International Law Research Pratt-SLIS Spring 2010

What Will You Learn Today? Public International Law 1. What it is 2. How you can find it

Sources of International Law International conventions (treaties) Customary law General principles of law Jurisprudence International law scholars’ writings La Doctrine

Researching International Law Secondary Sources Journal Articles Treatises Directories Research Guides Dictionaries Encyclopedias

Secondary Sources Provide… Background information Citations to primary documents Information about international organizations Analysis and commentary Chronology of events Definitions and explanations of legal concepts La Doctrine

Legal Journal Indexes Index to Legal Periodicals Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals Law-related Indexes Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS) International Political Science Abstracts Public International Law: A Current Bibliography of Books and Articles

Definitions, Abbreviations & Acronyms Bieber's Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations Guide to Foreign and International Legal Citations World Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations International Legal Citation Manual Encyclopedia of Public International Law Dictionary of International and Comparative Law International Law: A Dictionary

International Organizations Fact books, directories, and statistical compilation: United Nations YearBook (other guides: rce/internat/unguide.html rce/internat/unguide.html International Organizations and Related Information ( IGO and NGO websites

Primary Sources Treaties/International Agreements Declarations, Organizational Statements, Reports Resolutions Judicial decisions/Case Law Interpretations of international tribunals Customary International Law National Legislation Regulations Government/Policy Statements Restatements of the law La Doctrine

Primary Sources: Treaties & Agreements Treaty = an international agreement concluded between States in written form and governed by international law, whether embodied in a single instrument or in two or more related instruments and whatever its particular designation - Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

Primary Sources: U.S. Treaties & Agreements (I) Treaty Indexes Treaties in Force (TIF) ( Treaty Actions ( United States Treaty Index (HeinOnline – subscription based)

Primary Sources: U.S. Treaties & Agreements (II) Official Full-Text Sources United States Treaties and Other International Agreements (cited to as U.S.T.) (1950-date) Treaties and Other International Acts Series (cited to as T.I.A.S.) (1946-date) Statutes at Large (cited to as Stat.) ( ) Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States, (Bevans) available on Hein Thomas Treaties

Primary Sources: U.S. Treaties & Agreements (III) Unofficial Sources Hein's United States Treaties and Other International Agreements Current Service (1990) Consolidated Treaties and International Agreements (often cited to as CTIA) (1990-) Lexis (INTLAW; USTRTY) Westlaw (USTREATIES)

Primary Sources: Multilateral Treaties & Agreements (I) Treaty Indexes Multilateral Treaty Calendar Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary General ( ble/bible.asp) World Treaty Index Index to Multilateral Treaties: A Chronological List of Multi-Party International Agreements from the Sixteenth Century through 1963, with citations to their text

Primary Sources: Multilateral Treaties & Agreements (II) Full-text Sources CURRENT United Nations Treaty Series (cited to as U.N.T.S.) United Nations Treaty Collection ( International Legal Materials (cited to as I.L.M.) (Westlaw & Lexis)

Primary Sources: Multilateral Treaties & Agreements (III) HISTORICAL Consolidated Treaty Series (often cited to as C.T.S. or Consol. T.S.) The League of Nations Treaty Series (cited to as L.N.T.S.) Avalon Project ( Multilaterals Project ( U.N. Office of Legal Affairs Treaty Section (212)

Primary Sources: Customary International Law State papers Diplomatic correspondence Executive decisions Judicial decisions National courts International tribunals National Legislation Teachings of international law scholars Practice of international organizations

Primary Sources: Case law (I) UN’s International Court of Justice ( cij.org/) cij.org/) Inter-American Court of Human Rights, IACHR (

Primary Sources: Case law (II) International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, ITLOS, ( International Criminal Court, ICC ( cpi.int/home.html) International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, ICTR ( International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, ICTY ( Permanent Court of Arbitration, PCA ( cpa.org/) Special Court for Sierra Leone, SC-SL (

International Organizations Two types of international organizations Governmental (IGO) UN ( or Organization of American Stateswww.un.org Non-governmental (NGO) World Wildlife Fund, Greenpeace and Amnesty International Research guides ASIL Guide to International Organizations ( Non-governmental Organizations Research Guide (

UN Legal Research 1. United Nations Documentation Center 2. UNbisnet 3. ODS (Official Documents of the United Nations)