AALL Annual MeetingJuly 16, 2013

G5: PAC-Rim Legal Values: CHILE

Sergio D. StoneFCIL Librarian

Stanford Law Library

Outline

• Research Guides• Primary Law - Legislation• Secondary Sources• Dockets• Human Rights: Inter-American System

Digital Landscape in South America: Chile (Yale Law Library)

PortalsConstitutions

CodesLaws by Topic

Case LawDoctrine Treaties

Commercial Databases

Researching Chilean Law (Loyola)

Researching Chilean Law - Lib Guide (Loyola)Legislation and Regulations in English

Web Resources

Tab

Diario Oficial (Official Gazette)http://www.anfitrion.cl/

• Authoritative Source of Law• Spanish Only• Subscription Required• Some Free Search Functionality

Official Gazette of Chile (Diario Oficial)

Biblioteca Jurídica

Official Gazette: Biblioteca Jurídica

Constitutions

IP Laws

Legislation 1979-2004

Marriage & Family Law

Food Laws

Laws of Chile 1810-2009

Official Gazette: Legislation Search Engine (2010-2013)Buscador de Leyes y Decretos

Ley Chile: Library of the National Congress of Chile (BCN)

Featured Legislation

Ley Chile: Laws by Subject (Google Translate)

Laws by Subject

Laws by Subject: Forests (Google Translate)

Law 20.283

Law 20.283 Restoration of Native Forests and Forestry Development

VersionsLegislative HistoryPending BillsCase LawSummary (Datos)

Concordance(concordancia)Regulations(reglamento)

Most Roads Lead to Ley ChileGovernment Sites

Databases

IGOs / NGOs

Research Guides

Ley Chile

Inter-Am: Chile – Subject Areas

Inter-Am : Chile – Environment - Law 20.283

vLex: Law 20.283

ECOLEX Law 20.283

IGO Databases and Libraries

Hernán Santa Cruz Library

Felipe Herrera Library

Law Library of Congress: Global Legal Information Catalog

Bloomberg Law: Getting the Deal Through - Mining - Chile

Journals: Latin Lawyer - Chile

ArbitrationBank Financing

Corporate GovernanceEnvironment

Intellectual PropertyEmployment

LitigationM & AMining

Project Finance

Latin Lawyer: Chile - Environment

Journal Articles

FCIL-SISLatin American

Journals & Serials

Dockets

• BloombergLaw• LexisNexis Court Link • Westlaw• PACER / RECAP

DocketsAlmonacid v. Cessna, No. 11-124-MLB-KGG (D. Kan.)

Lexis CourtLinkSearch: “Civil Code of Chile”

Dockets – Citations to Secondary Sources and Experts

Civil Code of Chile (English)

Gonzalo Fernándo Ruiz

Int’l Comparative Legal Guide

Product Liability

Business Laws of Chile

Human Rights: Atala Riffo v. Chile

• Chilean Court of Appeals - Temuco (2004)

• Chilean Supreme Court (2004)

• Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (2008 and 2010)

• Inter-American Court of Human Rights (2012)

Human Rights: Atala Riffo v. Chile

• Chilean Supreme Court Judgment (2004)– Chilean Judiciary Portal (Poder Judicial)– Google searching– Legal Publishing ($)– Microjuris ($)– Newspapers (e.g. El Mercurio)– vLex ($)

Corte Suprema de Justicia [C.S.J.] [Supreme Court], 31 mayo 2004, “López v. Atala,” Rol de la causa: 1193-03, (Chile).

Human Rights: Atala Riffo v. Chile

• Inter-American Commission on Human Rights– Admissibility (2008)– Merits / Transfer to Inter-American Court (2010)• Commission Web Site – Annual Reports• Westlaw Classic (IACHR-OAS) ($)• University of Minnesota Human Rights Library

– Commission Rapporteurships

Atala and Daughters v. Chile, Petition 1271-04, Inter-Am. Comm'n H.R., Report No. 42/08, (2008).

Human Rights: Atala Riffo v. Chile

• Inter-American Court of Human Rights– Judgment (Feb.24, 2012)– Oral Arguments • See Galería Multimedia – 92nd Session

– Amicus Briefs– Compliance with Judgments

Atala Riffo and Daughters v. Chile, Merits, Reparations, and Costs, Judgment, Inter. Am. St. H.R. series C, No. 239 (Feb. 24, 2012).

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