New E-Resources at Northwestern

Parry & Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law

The Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law is completely updated and expanded to include increased coverage in growing areas of international law including diplomatic law, criminal law, human rights, and more. Over 2,500 entries provides the reader with copious references for further research including cases, treaties, journal articles, and websites. – Publisher’s blurb.

Encyclopedia of Human Rights

The online version of the five-volume Encyclopedia of Human Rights, edited by David Forsythe, offers comprehensive coverage of all aspects of human rights theory, practice, law, and history in over 300 entries signed by leading scholars and human rights experts. The coverage includes major figures, organizations and institutions, human rights events and crises, and human rights norms. – Publisher’s blurb.

Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law

The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL) is a fully updated online edition of the Encyclopedia of Public International Law published in print between 1991 and 2001 under the general editorship of Rudolf Bernhardt.

Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law

Addresses research and practice in the interface of psychology and law. Surveys the traditional subdisciplines of psychology: cognitive (e.g., eyewitness testimony), developmental (e.g., children’s testimony), social (e.g., jury behavior), clinical (e.g., assessment of competence), biological (e.g., the polygraph), and industrial-organizational psychology (e.g., sexual harassment in the workplace). – Publisher’s blurb.

Crime and Punishment in the United States

Crime and Punishment in the United States concentrates on hard topics relating to types of crimes; law-enforcement bodies; the apprehension, arrest, and arraignment of wrongdoers; criminal trial procedures; and types of punishment. The set’s goal is to provide clear, comprehensible, and authoritative essays that are both accessible and engaging to nonspecialist readers.The 257 essays in Crime and Punishment in the United States are drawn from Salem’s Criminal Justice (2005) and represent about half the content of that award-winning 3-volume set. – Publisher’s blurb.

Constitutions of the Countries of the World

Constitutions of the Countries of the World offers access to 188 country constitutions with extensive expert commentary from leading scholars worldwide. The CCW includes accurate, original English translations, plus the ability to search for topics across all nations. – Publisher’s blurb.

Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction

The mission of the Journal is to serve as the technical reference and resource for construction lawyers engaged in public and private practice, as well as for design engineers, construction engineers, and executives responsible for successful project administration. – Publisher’s blurb.

Access to this resource is restricted to the Northwestern University Evanston campus.

International Theory : A Journal of International Politics, Law and Philosophy

International Theory (IT) promotes theoretical scholarship about the positive, legal, and normative aspects of world politics respectively. IT is open to theory of absolutely all varieties and from all disciplines, provided it addresses problems of politics, broadly defined and pertains to the international. – Publisher’s blurb.

Journal of Human Rights Practice

The Journal of Human Rights Practice aims to capture learning and communicate the lessons of practice across professional and geographical boundaries, within and beyond the human rights mainstream, and to provide a platform for international and local practitioners world-wide. – Publisher’s blurb.

Journal of World Energy Law & Business

The Journal of World Energy Law & Business is the official journal of the AIPN. The Journal publishes articles on legal, business and policy issues in the international energy industry. This includes upstream oil and gas transactions, finance, taxation, regulation, dispute management, alternative energy resources, energy policy and security and international energy organizations. – Publisher’s blurb.