GOVERNMENT 326: INTERNATIONAL LAW

GOVERNMENT 326: INTERNATIONAL LAW LIBRARY GUIDE

Scott Van Jacob
Government Librarian
208 Hesburgh Library
631-6587
vanjacob.1@nd.edu

I. BILATERAL AND MULTILATERAL TREATIES -- FULL-TEXT

A. UNITED STATES – from current to earliest treaties

LAW Microfiche JX 231 .A38
Hein's United States treaties and other international agreements. Buffalo, NY: W.S. Hein, 1990-.
Bimonthly publication of current treaties can be found here. Access is by KAV number found in the Current Treaty Index.

LAW Core Collection JX 231 .A34 or Hesburgh Doc. Ctr. Pamphlet Coll. S 9.10:
Treaties, etc. (Treaties and other international acts series)
Washington, D.C. : Dept. of State. Started with number 1501 (1946).
The current source of the text of new treaties and agreements. Separately published texts, numbered sequentially. Currently 3-4 years behind. Indexed in Monthly Catalog. Cited as TIAS.

HESBURGH JX 231 .A34. Currently received.
United States. United States treaties and other international agreements. Washington, D.C. : Dept. of State, 1950-1984. Annual
Annual compilation of TIAS. Each volume has numerical list and subject index in front. Currently running three years behind. Prior to 1950 treaties were published in the U.S. Statutes-at-Large. A compilation by C. Bevans has been produced. (See next entry.) Cited as UST.

HESBURGH JX236 1968 .A5
United States. Treaties and other international agreements of the United States of America, 1776-1949. Compiled under the direction of Charles I. Bevans. Washington, Dept. of State 1968-. 13 vols.
Compilation of treaties previously published in U.S. Statutes-at-Large. Covers years 1776-1949.

B. LEAGUE OF NATIONS AND UNITED NATIONS
United Nation. Multilateral Treaties Deposited With the Secretary-General. Status as at 31 December 19[ ]. (Readex U.N. Microfiche ST/LEG/SER.E/[nos])
Annual volume lists of signatures, ramifications, accessions as of December 31, of the year. Looseleaf service contains final clauses of treaties and conventions.                     HESBURGH JX 170 .Un3
                    United Nations. Treaty series. New York : United Nations, 1947-.
                    For bilateral and multilateral treaties submitted to the U.N. Text given in English and French. HESBURGH JX 170 .L434
League of Nations. Treaty series. London : Harrison & Sons, 1920-1946.
This set includes treaties signed between 1920 and 1946 in 205 volumes. Includes indexes to the volumes. Gives the official text in the original language and translation in English and French.

II. TREATY COLLECTIONS
HESBURGH JX 68 .I61
International legal materials. Washington, D.C. : American Society of International Law, 1962-
Contains SELECTED texts of current international treaties, declarations and domestic legislation affecting international relations.

LAW JX 120 .P35
The Consolidated treaty series / edited and annotated by Clive Parry. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. : Oceana Publications, c1969-1981. 231 vols. 1648-1919.

HESBURGH JX 171 .G74
Grenville, John A. The Major International Treaties, 1914-1973: A History and Guide With Text. N.Y., Stein and Day, 1974

HESBURGH JX 121 .I8
Israel, Fred L. Major Peace Treaties of Modern History, 1648-1967. N.Y., Chelsea House, 1967. 4 vols.
Provides texts in English with a brief commentary.

HESBURGH JX 142 .M361
Martens, Georg Friedrich von. Nouveau Recueil General deTraites, Conventions, et Autres Transactions Remarquables... Gottinque, Dieterich.
Three series covering 1761-1944. Title, publisher and dates vary.

A. INTERNET TREATY SITES

Multilaterals Project -- Tufts -- http://www.tufts.edu/fletcher/multilaterals.html
"The Multilaterals Project, begun in 1992, is an ongoing project designed to make available the texts of international multilateral conventions and other instruments. About the Multilaterals Project "

Atmosphere and Space Marine and Coastal
Flora and Fauna -- Biodiversity Other Environmental
Cultural Protection Trade and Commercial Relations
Diplomatic Relations Rules of Warfare; Arms Control
General Gulf Area Borders
Human Rights

American Society of International Law -- http://www.asil.org/

The Information Resources Page includes links to International Law sites and also lists bibliographies from time-to-time on topics of interest such as landmines.

B. CONSTITUTIONS

Constitutions of the world.

III. TREATY INDEXES

A. UNITED STATES – from current to earliest treaties

Treaties in force.

Dispatch

HESBURGH Ref. JX 231 .A36
Kavass, Igor, and Adolf Sprudzs. Current Treaty Index: A Cumulative Index to the U.S. Slip Treaties and Agreements. N.Y. , W.S. Hein, 1982-
Updates the U.S.T. cumulative index below. The supplement, published on a regular basis, utilizes the KAV number to the microfiche Treaty set found above under U.S. Treaties.

HESBURGH Ref JX .A341
Kavass, Igor, et al. U.S.T. Cumulative Index 1950-1970:Cumulative Index to the U.S. Treaties and Other InternationalAgreements. N.Y., W.S. Hein, 1973. 4 vol. (Ref JX 231.A34 Index) and current supplement loose leaf service

HESBURGH Ref JX 231 .A35
Kavass, Igor, et al. U.S. Treaties and Other International Agreements: Cumulative Index, 1776-1949. N.Y., W.S. Hein, 1975. 4 vols.

B. UNITED NATIONS

Index to multilateral treaties; a chronological list of multi-party international agreements from the sixteenth century through 1963, with citations to their text

HESBURGH Ref JX 171 .R63 1983
Rohn, Peter H. World Treaty Index. 2^nd ed. Santa Barbara, Calif., ABC-Clio, 1984. 5 volumes.
Covers most treaties signed between 1900-1980. Lists TIAS, UTS and UNTS access numbers among other sources were treaty texts can be found.

C. UNITED KINGDOM

An Index of British Treaties, 1101-1968.

IV. JUDICIAL DECISIONS

A. UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT

United States reports

Supreme Court reports

B. INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE LAW JX1971.5 .A63
World Court reports : a collection of the judgments, orders, and opinions of the Permanent Court of International Justice. Washington : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1934- 1943. 4 vols.

Hesburgh JX 1971.6 .A24
Acts and documents concerning the organization of the court. Hague, 1947-
Nos. 1 and 3 only

LAW Microfiche JX 1971.6 .I54
Pleadings, oral arguments, documents. The Hague, Netherlands : The Court, 1948-1982

Hesburgh JX 1971.6 .A26
Reports of judgments, advisory opinions and orders. The Hague, International Court of Justice. 1947-1985

LAW JX 1971.6 .I56
Yearbook. Hague, Netherlands : The Court, 1946/47-

C. INTERNET JUDICIAL SITES

http://www.icj-cij.org/

List of all cases brought before the Court (since 1946). Only a handful of these cases include related publications listed above.

Cornell School of Law's ICJ site -- http://www.law.cornell.edu/icj/

Decisions of the International Court of Justice. Full text of 1996 and 1997 cases
Judgments Advisory Opinions
Orders All Decisions

V. ANALYSIS OF TREATIES, COURT DECISIONS AND CUSTOM

A. DIGESTS

HESBURGH JX 237 .W55 MANY ON RESERVE
Whiteman, Marjorie Millace. Digest of international law. Washington : U.S. Dept. of State. 1963-73.

LAW JX 21 .R68
Digest of United States practice in international law. Washington, D.C. : Office of the Legal Adviser, Dept. of State 1973-. This digest updates Whiteman.

HESBURGH Reference JX 237 H116d
Hackworth, Green Haywood. Digest of international law. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1940-44.

HESBURGH JX 237 .M784d
Moore, John Basset. A digest of international law... Washington, Govt. print. off., 1906.
8 vols.

B. PERIODICAL INDEXES

Lexis/Nexis Universe – Access to current newspaper information and legal materials, most are available in full-text.

1. Go to the Notre Dame Libraries Databases Homepage (http://www.nd.edu/~ndlibs/eresources/databases/) using a webbrowser such as Netscape.
2. Select Lexis-Nexis Web
3. CURRENT NEWS – Select "General News Topics"
4. LEGAL MATERIALS – Select "Legal News" or other legal databases Academic Search Full-Text Elite (EBSCO) – Indexes current newsmagazines with some available as full-text.

http://www.nd.edu/~ndlibs/eresources/databases/

PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) -- Indexes newsmagazines, journals and government documents dealing with political affairs. Paper version available in Hesburgh Reference.

http://www.nd.edu/~ndlibs/eresources/databases/

LAW Reference K 33 .I52
Index to legal periodicals. New York : H.W. Wilson Co. Jan. 1908-
Available electronically in the Law Library electronically as Legal Track, 1980-. Current Law Index- is the paper version of the Legal Track. PLEASE SEE PATTI OGDEN OR ANOTHER LAW REFERNCE LIBRARIAN IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.

B. Journals – These are only a few of the many journals that focus on International Law.

The American journal of international law

HESB Document Ctr (SuDoc) S 1.3/5:
US Department of State dispatch. Washington, DC : Office of Public Communication, Bureau of Public Affairs, 1990- Weekly
Continues the Department of State bulletin

compiled by: Kathryn Ryan-Zeugner revised by Stephen M. Hayes, 9/1991 revised by Scott Van Jacob, 1/1998

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VI. WORKSHEET

TOPIC: EXTRADITION FROM ISRAEL OF SOL SHEINBEIN FOR TRIAL IN THE U.S.

ON MURDER CHARGES

1. TREATY:

A. MULTILATERAL OR BILATERAL

B. DATE TREATY SIGNED

C. SOURCE FOR FINDING FULL-TEXT

2. JUDICIAL DECISIONS

A. COURT

3. SCHOLARLY ANALYSIS

A. INDEX TO USE

B. ARTICLES