Doing so effectively calls for research skills beyond those that students acquire through working with domestic legal resources.56 Mary Rumsey explains that students must go beyond their dependence on domestic databases to learn how to
access the different resources relevant to international and comparative law.57 She describes, as examples, the need to find customary international law through treaties, laws of other nations, diplomatic correspondence, and scholarly works, and she points out that civil law research requires much more emphasis on statutes and scholarship than on the case law that plays such a dominant role in American legal analysis.58 While there have been significant advances in
access to foreign and international legal sources, there are still substantial
barriers, 59 and the research methods needed to obtain these resources can be different (in ways either subtle or stark) from those that
apply to domestic law.
The Centre's approach is consistent with a number of principles found in A2JBC's Framework for Action, by
applying a user - centred approach that takes into consideration the child's own views and preferences; by exploring alternative modes of legal service delivery, such as unbundled services; and by reducing financial
barriers to
accessing legal help for those who need it.