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Oxford Reports on International Law (ORIL)

The cases from international, regional, and domestic courts that are shaping international law.

Oxford Reports on International Law (ORIL) is a new online service bringing together decisions on public international law from international courts and tribunals, domestic courts and ad hoc tribunals.

Integrating the full scope of international case law for the first time in an easily navigable online environment, ORIL draws upon the expertise of leading scholars and local experts to provide high quality, timely, reports and analysis.

  • Full linking to and from cases and instruments that relate to or cite each other
  • Original judgment in its entirety
  • Authoritative information on citation
  • All subscriptions come with free access to a complete set of PCIJ and ICJ decisions

CASE REPORTS CONTAIN

  • Headnote
  • Summary of case facts and judicial holdings
  • Full text of the opinion of the Court
  • Analytical commentary from scholarly experts
  • List of cases and instruments cited
  • Accurate translations into English of key passages of non-English decisions

SUBJECTS INCLUDE

  • Air law and law of outer space
  • Immunities
  • Individuals and human rights
  • International courts and tribunals
  • International criminal law
  • International economic law
  • International environmental law
  • International investment law
  • International organizations
  • International responsibility
  • International investment law
  • Jurisdiction of States
  • Law of the sea
  • Law of treaties
  • Organs of the State
  • Relationship between international and domestic law
  • Settlement of disputes
  • Sources of international law
  • Statehood
  • Subjects of international law
  • Territory
  • Use of force and the law of armed conflict

Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts

Editors in Chief: Professor Andre Nollkaemper and Professor Erika de Wet of the University of Amsterdam Center for International Law

I highly recommend this database for those who are interested in the relationship between international and domestic law as well as those interested in dispute settlement.
- Marci Hoffman, Associate Director and International and Foreign Law Librarian, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley

...admirably ambitious, and provides a service that is not currently available anywhere else. The organization of the database itself is solid and the decisions are selected, translated, and annotated very thoughtfully.
- Legal Information Alert, Volume 26,No. 6

KEY FEATURES

  • Approximately 300 cases reported from over 75 jurisdictions
  • Adding more than 200 cases per year
  • Domestic cases focusing on key issues and decisions in international law
  • Local experts provide context of domestic legal systems
  • Peer-reviewed commentaries provided by expert editorial board
  • Translations from over 20 languages into English
  • Expert translations of key passages for all non-English judgments


Oxford Reports on International Criminal Law

Editor: Professor William Schabas, Irish Center for Human Rights, the National University of Ireland

KEY FEATURES

  • Approximately 500 cases by Summer 2008
  • Adding more than 50 cases per year
  • Includes cases from:
    • International Criminal Court (ICC)
    • International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
    • International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
    • Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL)
    • Iraqi Special Tribunal
    • Extraordinary Chambers for Cambodia
    • Decisions on substantive and procedural law
    • Editor is one of the worlds most respected experts on international criminal law
    • Cases continually updated in light of subsequent developments


Oxford Reports on International Human Rights Decisions

Contributing Editors: Professor David Harris, Human Rights Law Centre, the University of Nottingham; Professor Claudia Martin, College of Law, American University Washington; Professor Sarah Joseph, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University

KEY FEATURES

  • Approximately 2,000 cases at launch
  • Adding more than 200 cases per year
  • Includes decisions and awards from:
    • European Court of Human Rights
    • Inter-American Commission and Court of Human Rights
    • African Court of Human and Peoples¿ Rights
    • UN Human Rights Committee, Committee Against Torture, Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, and Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women


Oxford Reports on International Investment Claims

Editor-in-Chief: Ian Laird, Fulbright and Jaworski, Washington DC, Senior Editorial Adviser: Todd Weiler, NAFTAClaims.com

KEY FEATURES

  • Approximately 200 cases at launch
  • Headnotes and commentaries provided by practitioners and scholars
  • All content peer reviewed by expert editorial board
  • Translations of key passages for all non-English judgments
  • Includes decisions and awards from:
    • London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
    • International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
    • International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
    • Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
    • Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)


Oxford Reports on International Courts of General Jurisdiction

Free access will be provided with subscription to any Oxford Reports on International Law subscription service.

KEY FEATURES

  • Approximately 300 cases at launch
  • Adding 10-15 new decisions per year
  • A brief headnote-only version to help you find key information fast
  • Includes decisions and awards from:
    • International Court of Justice (ICJ)
    • Permanent Court of International Justice (PICJ)
    • Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
    • International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)


Oxford Law Citator

The Oxford Law Citator links the content of all Oxford Law Online products. Links from case reports and judgments lead to the Oxford Law Citator, which displays all available key details of a decision including:
  • Official and parallel citations
  • Earlier or subsequent procedural stages
  • Instruments and cases cited in that decision, and citing that decision
  • Available case reports and judgments in Oxford Law Online products
  • Entries for bibliographic references

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