Research Guide for

International Law and Organization

Table of Contents:
Reference Works
Major International Law Websites and Gateways
Databases and Indexes to Periodical  Literature and News Sources
Lehigh Library Online Catalog
Treaty Collections- US
Treaty Collections- International
Treaty Indexes
International Law Digests, Reports, Yearbooks
Research Advice
Citation Style

Reference Works

Alxelrod, Alan  (2000).  American Treaties and Alliances
Presents 747 of the historical and current treaties of significance to the U.S.
F-Ref    341.026673 A512e

Fox, J.R. (1992).  Dictionary of International and Comparative Law.
F-Ref     341.03 F792d

Hajanal, Peter I. (1988).  International Information: documents, publications and information systems of international governmental organizations.
FM-2-Doc-R    021.64 I61

Osmanczyk, E.J. (1985)  Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements.
F-Ref  341.2303 O83e  Note: can be updated with the Yearbook of the United Nations

Parry, Clive, et al. (1986) Encyclopedic Dictionary of International Law
F-Ref    341.03 P264p

Rengger, N.J. with John Campbell (1995). Treaties and Alliances of the world.
F-Ref    341.026 T784 1995

International organization and integration: annotated basic documents and descriptive directory of international organizations and arrangements. 2nd ed. 1981-1984.
This 5 volume work contains texts of important treaties and documents that relate to international organization and integration as well as a directory of the most important intl. organizations covering the establishment, background, membership, functions, structure, finance and activities of each.
F-Ref   341.2 I613

The Times atlas of the world : tenth comprehensive edition. New York : Times Books, 1999.   912 T58 1999    FM-1-ATLAS  or    L-1-ATLAS.    Note: the libraries have a wide variety of atlases that may be useful for your work. New editions are frequently added. Check the Atlas cases  in both libraries.

Yearbook of the United Nations (1997ed. published in 2000)
This yearbook covers, during a calendar year, the main activities of the UN and of each related organization in the UN system. It reproduces the texts of all resolutions and substantive decisions adopted by the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic & Social Council and the Trusteeship Council.
F-Ref    341.1 U5805    Earlier editions (1946- ) in the stacks
 

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Major International Law Web Sites and Gateways

General Web Searching

Two very good search engines to use for general Web searching are Google and Altavista. A collection of some other good search  engines
and web directories can be found on the InfoDome Search Tools page.  You might also want to start with the Librarians' Index to the Internet
(http://lii.org/). Tip: try looking by subject under "Governments-- International"

Foreign and International Law/WashLaw WEB,    Washburn University School of Law
http://www.washlaw.edu/forint/forintmain.html
Provides links to primary foreign and  international legal resources, research aids, and sites useful in conducting research in these areas of the law.

LII: Legal Information Institute, Law by Source: Global,   Cornell University
http://www.law.cornell.edu/world/
"The LII collection of world legal materials gathers, country by country, continent by continent, the
 Internet-accessible sources of the constitutions, statutes, judicial opinions, and related legal material from
 around the globe (excluding the U.S. material held in the LII's other collections). It also holds resources and
 document collections of International law. "

Public International Law,  University of Western Australia.
http://www.law.ecel.uwa.edu.au/intlaw/
"These Public International Law Pages assemble a Collection of  more than 900 WWW Links related to International Law Topics. The aim is to  present as many Major and Topical Sources of International Law Resources of Relevance on the Web as possible."

United Nations Website
http://www.un.org/english/
Official home page of the United Nations. Provides background and data on the UN and its operations. Contains the text
of selected UN Documents and Resolutions and press releases as well as links to the home pages of the permanent
missions of UN member countries. A variety of databases provide access to statistical data and  for subscribers, to the texts of the United  Nations Treaty Series.

Yahoo, Treaties Pacts and Agreements
http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/Law/International/Treaties__Pacts__and_Agreements/

ISN: International Relations and Security Network,  Center for Security Studies and Conflict Research.
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/
Very useful "Links" Page.

International Court of Justice.
http://www.icj-cij.org/

The European Union On-line.
http://europa.eu.int/
 

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Databases and Indexes to Periodical Literature and News Sources


Infotrac (Academic Index)
This  database indexes and abstracts a wide range of journals in the social sciences. It includes the full text and graphics of many of the articles it indexes. Coverage goes back to 1980.

Index to Legal Periodicals
 Indexes international legal information covering all areas of jurisprudence.  Our database version covers 1981 to the present. The printed index has coverage back to 1926 and can be found in the Fairchild Library,   FM-1-INDEX.

Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals.
A print subject index to selected international and comparative law periodicals and collections of essays. Subject coverage is of countries other than U.S., the British Isles and the British Commonwealth. Lehigh has indexing for 1960-1994. Located in Fairchild Library, FM-3-South  016.34 I36

PAIS: Public Affairs Information Service
PAIS indexes periodicals, books, government documents and to some degree publications of International organizations on a wide variety of public affairs topics. The database covers the years 1972 - present. Lehigh also owns the printed index back to 1923. INDEX  FM-3-SOUTH  016.3 P976.

Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe
Contains the full-text of articles in many major U.S and international newspapers. Some foreign language newspapers can also be accessed. Selected journals, magazines and newswires are also part of the product. The service is updated daily and although the coverage varies, content can go back to the 1980's.

World News Connection
Index to the FBIS translated full-text of foreign news broadcasts, newspapers and periodicals. One user liscense. Please be sure to exit the system properly or other users will have trouble. Covers past 5 years.
 

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Lehigh Library Online Catalog - ASA

Search ASA to find those books, journals, government documents  and electronic resources owned by the library. It is often useful to begin your search with a keyword search. After you have located a few materials on target for your topic, utilize the hypertext linked subject headings to expand your search to other materials cataloged under that same subject heading.

Some useful Library of Congress subjects headings for finding books  in International Law are:
 


Treaty Collections

Recent or pending treaties to which the United States is a party

 Congressional Universe
     Indexing and abstracts of congressional publications from 1970 to the present.  Full-text Senate documents starting 1995  and the Congressional Record beginning in 1985. Can be used to research treaty drafting history.

 Senate, House and Treaty Documents
     Index to Senate Treaty Documents located on GPO Access. Materials are available as full-text and PDF files, from the 104th Congress to the present.  Accompanying messages from the President and the Secretary of State are included with the treaty text.

Hein's United States Treaties and Other International Agreements: Current Microfiche Service:
Microfiche - FM-2-South  Library has microfiche to TIAS : 12606. Subscription ceased in 1999.
This service provides "full-tet of current unrealeased international agreements and treaties..." arranged by "KAV" numbers.
Looseleaf binder with treaty list kept in reference. 341.0264 U58h

Official U.S. Treaty Publications

 Treaties and other International Acts Series. (TIAS) 341.2 U5tr   FM-3-North
          TIAS is a series of consecutively numbered, individually paginated pamphlets containing the text of treaties in the language of the parties. TIAS is the first official publication of U.S. treaties. They appear in this pamphlet or "slip"  format and then eventually are incorporated in bound volumes of the UST.  There is  a long delay between the date of a treaty's  proclamation and publication in TIAS.

 TIAS is indexed by :
 United States Current Treaty Index (Hein)
 United States Treaty Index 1776-1990 Consolidation
 Treaties in Force (TIF)

 United States Treaties and Other International Agreements. (UST). 1950-.
    341.273  U588u   FM-3-North
   Subsequent to their publication in slip form in the TIAS, the text of all U.S. treaties and agreements  are published in this bound chronological set which began in 1950. Treaty texts are in English and the other official languages of the treaty.

 UST is indexed by :
 United States Current Treaty Index (Hein)
 United States Treaty Index 1776-1990 Consolidation
 Treaties in Force (TIF)

Avalon Project, Yale Law School: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
 http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
This project collects and posts digital documents dating from pre-18th century through the present. Primary focus in on U.S., but does attempt international coverage. Included are U.S. bilateral and multilateral treaties and treaties with Native American tribes.

Treaties and Other International Agreements of the U.S.A. 1776-1949  Charles Bevans ed.
341.273 U581t  FM-3-North
  13 volume set contains pre-UST treaties and agreements in English text only. Vols 1-4 contains chronologically arranged  multilateral treaties ; vols 5-12 are bilateral treaties arranged by country; volume 13 indexes the set.
 

International Treaties (to which the U.S. is not necessarily a party.)

Treaty Series. United Nations. (UNTS)
Microfilm    1946-1960, vols. 38-358.
    Treaties and international agreements registered or filed and recorded with the Secretariat of the United Nations by member states or intenational organizations and some filed by non-member states.
Indexed by:
World Treaty Index

More recent UN Treaties are available through subscription to the UN Treaty Series on the Web. This is a subscriber service. At this time our library does not have access to this service. There is also an "on-demand" service for individual treaties. See the United Nations Treaty Collection  Overview for more information.  http://untreaty.un.org/English/overview.asp

The United Nations Dag Hammarskjold Library has also created a Research Guide to Treaties which can be of help in understanding what materials are in the UN Treaties Series.
see: http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/iltreat.htm#unts

League of Nations Treaty Series.
Microfilm  1920-1946  205 vols. 38 reels.
    Treaties and international engagements registered with the Secretariat of the League. Each volume has its own index. Also indexed in:
Index to Multilateral Treaties
World Treaty Index

International Legal Materials. (ILM)
340.05 I61   FM-3-SOUTH  (latest issue in F-DOC-R)  1962-
     ILM is published bi-monthly.  It provides access to current international law documents, treaties, judicial and similar proceedings and other documents. The texts are reprinted along with useful background notes. Each November issue contains an annual index and it is also indexed by PAIS.

Multilaterals Project, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.
http://fletcher.tufts.edu/multilaterals.html
"The Multilaterals Project, begun in 1992, is an ongoing project  to make available the texts of international multilateral conventions and other  instruments. Although the project was initiated to improve public access to environmental agreements, the collection today also includes treaties in the fields of human rights, commerce and trade, laws of war and arms control, and other areas. Although the vast majority of texts date from the second half of this century, the collection also includes historical texts, from the 1648 Treaty of Westphalia to the Covenant of the League of Nations."

International Protection of the Environment: Treaties and related documents. Oceana  1975.
341.762 I61  FM-3-North  vols. 1-14
    Provides the text of treaties, agreements and acts of international organizations dealing with protection of the environment. Areas covered include marine pollution, protection of flora and fauna, conservation of lving resources of the sea, protection of fresh water resources, peaceful uses of atomic energy.

United Nations Juridical Yearbook.
341.23 U58u  FM-3-North  1980 -  (latest ed. 1992 in F-REF)
    Contains legislative texts and treaty provisions relating to the leagal status of the UN and related intergovernmental organizations. Also contains the text of treaties on international law and decisions of administrative tribunals during the year.

Consolidated Treaty Series  (CTS).  Clive Parry, comp.
341 P264c  FM-3-South    243 volumes
    Covering the years 1648 to 1920, this set reprints the treaty text in the language of one of the signing parties and is often accompanied by an English or French translation or summary.. There is a chronological list and party index but no subject index.
CTS is also indexed by:
Index to Multilateral treaties
World Treaty Index

Major Peace Treaties of Modern History, 1649-1967.  Fred L. Israel, ed.
341.2 I85m  F-Ref   4 vols.
    Contains about 100 treaties grouped by period, area of topic, with chapter commentaries sketching historical background and effects of treaties.
 

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Treaty Indexes

Current Treaty Index. United States Treaty Index Consolidation: current service. (Hein)
341.0264  U58a  FM-3-North   1999-
Cumulative index to the U.S. slip treaties and agreements (TIAS) and treaties and agreements not published in TIAS. The table of contents section lists treaties numerically by "KAV" numbers assigned to each treaty.  Entries provide short descriptions of the treaty, pertinent dates, etc. Also contains a subject index.

United States Treaty Index 1776-1990 Consolidation. (Hein)
341.0264  U58  FM-3-North
Provides chronological, subject and country indexing of  TIAS and the UST series.

Treaties in Force.
341.2  U5tr5  FM-3-North
An annual publication from the U.S. State Department which lists the U.S. treaties and agreements in force as of January 1 of each year. Part one lists bilateral treaties by country, then subject. Part 2 lists the multilateral treaties by subject and notes the signatories.

Index to Multilateral Treaties.  Vaclar Mostecky, ed.
016.3412  H339i  FM- 2 -DOC-R
A chronological list of multi-party international agreements from the 16th century through 1963. Useful for finding obscure historical treaties. A subject and regional index is included.

World Treaty Index.  Peter H. Rohn
341.026  R738W  F-REF  5 volumes
A comprehensive index to multilateral and bilateral treaties covering 1900-1980. Increases accessibility through subject indexing of the complete series of League of Nations, United Nations treaties and other national collections. Treaties are listed by party, international organization.

Index to Marine Treaties.  John K. Gamble.  1972
551.460026  G191  FM-4-North
Includes all marine treaties found in v. 1-643 of the United Nations treaty series (UNTS); in
the Canadian treaty series (CTS) 1946-67; and in the United States treaty series (TIAS) 1950-70.

International Law Digests, Reporters and Yearbooks

Digest of International Law, by Green H. Hackworth.  U.S. Dept. of State.  1940
341 H123d FM-3-North  8 vols.
Covers and analyses the body of U.S. practice in International law for the period, 1906-1940
continued by:

Digest of International Law. U.S. Dept. of State.  1963-1973
314  W54d  LAW Annex  FM- 1- South
Comprensive survey of the entire range of international law covering 1963-1973, with an emphasis on U.S. practice. Suceeded by:

Digest of United States Practice in International Law.  1973-1979
341 U581d  LAW Annex  FM-1-South
Issued annually,it is designed to ba a contemporary record of U.S. practice of international legal significance
Succeed by:

Cumulative Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law. U.S. Dept. of State  1981-1988
341  U581da  LAW Annex  FM-1-South

International Law Reports.  Butterworth and Co.
341 I611 LAW Annex  FM-1-South  1933-
Provides access in English to judicial materials bearing on public international law. Attempts to include the available decisions of every international tribunal, (e.g. the  International Court of Justice). An effort is made to collect from national tribunals those decisions bearing on international law.

International Legal Materials. (ILM)
340.05 I61   FM-3-SOUTH  (latest issue in F-DOC-R)  1962-
     ILM is published bi-monthly.  It provides access to current international law documents, treaties, judicial and similar proceedings and other documents. The texts are reprinted along with useful background notes. Each November issue contains an annual index and it is also indexed by PAIS.

British Yearbook of International Law. Oxford
341 B862  FM-3-North  1920-

European Yearbook. Published under the auspices of the Council of Europe.
341.18 E981  FM-3-North  1953-  (latest  edition, 1998 in F-DOC-R)
Covers the activities and official documentation of the specifically European international organizations such as the  European Spae Agency, European Free Trade Assoc., OECD, Nordic Council etc. Also includes a bibliographical section covering books and articles on European affairs.

Yearbook of the International Law Commission. United Nations.
341.058  U589y FM-3-North,  1960-  latest edition, 1995, in F-DOC-R)
 

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Citing Sources


     American Psychological Association. (1994). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
    Fairchild or Linderman Library Reserve desks: 808.02 A512p 1994

     The APA web site offers an official way to cite Internet sources at http://www.apa.org/journals/webref.html

      In addition, a number of APA crib sheets are available at http://www.psywww.com/resource/apacrib.htm

Research Advice

Contact:
Roseann Bowerman
Social Sciences Librarian
Lehigh University
Office: Linderman Library 100
Phone: 758-3053
email: rb04@lehigh.edu

Web Guide created May 2001
 

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