The Law Library is pleased to announce that we now offer online access to the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL), publishe dby Oxford University Press. This is one of the most consulted reference sources for students working on international law research projects. If you have joined the Jessup Moot Court team or another extracurricular group related to international law, you will find MPEPIL to be an invaluable resource. The encyclopedia will be available under Law Library databases: http://www.law.stanford.edu/library/legal_databases/
Aditional information about the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law
The MPEPIL online edition — edited under the direction of Professor Dr. Rüdiger Wolfrum, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (Max Planck Institute) in Heidelberg, Germany — is a comprehensive analytical resource covering the whole of public international law. MPEPIL includes material from the hard-copy Encyclopedia of Public International Law published between 1991 and 2001 under Professor Dr. Rudolf Bernhardt, plus online-only articles authored since 2001. Approximately 1,700 article topics have been selected by the editorial advisory board and allocated to expert authors, who are legal scholars and practitioners from all over the world and who speak in their personal capacity only. Please inquire at the Reference Desk about access to MPEPIL.
