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International Trade, WTO & Environmental Law - A Research Guide
Tips and sources for researchers exploring the intersection between international trade law and international environmental law. Prepared for members of the International Trade, WTO, and Environmental Law Seminar at the USF School of Law.
This research guide accompanies and illustrates a Fall 2011 presentation to the International Trade, WTO, and Environmental Law Seminar at the USF School of Law. For help and advice beyond this guide, see the following.
Basic tools for research in public international law for USF law school students writing seminar papers or participating in international law moot court competitions.
Contact us for advice specific to your research. [For USF students, faculty and staff.]
Suggested Research Strategy
A very basic research strategy for papers dealing with the intersection of international trade law and international environmental law might look like this:
Start with books for:
background on international trade law or international environmental law
broad scholarly analyses of key issues
descriptions of the WTO dispute settlement process
citations to core primary documents (treaties, disputes, cases) and to other books and articles
Continue with articles for:
more detailed scholarly analyses of specific issues
extensive citations to primary documents, and to other articles and books
Retrieve primary sources such as treaties and dispute documents. If these documents raise more questions for you, do new book or article searches to try to resolve those questions.
Preemption Checks
If you're writing an article for publication, you'll need to to a preemption check to make sure that your article is sufficiently original. For advice, start with this guide:
