary, phone 608-262-7761, fax 608-262-2775, e-mail [email protected] orzoller@wiscmacc (Bitnet).

CLEARINGHOUSE FOR INTERNSHIPSAND INTERNATIONAL PERSONNEL

EXCHANGES

Results of Clearinghouse Survey on Exchangesand Visitors in Foreign Law Libraries

Of the 112 surveys mailed out to foreignlaw libraries, the Clearinghouse received elevenin return. Positive responses were receivedfrom eight. Three libraries sent their regrets.

A summary is given below of the respon-ses indicating some options offered by theselibrarians. Interested individuals should addressinquiries for more detailed information to thecontact person at each library.

Information included:1. Address of institution.2. Phone and FAX number.3. Name of contact person with phone and

e-mail if any.4. Willingness for an exchange or a visitor.5. Length of time.6. Salary or housing support.7. Administrative support.8. Primary duties.9. Languages spoken on staff.

10. Concentration of collections.11. Benefits from exchanges or visitors.12. Experience with exchanges or visitors.

Responses from Foreign Libraries in 1994

College of Europe in Bruges (Belgium),Library. 1) Dyver 11, B-8000 Brugge,Belgium. 2) Phone: (+32) 50 335 334. Fax:(+32) 50 332 426. 3) Ms. Kris Clara, Head

Librarian. 4) Visitor. 5) Three weeks to twomonths. 6) Housing. 7) Desk place andassigned duties; depends on experience.8) Public services. 9) Dutch, French, English.10) European integration. 12) The library hashad many trainees from library schools.

Juridische Bibliotheek Jur.II, JuridischeBibliotheek Jur.St (Gravensteen). 1) Postbus9520 2300 RA, Leiden, Nederland. 2) Phone:071-277515. 3) Mr. J Bakker. 4) Exchange orvisitor. 5) Three to six months. 6) Housing.7) Desk place and assigned duties. 8) Tech-nical services and optional. 9) Dutch andEnglish. 10) Law; Dutch law, human rights.11) Better contact with US law libraries.12) No/a little experience. They have hadvisitors from Indonesia.

Hochschule St. Gallen for Business Admin-istration, Economic, Law and SocialSciences, Library. 1) Dufourstrasse 50,CH-9000 St. Gallen, Switzerland. 2) Phone:+4171/30 22 70. 3) Xavier Baumgartner.Phone: +4171/30 22 71. E- mail: [email protected] 4) Exchange and visitor.5) One month. 6) Housing. 7) Supervisor/mentor. 8) Optional. 9) German and English.10) Business administration, economics, Swissand German laws. 11) Different backgroundand personal relationship. 12) A visitor fromJapan, trainees from Switzerland and Germany.Expecting visitors from Helsinki BusinessSchool.

Faculdade de Direito da Universidade deLisboa, Bibliotaca. 1) Almeda daUniversidade, 1699 Lisboa Codex, Portugal.2) Phone: 797 7051, ext. 204/205. Fax: 7950303. 3) Mr. Jose L. S. Antunes, Librarian.4) Exchange and visitor. 5) One to four weeks.6) No support. 7) Supervisor/mentor, deskplace, and assigned duties. 8) Optional.9) Portuguese, English, French. 10) All areasof law. 11) To exchange other points of viewand experiences. 12) Erasmus project, fromSweden and France.


FCIL Newsletter October 1994Glasgow University Library. 1) HillheadStreet, Glasgow, G12 8QE. 2) Phone:041-339-8855, ext.6722. 3) Mrs. HeatherWorlledge-Andrew. E-mail: [email protected] 4) Exchange or visitor. 5) Twoor three weeks. 6) Housing, possibly.7) Supervisor/mentor, sharing office of mentor.8) Public services. 9) Multi-lingual staffoverall, but law librarian speaks only English.10) European law, history of law with a goodgeneral law collection. 11) Insight intodifferent work practices, learn of overseassources, and gain a fresh perspective on theirown collection. 12) Much experience withvisitors. Any visitors would be welcomed, butthe number of them and time span would berestricted due to housing limitation.

European University Institute, BadiaFiesolana, Library. 1) Via dei Roccettini, 9,50016 San Domenico di Fiesole (FI), Italy.2) Phone: (055)4685-340. FAX: (055)4685-283. 3) Ms. Machteld Nijsten. Phone:(055) 4685-278. E-mail: [email protected] 4) They would like to start with a visitorand envisage an exchange for a later period.5) One to two months. 6) No support. But theyhelp fird accommodation. 7) Supervisor/mentor, desk place, and assigned duties.8) Optional. 9) English, French, German,Italian, Dutch. 10) Almost exclusively in thefield of social science, particularly law,economics, political science, sociology, andhistory. 11) Their law collection could benefitvery much from the advice of a specializedlibrarian, especially in the field of comparativelaw and the law of the European Communities.12) The EUI Library has hosted a considerablenumber of visitors from EC countries. Norm-ally these visitors have worked in various sec-tions of the library and have acquired consider-able experience in working with the advancedtechnical facilities offered by the library.

University of Sydney, Library. 1) Universityof Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. 2) Phone:(02)692- 4294. Fax: (02)692-2890. 3) Kerry

Taylor. E-mail: [email protected]) Exchange or visitor. 5) Six to twelvemonths. 6) No support. 7) Supervisor/mentor,desk place, and assigned duties. 8) Optional.9) English. 10) Academic research collection.11) Exposure to new ideas and work methods.12) Six to twelve months exchange/internshipstudents or librarians. They have requests forexchange on a regular basis from a wide vari-ety of countries. Their exchange program iswell established.

Universitift Giessen, Juristisches Seminar.1) Licher Strasse 68, 35394 Giessen.2) Phone: 0641-702-5070/5005. Fax: 0641-702-5097. 3) Prof. Dr. Diethelm Klippel. Theywill send questionnaire back soon and hope tobe exchanging library personnel.

Universitiitsbibliothek Innsbruck. 1) A-6010Innsbruck, Innrain 50. 2) Phone: (0512)507-2070. Fax: (0512) 507-2307.

Responses from Foreign Libraries in 1993

International Institute for the Unification ofPrivate Law (UNIDROIT). 1) Via Panisperna28, 00184 Rome, Italy. 3) Dr. Walter Rodino,Librarian. 4) Exchange or visitor. 5) No timelimit. 7) Supervisor, desk place, and assignedduties. 8) Technical services. 9) Italian, Eng-lish, French. 10) Private law, commercial law,international private law, international tradelaw, private comparative law. 11) Staffshortage, visitor would be helpful. 12) Noexperience with visitors.

University of Uppsala. Law Library.Juridiska Institutionen. 1) Bos 512, S-75120Uppsala, Sweden. 3) Birgitta Kohler.4) Exchange or visitor. 5) Negotiate time.6) Help to find housing. Perhaps some finan-cial support. 7) Supervisor, desk place, andassigned duties. 8) Optional. 9) Swedish andEnglish. 11) Would like to develop personaland professional relationships with foreign lawlibrarians and to get help to use foreign mater-


Position Available at Cornell Law Library

Position: Reference Librarian, Cornell Law Library.Available: Spring 1995.

This new vacancy offers the opportunity to work with an outstanding international and foreign lawcollection, and expand electronic access to worldwide legal information sources.

Cornell University is located in scenic Ithaca on a hill above Cayuga Lake in the Finger Lakes regionof upstate New York. The town and university combine to offer a unique cosmopolitan andinternational atmosphere in a beautiful natural setting of waterfalls, gorges, and lakes. The Law Schoolhas 560 J.D. students, 55 international LL.M. students, 35 full-time faculty, and is the home of theLegal Information Institute. The Law Library houses over 535,000 volumes and equivalents, and isconnected to the law school computer network. A challenging environment, which promotes the use ofnew technologies, combines with a tradition of excellent reference service. Eight professional librariansand fifteen support staff work closely with the Law School and with the University Library.

Responsibilities: The Reference Librarian is a member of the Public Services team and providesextensive reference and research service in Anglo-American, international, and foreign law, primarilyto the law school and university communities. Depending on qualifications and interest, the positionmay have responsibility for foreign and international law services and collection building. TheReference Librarian is an instructor in the first year legal research course, conducts research seminars,prepares bibliographies and library guides, and participates in collection development. Regular eveningand periodic weekend reference hours. Cornell is a leader in legal information resources online, withopportunities for innovative teaching and research development. Professional development activitieshighly encouraged.

Qualifications: Required: M.L.S. or equivalent graduate degree; J.D. from ABA accredited school;strong service orientation; knowledge of legal bibliography; proficiency in searching online databases;working knowledge of current information technologies; excellent written and oral communication andinterpersonal skills. Preferred: 1-3 years relevant experience; teaching experience; foreign languageskills; experience or interest in foreign and international law.

Salary: Commensurate with experience.Closing Date: January 31, 1995, but applications will be accepted until position is filled.Apply to: Bernadette Heath, Assistant to Library Human Resources Director, 235 Olin Library,Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-5301.

Send cover letter and resume with names, addresses, and phone numbers of three references.

For more information: Pat Court, Head of Public Services, telephone 607-255-5853,Internet: [email protected].

Claire Germain, Edward Cornell Librarian and Professor of Law, telephone 607-255-5857,Internet: [email protected].

Cornell University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

October 1994 FCIL Newsletter Supplement


ials in a better way. 12) No foreign visitors butSwedish librarians and library students.

Biblioteque Cujas. 1) 2, rue Cujas, 75005Paris, France. 3) Mine Carpentier, MmeFerrier. 4) Exchange or visitor 5) Any lengthof time. 7) No administrative support.9) French and English. 11) Visitors give theopportunity to gather information on foreignlaw systems, foreign law materials and permitsometimes to set up a cooperation betweenlibraries. 12) The library has experience withvisitors.

Special Committee on Materials forThird-World Librariesby Susan Van SyckelMcGeorge School of Law Library

The Special Committee to Develop Meansto Coordinate Responses to Third-WorldLibraries' Requests for American LegalMaterials (AALL Strategy II.B.7), formed inJune of 1992, currently has five membersrepresenting private firm and academic lawlibraries in Texas, Massachusetts, California,Kentucky, and Washington, D.C. Thecommittee understood its charge to be: 1) toadvise AALL (through the FCIL SpecialInterest Section) about its potential roles inresponding to requests from academic librariesin developing countries for U.S. law books;2) to recommend (on the basis of fact-finding)which of these roles is most appropriate/realistic; and 3) to suggest and (with theapproval of the Special Interest Sectionmembers) to undertake implementationstrategies. Initially, the committee identifiedthree possible roles for AALL (from most toleast ambitious/costly):

1. A Clearinghouse. AALL would collectbooks, coordinate and underwrite the cost ofshipping them abroad, determine allocation ofbooks (what library gets what).

2. A Resource and Referral Service.AALL matches donor and recipient libraries

(referral services); AALL provides donor andrecipient libraries with resouce materialsaddressing funding sources, shippingcosts/logistics, criteria for selection of booksand materials; AALL maintains variousdirectories of foundations and organizationsinvolved in distributing books to librariesabroad for dissemination to interested parties.

3. A Handbook/Guide. AALL providesits membership with a written guide suggestingprocedures/resources for individual lawlibraries in the U.S. wishing to establishlinkages with individual libraries abroad.

4. Joint Venture. AALL undertakes anyof the above in collaboration with otherassociations of library/law school professionals.

Last year, the special committee recom-mended to the AALL Foreign, Comparative,and International Law Special Interest Section(FCIL) that the committee continue its workfor an additional year in order to collaboratewith the International Relations Committee ofthe Association of College and ResearchLibraries (ACRL) in the development ofresource materials and selection criteria forlibraries interested in donating books abroad.The special committee had established liaisonwith this body and was already exchanginginformation. The special committee also wishedto continue liaison with the LAWS Project andABA's CEELI Project: both projects intendedto distribute donated U.S. law books/materialsto libraries and information centers in emergingCentral and Eastern European countries. Thespecial committee now requests FCIL approvalfor continuing its work with these organiza-tions over the next year and, with reference tothe options above, makes the following specificrecommendations:

AALL as Clearinghouse. This would be acostly and unnecessary undertaking. There areroughly three dozen major U.S. private,voluntary organizations already engaged inacquiring and distributing American donatedbooks abroad. A few ship worldwide, mostserve targeted areas, and some provide


FCIL Newsletter October 1994assistance/guidance in identifying potentialrecipients and in selecting appropriate titles(i.e., function as clearinghouses). Theseorganizations have the capability to store andship large quantities of books (therebymitigating cost), and some will incorporate or"piggyback" smaller collections of librarybooks destined for libraries abroad. There aredrawbacks in relying on these organiztions:books can be held in storage for some time,and it may be several months before bookstransported by these organizations reach theirdestinations. Often, these organizations ship todockside only--overland transport must beprovided by the recipient library. Theseorganizations do not have the expertise toadvise potential donors about selection of lawbooks/materials.

A more appropriate role for AALL wouldbe that of facilitator: to make potential donorsand recipients aware of these organizations-their services and shortcomings-and toprovide information and liaison services thatwould mitigate the shortcomings (seediscussion of "AALL as Resource and ReferralService" below). More importantly, AALLcould privide AALL donor libraries withguidelines for selection of materials and couldfacilitate establishment of "twinning"relationships between donor and recipientlibraries. The literature addressing bookdonations abroad suggests that the mostsuccessful book donation programs involverecipients in the selection process.

AALL as Resource and Referral Service.The special committee recommends that AALLconsider providing referral services, i.e.,matching donor and recipients libraries. Thiscould be facilitated with maintenance of anonline database at AALL Headquarters or at anAALL member site. A special committeemember is interested in developing such adatabase. Further, the committee recommendsAALL act as resource to potential donor andrecipient libraries by:

1) maintaining a current directory/

database of foundations and organizationsinvolved in underwriting, or actually under-taking, the distribution of books to librariesabroad (some of this data has already beencollected);

2) providing AALL publications thatincorporate this data along with guidelines forlibraries interested in "twinning" relationshipswith libraries abroad (this work is partiallycompleted--see discussion of "AALL asPublisher of Handbook" below);

3) developing and disseminating criteriafor the selection of law books/materials to bedonated to libraries abroad. A special commit-tee member has already established liaison withthe ABA's CEELI Project and is prepared tocollaborate with them in the development ofcriteria for selection of materials to be pro-vided to law libraries/information centers inemerging Central and Eastern Europeancountries. This would necessitate addingmembers to the special committee to providethe requisite expertise-some prospectivemembers have already been identified. Someattention would also need to be given to assurethat intended or potential recipients have someinput in determining selection criteria.

AALL as Publisher of Handbook. Thespecial committee has sufficient information(thanks in part to work already done by theInternational Relations Committee of ACRL) toprepare a handbook for AALL members andpotential recipient libraries. The specialcommittee recommends that consideration begiven to two publications:

1) an 8- to 10-page pamphlet to bepublished as an insert in the AALL Newsletterwith a brief discussion of the requiredresources and the logistics of donating booksabroad along with a listing of organizationsthat provide assistance with funding ordistribution (this would help publicize the needfor donated books as well);

2) a more ambitious 20- to 50-pagehandbook or manual for distribution to AALLmembers interested in becoming donor libraries


October 1994 FCIL Newsletterand to libraries abroad who seek AALLassistance in obtaining U.S. law books. Such ahandbook could contain, e.g., a listing offunding and book distribution organizations;guidelines for establishing library "twinning"relationships; bibliography of other sources/publications; mention of additional assistanceavailable from AALL (referral services,provision of guidelines/criteria for selection ofmaterials). A special committee member isprepared to assume responsibility for producingthese publications.

AALL as Partner in Joint Venture. All ofthe above activities entail collaboration withother organizations/professional associations.Continued cooperation is recommended.

Should the FCIL approve continuation ofthe special committee, committee memberMargaret Aycock at the University of HoustonLaw Library is prepared to assume the positionof chair, and all current members will remainon the committee. Other committee membersare Ernestine Chipman, Hazel Inglis, and SusanVan Syckel.

Help Create an FCIL Community

The FCIL SIS is a close-knit communitythat is widely scattered geographically.Often the only time we can be in touchwith our friends is during the AnnualMeeting, but all of us can't always attend.

Keep in touch through the FCIL News-letter. Mila Rush is writing a columnabout FCIL members and their professionalactivities (see page 19), but she needsyour help. Tell her what you (or yourcolleagues) have been doing lately, so shecan share it with the rest of us. Call 612-625-0793; fax 612-625-3478; or e-mailher at [email protected].

We want to hear from you!

Index to Foreign Legal PeriodicalsAdvisory Committeeby Dan WadeYale Law School Library

The Editorial Advisory Committee for theIndex to Foreign Legal Periodicals welcomedtwo new members, Claire Lee of the Universityof Minnesota Law Library and Judy Stinson ofthe Washington and Lee School of LawLibrary, at its meeting in Seattle on July 10.Tom Reynolds, IFLP general editor, informedthe committee that the index is now availableand regularly updated on RLIN's CitaDel andis also available on CD-ROM from Silver-Platter. West is working to add it to Westlaw.In time Innovative may be able to make itavailable on its online library catalogs.

Because alternate indices are alreadyavailable, the committee decided to cease theindexing of Japanese legal periodicals in thevernacular. The foreign law librarians at theUniversity of Washington had been doing thisin the past. The indexing will terminate withissue 1994:2.

The committee agreed to add the followingjournals to the indexed journals: AmericanReview of International Arbitration, Anuariomexicano de historia del derecho, East AfricanJournal of Peace and Human Rights, ItalianYearbook of Civil Procedure, MaastrichtJournal of European and Comparative Law,Spanish Yearbook of International Law,Tilburg Foreign Law Review, Wirtschaft undRecht in Osteuropa, Zbornik znanstvenihrazprav (a yearbook from the law faculty ofthe University of Ljubljana), and Zeitschriftfireuropiiisches Privatrecht.

Finally, the committee concurred with thegeneral editor's suggestion to add three newsubject headings: European Free TradeAssociation, European Economic Area, andEuropean Union. The general editor said hewould welcome further suggestions for headingchanges by the readership.


INTERNATIONAL (COMMERCIAL) ARBITRATIONAND LAW LIBRARIES: A VIEW FROM THE HAGUE

by Ellen G. SchafferGeorgetown University Law Center Library

During this summer's AmericanAssociation of Law Libraries' meeting inSeattle, I found myself caught up in theenthusiasm of colleagues who were planning toattend the International Association of LawLibraries' meeting at The Hague in September.Even though I have been an international lawlibrarian for over eleven years, I had neverattended one of IALL's meetings. This time,though, the location was too enticing to ignore!So, figuring nothing ventured, nothing gained,I decided to ask, and my request was approved.As a first-time participant, I would like toshare some of my reactions and experienceswith you.

First of all, I want to say that the programwas successfully and thoughtfully organized byJan de Jongh and his colleagues from theT.M.C. Asser Instituut and The HagueAcademy of International Law. Officially, wewere thoroughly introduced to the subject ofinternational commercial arbitration and lawlibraries in the Netherlands, but the programprovided much more than that.

Our meetings were held at The HagueAcademy of International Law, which islocated on the grounds of the InternationalCourt of Justice at the Peace Palace. After Iwalked through the gates at the InternationalCourt of Justice, explored the gardens, andtoured the court itself, I felt that my airfare hadbeen worthwhile! We all know that one of theprincipal benefits derived from attendingmeetings is the opportunity to meet colleaguesand make contacts. The IALL meetingprovided me with the chance to meetcolleagues from all comers of the world,perhaps similar to having a person-to-personINT-LAW!

As for substance, there were very informa-tive sessions on the international arbitration ofthe Permanent Court of Arbitration, the Iran-

U.S. Claims Tribunal, the InternationalChamber of Commerce, the InternationalCentre for Settlement of Investment Disputes,UNCITRAL, and UNIDROIT, to mention afew highlights. There was also the opportunityto choose to tour one of the following: TheHague Conference on Private InternationalLaw, the T.M.C. Asser Instituut, theParliament, or the Museum MeermannoWestreenianum.

Lest you think we spent all of our time inmeetings or on tours of libraries, researchinstitutes, or relevant other locations, I mustadmit that we were well wined and dined. Thelast day of the meeting was a special one foreveryone. We were treated to a tour ofLoevestein Castle, the 14th-century castlewhere Hugo de Groot was held prisoner from1619 until 1621, when he escaped in a bookchest! That alone would have been memora-ble, but our hosts then took us by boat to alovely restaurant for lunch and then by boatagain through the Biesbosch to see windmills.

The day before I left for Europe, I had areference question from one of our studentswho was checking citations for a Georgetownlaw journal. He needed a copy of a prelimi-nary document from a working group of TheHague Conference on Private InternationalLaw. He probably thought I was joking when Isaid I would go to The Hague to obtain thecopy for him and that he should come back inten days. I was able to do just that! I went onthe tour of The Hague Conference on PrivateInternational Law and requested a copy of thedocument, which I hand carried back with me.Now, how's that for service? So, when yourinstitutions question the validity of sending youto an International Association of LawLibraries' meeting, you can tell them truthfullythat your public service can only improve withyour participation!



Mark your calendars now: next year'smeeting will be in Vienna from Sept. 18 to 21,1995. The meeting's theme is Current Trendsin International Law: A Challenge for LawLibraries. Bridget Reischer from Harvard LawSchool Library is planning the conference.Some of the tentative programs she hasplanned are a session on the harmonization of

European Union law, current developments inCentral European law, legal issues affectingUnited Nations organizations headquartered inVienna, and a trip to the Parliament inBratislava, Slovakia. I hope that many of youwill consider attending; I can enthusiasticallysay that it was worth the time, money, effortand jet lag!

What's New on INT-LAWby Janice Selberg

Wayne State University Law Library

International Law Careers

Law Students often ask about careers ininternational law. A recent message fromLyonette Louis Jacques of the University ofChicago summed up recent publications.

Lyonette Louis-Jacques, University ofChicago, June 29, 1994: There is a new bookout that looks like it might be useful forstudents considering careers in internationallaw: Stacy M. DeBroff and Dana J. Bull-winkel, Harvard Law School's Handbook onPublic International Work: A 1994 Guide toDomestic and Overseas Public InternationalOpportunities (Public Interest Advising Office,Harvard Law School, Pound Hall 328,Cambridge, MA 02138, 617- 495-3108). It'sabout 80 pages long and has a little advice andsome addresses and descriptions of keyorganizations to contact.

Some other new sources (which I mighthave mentioned on INT-LAW before):" American Society of International Law,

1993 Membership Directory" Kime's 1993-1994 International Law

Directory (has for each country info aboutthe legal system, professional education,address of bar associations, and for some,info re enforcement of foreign judgments,and directory info for some firms)

" Careers in International Affairs

(Georgetown University School of ForeignService, 1991)

" World Law School Directory (1993 ed. isupdated by index volume of Modern LegalSystems Cyclopedia)

" Global Directory of Schools of LawOutside the United States of America(1992)

* Careers in International Law (Mark W.Janis ed., American Bar AssociationSection of International Law and Practice,1993).

Let me know if there are any other new(1993 to present) useful sources for personsinterested in international law careers(including foreign law librarianship). I'm alsointerested in any journal articles such as theone we were alerted to before, the symposiumin the Oregon Law Review on "Winds ofChange-A Global Look at Legal Education"(v. 72, pp. 941-1018 (1993)).

Status of BOSNET

Earlier this summer, I inquired about thestatus of Bosnet on behalf of a group ofattorneys representing Bosnian refugees probono. The address I was given seemed to be inerror. After inquiring on INT-LAW, I foundthat address had changed. Below is the mostrecent information.


FCIL Newsletter October 1994Nermin Zukic, BosNet moderator, July

5, 1994 (posted on INT-LAW by LyonetteLouis-Jacques, University of Chicago,August 23, 1994): For several weeks I havebeen having delays/problems with BosNetdistribution, mostly due to the hardware/software limitations at the host site.

Yesterday, I was informed by mysys-admin that BosNet can not be distributedfrom cu23.crl.aecl.ca any longer. This is one ofour last "broadcasts" in this form.

We are in the process of finding/evaluatingtemporary and permanent alternatives. Effortwill be made to minimize problems during thistransition period. At this point, no action isrequired on your part.

In the meantime, BosNet will be posted onsoc.culture.bosna-herzgvna, soc.culture.europe,and alt.politics.clinton.

I regret any inconveniences this may havecaused.

Formation of LEX.NET

Joelle Savean, Oct. 2, 1994: lex.netannounced today the formation of the lex.netlegal network.

What is lex.net?lex.net is the legal network of the Internet.

lex.net provides network access to internationallegal experts around the world. In particular,lex.net assists legal scholars and advisors invarious fields of international law tocommunicate and to share information aboutissues of mutual concern.

What is the purpose of lex.net?The purpose of lex.net is to facilitate

communication among those who need legalinformation and those who have it. It functionsas a virtual library: it serves as a library ofcomputer and individual resources aboutinternational law. In part, lex.net providesaccess to computers which have compilationsof data. Of even more significance, however,lex.net provides access to individuals who haveexpertise and experience in areas ofinternational law.

How will lex.net benefit international andlegal scholars and advisers?

lex.net has undertaken the responsibility toestablish and maintain the List of InternationalLegal Advisors (LILA). (Further informationabout LILA may be obtained from the message"LILA Background.") Upon its completion,lex.net will provide access to LILA through theWorld-Wide Web and anonymous FTP.

lex.net will also assist in the establishmentand maintenance of private newsletters, mailinglists, and discussion groups to assistinternational legal scholars and advisorsworldwide.

For additional information?For additional information, please contact

the lex.net librarian, Joelle Savean, [email protected].

Permanent War Crimes Tribunal

Sushila Selness, Oct. 3, 1994: One of ourstudents is doing research on International Lawissues related to the creation of a permanent(standing) tribunal on dealing with war crimes(similar to those of former Yugoslavia). He isparticularly interested in any discussionsregarding how to reconcile differences in lawsof common vs civil law countries. Can any oneon the list recommend documents, secondarysources or anything in print that he can use?

Prof. William T. Pizzi, University ofColorado School of Law, Oct. 4, 1994: Irecently came across a symposium on theissues surrounding a possible international warcrimes tribunal in the 1994 issue of the PaceJournal of International Law. There were allkinds of articles on the topic, and I think thatif you could get that issue it would be a nicestart for your student. As far as the proceduresthat will be used-will they tend to be closerto those used in civil law countries or thoseused in adversarial system countries?-I havebeen told by international law experts that theywill be closer to those in civil law countries.But international law is not a subject I know


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much about. I hope this is helpful.

Wiltrud Harms, University of California,Oct. 4, 1994: If your student is interested in aninternational criminal court which would dealwith war crimes and other crimes "against thepeace and security of mankind": theInternational Law Commission adopted a draftstatute for such a court at its 1994 session. Asmentioned before on INT-LAW, the ILC'sreport can be expected in October/Novemberbut there is a U.N. press release thatsummarizes its work on the topic very briefly(see U.N. press release L/2684 of 25 July1994, contained in the L/series of the pressreleases offered by the UNDP gopher (gophergopher.undp.org 70)).

When I helped a Boalt student with asimilar research question some time ago, wefound U.N. document A/CONF.157/PC/62/-Add.17 of 3 June 1993, a position paper on"The Establishment of a Permanent Interna-tional Penal Court" submitted by the Interna-tional Commission of Jurists to the WorldConference on Human Rights. Our student alsolooked at a 1987 book by Cherif Bassiouni, Adraft international criminal code and draftstatute for an international criminal tribunal(492 pages with a comprehensive bibliogra-phy). The U.N. General Assembly will con-sider the topic at its present session. It adopteda resolution (A/RES/48/31) on Dec. 9, 1993,which mentions the work of the ILC on thedraft statute and the relevant discussions of theG.A.'s Sixth Committee in operative para. 6plus its introductory paragraphs. Let me knowif you need more info re these documents.

Elliot C. Chabot, Legal Support ProjectLeader, U.S. House of Representatives, Oct.5, 1994: You might try "War Crimes inYugoslavia and the Development ofInternational Law" by Theodor Meron, whichis available on the Internet (by gopher) at:

gopher.interet.com (port 2100)0/collected/ajil/Archive/0 10194.1

Administrative Note

Milagros Rush, INT-LAW moderator,University of Minnesota, Oct. 6, 1994: I wantto remind you that the following are some ofthe types of messages that must not be postedon INT-LAW:

1. commercial messages, advertisements ofyour products, and the like.

2. junk mail.3. personal mail.4. "how are you," "send me your e-mail

address," and similar casual messages.5. job solicitations.

INT-LAW is supported by the Universityof Minnesota and was created with the ideathat it is to support educational purposes.Those listed are not in conformance with thesepurposes. Thank you for your cooperation.

NAFTA on CD-ROM

June Mac Leod, Gray Cary Ware &Freidenrich, Oct. 6, 1994: Does anyone haveknowledge of CD-ROM packages that containNAFTA and tariff schedules? Please advise.Thank you.

James P. Duffy III, Mineola, N.Y., Oct.7, 1994: There is a company in Califoria that Ibelieve is called Young Minds that hasNAFTA on CD-ROM. I have the disk in NYwhere I will be in a few days; so, I can notcheck it now to see if it has the schedules youwant. If you cannot locate what you want byTuesday, send me a message, and I will giveyou the details on how to get the disk this firmoffers.

Daniel Charterhaus, Oct. 8, 1994: If youall need the NAFTA agreement in Spanish, wehave it. We have it in CD-ROM, disk (IBMand Mac), floppy, and in its original paperbound form. Call if you need it at 214-324-4984. We will only charge S&H fees fromMexico City to destination as long as it is usedfor educational purposes.

FCIL NewsletterOctober 1994


Artukovic Trial

Katherine Topulos, Duke University,Oct. 7, 1994: I have been trying withoutsuccess to find reports of the judgment in thetrial of Andrija Artukovic who was convictedof mass murder and sentenced to death by thedistrict court of Zagreb in May 1986 for hisrole in the killing of hundreds of thousands ofpeople while he was minister of the interior inthe Nazi puppet government of Croatia duringWWII. Later that year both the Supreme Courtof Croatia and the Yugoslav Federal Courtrejected his appeals (he died in prison in1988).

We don't receive Yugoslav reporters here;I was unable to find reports of the trial in othersources (such as International Law Reports). Irealize that it's highly unlikely that there wouldbe a report of the case at the trial level;however, it was an important and muchreported trial. TIA

George Jacobsen, Louisiana StateUniversity, Oct. 7, 1994: The followingpublication, although in Serbo-Croatian, shouldbe of interest:

Artukovic, Andrija, 1899- (defendant).Sudenje Andriji Artukovicu i sto nije receno /Jovo Popovic. Zagreb: Stvamost : Jugoart,1986. 199 p.

Note: Trial held at the Okruzni sud inZagreb, Apr. 15-May 14, 1986.

Otherwise, the press coverage on Lexis isconsiderable.

Law Degree for Foreign Diplomat

Linda Karr O'Connor, CornellUniversity, Oct. 10, 1994: Does anyone knowof a law school where a foreign diplomat witha degree in international relations (but no lawdegree) can pursue a one year course of studyleading to an LL.M. or other law degree?

Christine A. Corcos, Case WesternReserve University, Oct. 11, 1994: CWRU

Law School has a one-year LL.M. program forforeign lawyers and accepts foreign-trainedstudents without a law degree. The director ofthe program is Professor Lewis R. Katz ([email protected]; phone 216-368-3287; streetaddress CWRU Law School, 11075 EastBoulevard, Cleveland OH 44106).

Swedish Corporal Punishment Law

Scott Livingston, Detroit College of Law,Oct. 12, 1994: I have a patron who is lookingfor a recently (?) enacted Swedish law whichprohibits parents from using corporalpunishment on their children. Any leads on thiswould be greatly appreciated. Thanks inadvance!

Wiltrud Harms, University of California,Oct. 12, 1994: According to U.N. Doc.CRC/C/3/Add.1, page 16, the Swedish Code ofParenthood and Guardianship, chapter 6,section 1 lays down as follows:

"... A child shall be treated with respectfor his person and individuality and may not besubjected to corporal punishment or any otheroffensive treatment...."

This U.N. document contains the initialreport submitted by Sweden under art. 44 ofthe Convention on the Rights of the Child. Itwas submitted in September 1992.

Your question is a good example fordemonstrating that certain U.N. documentseries are great sources for foreign lawinformation re topics that fall under theumbrella of human rights. Those who haveaccess to the RLIN database can finddocuments such as these by using the samesubject headings used by the U.N. mainbibliographical tool, UNDOC: Current Index.Almost always the title of these reports beginwith "Consideration of reports submitted byStates Parties .. ." and the pertaining countryis used as a subject phrase.

In your case, the following RLIN searchretrieves three records of which the second oneis the citation of Sweden's report: fin tp



consideration# and sp sweden and rights of thechild

Mats Diimvik, InterForum (Kungsbacka,Sweden), Oct. 13, 1994: The Swedish regula-tion is FB 6:1: "Barn har rdtt till omv~rdnad,

trygghet och en god fostran. Barn skall be-handlas med aktning f6r sin person och egenartoch fdr inte uts~ttas for kroppslig bestraffningeller annan krdnkande behandling." [TheSwedish characters display as other symbols onU.S. systems.]

What's Happening with SIS Membersby Mila Rush

University of Minnesota Law Library

This initiates a column in this newsletterthat will cover FCIL SIS members' comingsand goings-both in terms of employment andin terms of foreign travel for professionalreasons. Attempts at something similar (though-of lesser scope) have been made in the past(see the March 1988 and October 1989 issues).This time around, the scope is widened toinclude foreign travel, and we are moreoptimistic that you will feed us plenty ofmaterials to keep the column going.

With all the options and the ease availableto transmit information, I hope to be floodedwith news about our members' comings andgoings. I will prefer e-mail, but will acceptanything besides. You can also just give metips about members other than yourself, andI'll do the follow-up--I want to get permissionfrom the subjects of the news items anyway.

In this inaugural column, we welcome twomembers to the foreign, comparative, andinternational law librarianship field: MichaelEstle and Jonathan Franklin.

Michael L. Estle joined the William M.Rains Library at Loyola Law School in Augustas special collections librarian. His primaryresponsibility in this multi-faceted position isto carry on reference and collection develop-ment in foreign, comparative, and internationallaw. He is also in charge of rare books andarchives, and supervises a special collectionsassistant (who catalogs the archives and alsohelps out in reference and interlibrary loan).Michael also performs general reference workand teaches two sections of the first-year legal

research class.Michael comes to the field of foreign,

comparative and international law librarianshipwith a very strong background. He has an A.B.in comparative government from Harvard(1988), a J.D. (Dec. 1991) and an M.L.S.(1994) from Indiana University, Bloomington.He spent the 1990-91 academic year at theUniversity of Paris XI (Paris-Sud) where heobtained a Certificat d'6tudes juridiquesfrancaises. He took courses in West Europeanhistory at the graduate school of IndianaUniversity.

Did you say the only available text on acertain topic is not in English? "Not to worry."Michael studied French at the Sorbonne,Spanish at the Universidad Catolica delEcuador in Quito, and German in Graz,Austria. He has also taken Russian and Uzbekin the Indiana University Russian and EastEuropean Institute's summer intensiveworkshops.

While awaiting membership informationfor the FCIL SIS, he has joined AALL. Hepromises to become active in the SIS even-tually. (By the way, he has been an INT-LAWsubscriber even while he was at Indiana.) Heis a member of the American Bar Associationand its Section on International Law andPractice. Throw in there: membership in theIndiana Bar.

On Jonathan Franklin's first day at workat the University of Michigan, I asked him tosupply me some information about him so Icould include him in this column in this issue.


FCIL Newsletter October 1994He obligingly did, at the same time proclaim-ing that he didn't have much to say on this hisfirst week. Fortunately, I had met him inSeattle and, fortuitously, found out a fewthings about him.

Those of you who attended the President'sLuncheon in Seattle may remember a JonathanFranklin, who was called up on stage toreceive the Call for Papers award in theStudent Division. That was him alright. Hispaper is entitled "One Piece of the CollectionDevelopment Puzzle: Issues in Drafting FormatSelection Guidelines."

Could the research and the thinking he didfor this paper have anything to do with the jobthat he had lined up months ago? I did not ask,but he started work at the University ofMichigan on October 10 as the foreign andcomparative law selector and referencelibrarian.

Jonathan received his J.D. from Stanfordand his M.Libr. from the University ofWashington. But law is only one facet ofJonathan's interests. He also graduated fromStanford with a B.A. in modem architectureand computer music and with an M.A. inanthropology. His previous work and travelexperiences include working in the Tribal ArtDepartment at Christie's (yes, the auctionhouse) in London and for an African art dealerin Brussels. He says his French was passable

Claim Your May Newsletter

If you did not receive your copy of theMay 1994 issue of theFCL Newsletter,please contact the editor. Due to problemsin the membership list, approximately 100members were omitted from the mailinglast spring. Call or write:

Kenneth RudolfYale Law School LibraryP.O. Box 208215New Haven, CT 06520-8215203-432-1259; Fax 203-432-4604Internet: [email protected]

before law school, but wilted from disuse.This summer, Jonathan was juggling his

hours between attending library school classesand attending sessions (and selling drinktickets) at the International Law Institute. Thefollowing week he was attending businessmeetings and program sessions during theAnnual Meeting. He proceeded to Minnesotawhere he spent his internship at WestPublishing designing a key number tutorial forthe Westlaw documentation division, as well asspending time in the editorial department.While in Minnesota, he also made visits to theUniversity of Minnesota Law Library.

Maria Smolka-Day (University ofPennsylvania) spent a four-week vacation earlythis summer visiting Poland, her homeland.While in Lublin, she paid a visit to the lawschool where she had been a student and ateacher for several years. There, she addressedthe university librarians on recentdevelopments in American libraries. She alsovisited the Parliamentary Library, theOmsbudsman's Office, and several bookdistributors in Warsaw.

Kenneth Rudolf (Yale University) spentthe month of May traveling to Santiago, Chile,and Buenos Aires, Argentina, to serve as alibrary consultant to three institutions in thesecities which are participating in a USAID-funded linkage program with Yale Law School.

The three institutions that Ken visitedwere: 1) the Facultad de Derecho at theUniversidad de Chile (Santiago), which hasjust inaugurated a graduate program in law2) the Escuela de Derecho at the UniversidadDiego Portales (Santiago); and 3) the Centro deEstudios Internacionales (Buenos Aires) whichwas in the process of affiliating with theUniversidad Diego Portales. The libraries ofthese institutions ranged from very large (withclosed stacks and poor organization) to smallbut technically up-to-date collections.

Ken also had a chance to tour the lawlibraries at the Universidad de Buenos Airesand the Pontificia Universidad Cat6lica deChile in Santiago.


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