Research Guides: How to Find International Legal Information: Treaties & Conventions

History of International Law

History of International Law
Includes hundreds of titles and more than a million pages dating back to 1690 on International Law subjects such as War & Peace, the Nuremberg Trials, Law of the Sea, International Arbitration, Hague Conferences and Conventions and much more.

Treaties and Conventions

United Nations Treaty Series (UNTS) This link opens in a new window
Library subscription database contains the full text of treaties and international agreements to which U.N. member nations are party. Includes the League of Nations Treaty Series (LNTS) 1920-1944. See main United Nations website for more general info. United Nations Official Documents are searchable.

League of Nations 1920-1948
contains the texts of treaties and records of subsequent treaty actions published in 205 volumes of the League of Nations Treaty Series
Treaties in Force
The details the over 10,000 U.S. treaties and international agreements in force as of January 1 of each year
HeinOnline U.S. Treaties and Agreements
Search for U.S. Treaties by a variety of different terms and fields.
United States Department of State Treaty Affairs
The office is responsible for the registration of treaties and international agreements with the United Nations pursuant to Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations.
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Article 102 provides that State Members of the United Nations have an obligation to register treaties and international agreements with the Secretariat of the United Nations, and the Secretariat is mandated to publish registered treaties or international agreements.

Indexes to U.S. Treaties

Cumulative Indexes to United States Treaties and Other International Agreements 1776-1983 SAWYER REFERENCE JX231 .U5. Arranged by treaty number, chronology, country, and subject.

Statutes at Large SAWYER K104 .U6
Contains treaties and international agreements published from 1776-1950.

United States treaties and other international agreements LSF JX231 .U5
From 1950-1983, contains the full-text of treaties. Request volume from LSF with the link in the library catalog.

Cumulative Indexes to United States Treaties and Other International Agreements 1776-1983
SAWYER REFERENCE JX231 .U5.
Use this index located to get the correct citation.

Selected International Standards Organizations

NORMLEX: International Labour Standards
Information system which brings together information on International Labour Standards (such as ratification information, reporting requirements, comments of the ILO's supervisory bodies, etc.) as well as national labour and social security laws.
ISO: International Organization for Standardization
ISO is an independent, non-governmental international organization with a membership of 163 national standards bodies.