This course will introduce students to the basic sources of foreign and international law and to the techniques students will be able to use to find them. Coverage will include: sources of international law and methods for researching them; introduction to the world's major types of legal systems, the sources of law that constitute legal authority for each, and methods for finding foreign legal authorities; and specific focus on researching the law of the European Union.

This course will introduce students to the basic sources of foreign and international law and to the techniques students will be able to use to find them. Coverage will include: sources of international law and methods for researching them; introduction to the world's major types of legal systems, the sources of law that constitute legal authority for each, and methods for finding foreign legal authorities; and specific focus on researching the law of the European Union.