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According to Article 38 of the International Court of Justice Statute,
customary international law and general principles of law are two sources
of international law. These are also the two most difficult sources
to research.
I. RESEARCH GUIDES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES
1. Guide to International
Legal Research (3d ed., Salem, NH: Butterworth Legal Pub.,1998)
[KZ 1234 .G85].
2. S. Rosenne, Practice
and Methods of International Law (New York: Oceana, 1984) [KZ3405.R66
P7 1984]. A very thorough treatment of the topic and the resources.
3. Information Sources
in Law (Winterton and Moys, eds., 2nd ed., London; New Providence,
NJ: Bowker-Saur, 1997) [KJC 76 .I54 1997].
4. C. Germain, Germain's
Transnational Law Research (Ardsely-on-Hudson, NY: Transnational
Juris Publications, 1991- ) [International Reference K85.G47 1991].
5. Contemporary Practice
of Public International Law (Schaffer and Snyder, eds., New York:
Oceana, 1997) [International Reference & 1st Floor KZ1234 .C66
1997].
6. Internet sites:
II. CUSTOMARY
INTERNATIONAL LAW
Search GULLIVER under the subject: customary law international
A. What is customary
international law?
"It consists of rules
of law derived from the consistent conduct of States acting out of
the belief that the law required them to act that way." (Rosenne,
Practice and Methods of International Law, p. 55)
1. Widespread repetition
by States of similar international acts over time (State practice).
2. Acts must occur out
of sense of obligation.
3. Acts must be taken
by a significant number of States and not be rejected by a significant
number of States.
"Customary international
law develops from the practice of States. To international lawyers,
‘the practice of states' means official governmental conduct reflected
in a variety of acts, including official statements at international
conferences and in diplomatic exchanges, formal instructions to diplomatic
agents, national court decisions, legislative measures or other actions
taken by governments to deal with matters of international concern."
(Public International Law in a Nutshell, pp. 22-23)
B. Evidence
of State practice
When doing research, your
objective is to find evidence of this State practice. Evidence of State
practice is found in a variety of primary source materials. The best
source for locating what is available for a number of countries is Sources
of State Practice in International Law (on order). This book outlines
the sources that provide evidence of state practice.
1. Records of a State's
foreign relations and diplomatic practices
Look at compiled state
papers or diplomatic archives. Search GULLIVER under the following subject headings:[country]--foreign
relations; [country]--history--sources.
a. British and Foreign
State Papers (London, H.M.S.O. 1841- ) [KZ631 .G74]. Covers
1812-. About 20 years behind in publication. Not systematic.
b. Papers Relating
to the Foreign Relations of the United States (Washington, DC:
G.P.O., 1861-1931) [KZ233 .A3]. Covers 1789-1931. Contains documents
letters, etc.
c. Foreign Relations
of the United States (Washington, DC: G.P.O., 1861- ) [KZ233
.A3]. Retrospective coverage. More than a twenty year time lag.
Some volumes are available on the web
<http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/frus/>.
d. A Decade of American
Foreign Policy: Basic Documents, 1941-1949 (Washington, DC:
G.P.O., 1985) [KZ231 .A33 1941r].
e. American Foreign
Policy: Current Documents (Washington, DC: Historical Division,
Bureau of Public Affairs, 1959-1969) [KZ231 .A33]. Covers 1956-1967.
Contains full text documents on fiche (official messages, reports,
press statements).
f. American Foreign
Policy: Basic Documents (Washington, DC: G.P.O., 1983- )
[KZ231 .A33]. Covers 1977-1980.
g. American Foreign
Policy: Current Documents (Washington, DC: G.P.O., 1984-1991)
[KZ231 .A33]. Covers 1981-1991.
h. Department of
State Bulletin (Washington, DC: Office of Public Communication,
Bureau of Public Affairs, 1939-1989) [K4 .E55].
i. U.S. Department of
State, Dispatch (Washington, DC: Office of Public Communication,
Bureau of Public Affairs, 1990-1999 ) [K25 .S4]. Monthly updates
on foreign relations. Also on Westlaw (USDPTSTDIS) and Lexis (GENFED;
DSTATE). Now this information is available on the State Department's
web site <http://www.state.gov/>.
2. Legislation concerning
a country's international obligations.
Sometimes a country's
laws provide evidence of international custom. Look at session laws,
gazettes, statutory laws, and compilations of laws to locate relevant
materials (under international law topics). To find session laws and
statutory compilations of individual states, search GULLIVER under the subject: gazettes--[country];
[country]--law; session laws--[country].
See also Robert's Guide to Official Gazettes and Their Contents
(Washington, D.C.: Law Library, Library of Congress, 1985) [International
Reference Z7164.G7 G84 1985].
Another very good source to use is Reynolds and Flores, Foreign
Law: Current Sources of Codes and Legislation in Jurisdictions of
the World (Littleton, CO : F.B. Rothman, 1989- ) [International
Reference K38 .R49 1989]. The electronic version of this source is
Foreign Law
Guide (GULC only) <http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/lib/gulconly/#F>.
a. United Nations
Legislative Series (New York: United Nations, 1951-) [KZ5010
.A2 ST/LEG/Ser.B/]. Collection of national laws concerning various
areas of international law (not complete for every country). Also
available in United Nations microfiche collection.
b. Some countries are
putting legislation on the web. See the compilation of links to
foreign laws on the web <http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/intl/for.html>
and the Researching
Foreign and Comparative Law research guide.
c. Some legislation
is available on Lexis and Westlaw. See the database directories
for more information.
3. Resolutions, declarations,
and legislative acts of intergovernmental organizations (UN)
International practice
of states is evident in these documents through voting practices.
Look at official records of intergovernmental organizations. Search
GULLIVER under the author: [name of igo and its
organs].
a. Resolutions and
Decisions Adopted by the General Assembly. Available in the following
locations:
- Paper version published
as part of the Official Record from 1977- . Resolutions and
Decisions Adopted by the General Assembly (New York: United
Nations, 1977- ) [KZ1977 .A2 A/RES].
- United Nations microfiche
collection [International Media].
- READEX UN Index on
CD-ROM [International Media].
- AccessUN
(GULC only).
- UN Documents <http://www.un.org/documents/>.
- UNBISnet - UN Bibliographic Information System
<http://unbisnet.un.org/> good source for voting records.
b. Resolutions and
Decisions of the Security Council. Available in the following
locations:
- Paper version: Resolutions
and Decisions of the Security Council (New York: United Nations,
1949?- ) [KZ1977 .A2 S/INF].
- Microform collection
[International Media].
- READEX UN Index on
CD-ROM [International Media].
- AccessUN
(GULC only).
- UN Documents <http://www.un.org/documents/>.
- UNBISnet - UN Bibliographic Information System
<http://unbisnet.un.org/> good source for voting records.
c. The UN is just one
example of an intergovernmental organization. Other IGOs issue similiar
types of documents.
C. In
order to locate references to evidence of customary international
law in the above mentioned sources, use the following tools:
1. Digests of international
law
Probably the most important
single general source of evidence for the rules of customary international
law can be found in the diplomatic papers of States.
Search GULLIVER under the subject: law reports, digests,
etc; law reports, digests, etc--[country].
a. Cadwalader, Digest
of Published Opinions of the Attorneys-General and of the Leading
Decisions of the Federal Courts, with Reference to International
Law, Treaties, and Kindred Subjects (Washington, DC: G.P.O.,
1877). Subject guide to documentary sources (mostly quotations)
taken from court cases and attorney general opinions. [On microfiche
in International Media - International Legal Manuscripts No.
148. Check title list for drawer location.]
b. Wharton, Digest
of the International Law of the United States (Washington,
DC: G.P.O., 1886) [KZ237.7 D534 1886]. Subject guide to official
statements of Pres. and Secty. of State, court decisions and attorney
general opinions.
c. Moore, Digest
of International Law (Washington, DC: G.P.O., 1906) [KZ237.7
D544]. Supersedes Cadwalder and Wharton; more like a treatise.
d. Hackworth, Digest
of International Law (Washington, DC: G.P.O., 1940-1944) [KZ237.7
D545 1940]. Continues 1906 ed. through 1939.
e. Whiteman, Digest
of International Law (Washington, DC: G.P.O., 1963-1973) [KZ237.7
.D546 1963]. Covers 1940-1960; but topics have different coverage.
f. Digest of United
States Practice in International Law (Washington, DC: G.P.O.,
1973-1980) [KZ21.R68]. Continues Whiteman. Not complete approach
of predecessors; only includes calendar year material. Continued
by Cumulative Digest of United States Practice in International
Law (Washington, DC: G.P.O., 1981-) [KZ21.R681]. Supplemented
monthly by American Journal of International Law [K1.M44]
(column: "Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to
International Law"). A new edition of the Digest is due out
soon.
g. Restatement of
the Law, Third, Foreign Relations (St. Paul, MN: American Law
Institute Publishers, 1987-) [KF395 .A2 F63 1987]. Unofficial. Authoritative
digest. Also available on Westlaw (REST-FOREL) and Lexis (INTLAW/FORREL).
h. Hyde, International
Law Chiefly as Interpreted and Applied by the United States
(Boston: Little, Brown, 1945) [KZ3140.H84 A34 1945].
i. International
Law, Chiefly as Applied in Canada (6th ed., Toronto: Edmond
Montgomery, 2000) [KZ3225.C35 A35 2000].
j. British Digest
of International Law (London, Stevens, 1965-) [KZ3225 .B76].
Covers materials in Foreign Office archives 1860-. Not yet complete.
2. Repertories
These are considered the
digests of the practice of international organizations.
a. Repertory of Practice
of United Nations Organs (New York: United Nations,
1958-) [KZ5010 .A151 SUPPL]. Kept up with supplements, but nothing
new has been issued in quite some time.
b. Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council (New
York: United Nations, 1946-). [KZ1977 .A2 ST/PSCA/1]. Kept
up with supplements. Also available on the UN web
site from 1946-1988 <http://www.un.org/Depts/dpa/repertoire/>.
3. Yearbooks of states
and of intergovernmental organizations
In GULLIVER, search under the subject: international
law--yearbooks; international law--periodicals. Yearbooks
provide surveys of State practice by treaty and international activities.
a. Annuaire Français
de Droit International (Paris: Editions du Centre National de
la Recherche Scientifique, 1955-) [KZ21 .A55]. Table of contents
at end. Has table of principle treaties and alphabetical index at
end and information on IGO's.
b. Australian Year
Book of International Law (Sydney: Butterworths, 1966-) [KZ21
.A9].
c. British Yearbook
of International Law (London: H. Frowde: Hodder & Stoughton,
1921-) [KZ21 .B7]. Substantive articles, case tables, index, list
of treaties signed, municipal laws related to international law.
d. Canadian Yearbook
of International Law = Annuaire Canadien de Droit International
(Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1963-) [KZ21 .C3].
e. Chinese Yearbook
of International Law and Affairs (Baltimore: Chinese Society
of International Law, 1981-) [KZ18 .C48]. Case tables and subject
indexes.
f. German Yearbook
of International Law = Jahrbuch für Internationales Recht (Berlin:
Duncker & Humblot, 1948-) [KZ21 .J3]. Table of contents in English;
articles in German and English Summarizes work of IGO's.
g. Japanese Annual
of International Law (Tokyo: Japan Branch of the International
Law Association, 1957-) [KZ21 .J37].
h. Netherlands Yearbook
of International Law (Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff, 1970-) [KZ21 .N45].
English. Detailed index. Documentation in wonderful classification
scheme.
i. Polish Yearbook
of International Law (Wroclaw: Zaklad Narodowy Im. Ossolinskich,
1967- ) [KZ21 .P64]. Polish, French, English.
j. Schweizerisches
Jahrbuch fur Internationales Recht = Annuaire Suisse de Droit International
(Zurich: Polygraphischer Verlag, 1944-1990) [KZ21 .S35]. German
and French includes articles and documents.
k. Schweizerische
Zeitschrift fur Internationales und Europaisches Recht = Revue Suisse
de Droit International et de Droit Europeen (Zurich: Schulthess
Polygraphischer Verlag, 1991-) [K23 .C248].
l. South African
Yearbook of International Law = Suid-Afrikaanse Jaarboek vir Volkereg
(Pretoria: VerLoren Van Themaat Centre for International Law, University
of South Africa, 1975-) [KZ21 .S59].
m. Sovetskii Ezhegodnik
Mezhdunarodnogo Prava = Soviet Year-Book of International Law
(Moskva: Izd-vo Akademiia Nauk SSSR, 1958-1994) [KZ .S6]. Table
of contents in English, French, German. Articles are summarized
in English.
n. Rossiiskii Ezhegodnik
Mezdunarodnogo Prava = Russian Year-Book of International Law (Sankt-Peterburg:
Sotsialno-kommercheskaia Firma "Rossia Neva", 1994-) [KZ21 .S6].
Summaries and table of contents are in English.
o. Anuario Juridico
Interamericano (Washington : Pan American Union, 1948-) [KG28.A58].
Library has 1982-1984. Reports of activities of the OAS. Includes
legal studies and essays.
p. Annuaire Européen
= European Yearbook (The Hague: Nijhoff, 1955-) [JN3 .A5]. French
and English. Contains information on various European IGO's (staff,
members, activities, documentation).
q. Yearbook of the
United Nations (New York, United Nations, 1947-) [KZ4947 .U65].
Describes proceedings and activities of U.N. agencies.
r. Annual Review
of United Nations Affairs (Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana, 1957-) [KZ4945.A5].
ARUNA provides the text of important documents from the five key
U.N. bodies.
s. United Nations
Juridical Yearbook (New York: United Nations, 1962-) [ KZ5010
.A2 ST/LEG/Ser. C]. Covers judicial decisions of international and
national tribunals. Includes unpublished legal opinions of the Secretariat.
The years 1962-1974 are also available in microfiche.
t. United Nations International
Law Commission, Yearbook of the International Law Commission
(New York: United Nations, 1949-) [KZ5010.A2 A/CN.4/Ser. A ].
This body is charged with codifying international law. Includes
summaries of reports and documents of I.L.C. and U.N. General Assembly,
records of current session (commentaries on draft articles, articles
under consideration) and record of annual session. This is a very
important tool because often the views of the member-States are
often sought on draft treaties. See their web site
<http://www.un.org/law/ilc/index.htm>.
u. Max Planck Yearbook
of United Nations Law (London: Boston: Kluwer Law International,
1998-) [KZ4945.M28 M28]. This annual focuses on U.N. activities
in the field of international law.
v. Yearbook of European
Law (New York: Oxford University Press, 1981-) [K64. Y43]. E.U.
information and articles. Includes case table.
w. National Treaty
Law and Practice: France, Germany, India, Switzerland, Thailand,
United Kingdom (Leigh and Blakeslee, eds., Washington, DC: American
Society of International Law, 1995) [K3342 .N37 1995].
x. National Treaty
Law and Practice: Austria, Chile, Colombia, Japan, The Netherlands,
United States (Leigh and Blakeslee, eds., Washington, DC: American
Society of International Law, 1999) [K3342 .N382 1999].
III. GENERAL
PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
A. What are general principles
of international law?
Principles applied universally
by state domestic courts (e.g. laches, good faith, res judicata, impartiality
of judges). They frequently involve procedural matters.
B. Where can general
principles be found?
1. In decisions of international
tribunals.
2. In writings (or teachings) of publicists.
IV. JUDICIAL
DECISIONS AND WRITINGS OF PUBLICISTS
Article 38 also mentions
"judicial decisions and the teachings of the most highly qualified publicists
of the various nations, as subsidiary means for the determination of
rules of law." These are not authorities, rather they are evidence
of the sources of international law. Use these materials to find references
to and recognition of rules in other sources.
A. Judicial Decisions
of International Tribunals
In GULLIVER, search under the author: [name of court];
or under the subject: international law--cases.
1. Permanent Court
of International Justice
a. Recueil des Arrets
= Collection of Judgments [Series A] (Leyden, Netherlands: A.W.
Sijthoff, 1923-30) [KZ218 .A6 sér. A].
b. Recueil des Avis
Consultatifs = Advisory Opinions [Series B] (Leyde : Société
d'éditions A.W. Sijthoff, 1922-30) [KZ218 .A6 Ser. B]. Later merged
with Series A into Arrets Ordonnances et avis Consultatifs =
Judgments, Orders, and Advisory Opinions. [Series A/B] (Leyden:
A.W. Sijthoff, 1931-40) [].
c. Actes et Documents
Relatifs aux Arrêts et aux Avis Consultatifs de la Cour = Acts and
Documents Relating to Judgments and Advisory Opinions [Series
C] (Leyden: A.W. Sijthoff, 1922-30) [KZ218 .A6 Ser C].
2. International Court
of Justice
a. Recueil des Arrets,
Avis Consultatifs et Ordonnances = Reports of Judgments, Advisory
Opinions and Orders (Leyden: A.W. Sijthoff, 1947- ) [KZ214 .I58].
French/English. Also on Westlaw (INT-ICJ).
b. Memoires, Plaidoiries
et Documents = Pleadings, Oral Arguments and Documents (Leyden:
A.W. Sijthoff, 1947- ) [KZ218 .P54]. Motions, briefs, oral arguments.
French/English.
c. Yearbook (Hague:
The Court, 1947- ) [KZ6273 .I58]. Biographies and summaries of court's
work.
d. World Court Reports
(Reprint of the 1934 ed. published by the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana, 1969) [KZ6260 .W67
1969r]. Includes commentary and summaries.
e. Case Law of the
International Court (Hambro, ed., Leyden: A.W. Sijthoff, 1952-
) [KZ213 .P47]. Digest of cases. Includes bibliography.
f. Digest of the
Decisions of the International Court of Justice, 1959-1975 (Berlin:
Springer, 1978) [KZ213 .D5 1978]. Summaries of cases.
g. Digest of the
Decisions of the International Court of Justice, 1976-1985 (Berlin:
Springer, 1990) [KZ213 .D5 1990].
h. Documents on the
International Court of Justice (2nd ed., Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana,
1979) [KZ6275 .D6 1979].
i. Répertoire de
la Jurisprudence de la Cour Internationale de Justice (1947-1992)
= Repertory of Decisions of the International Court of Justice (1947-1992)
(Dordrecht; London: Martinus Nijhoff) [International Reference KZ213
.Z5 1995].
j. World Court Digest
(Berlin: Springer, 1993- ) [KZ213 .W57 1993]. Covers 1986-1995
so far. Available on the web site of the Max Planck Institute <http://www.virtual-institute.de/en/wcd/wcd.cfm>.
Earlier editions are under the title Fontes Iuris Gentium.
k. Westlaw (ICJ).
l. Official ICJ web site <http://www.icj-cij.org>
and the official mirror site at Cornell <http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/library/cijwww/>.
This site also offers Germain's International Court Research Guide <http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/library/Finding_the_Law/
Guides_by_Topic/icj.htm>.
3. Court of Justice
of the European Union
a. Reports of Cases
Before the Court (Luxembourg: Court of Justice of the European
Communities, 1959-1989) [KJE924.5 .C68].
b. Reports of Cases
Before the Court of Justice and the Court of the First Instance
(Luxembourg: Court of Justice of European Community, 1990- ) [KJE924.5.
C68].
b. Digest of Case
Law Relating to the European Communities (Luxembourg: Office
for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1981- ) [KJE
923.6 .D53 1981].
c. Lexis and Westlaw.
d. Web site
<http://europa.eu.int/cj/en/index.htm>.
4. European Court of
Human Rights
a. Publications de
la Cour Européenne des Droits de l'Homme. Série A, Arrêts et Décisions
= Publications of the European Court of Human Rights. Series A,
Judgments and Decisions (Strasbourg: Greffe de la Cour, Conseil
de l'Europe, 1961-1996) [KJC5132.A52 E88].
b. Publications de
la Cour Européenne des Droits de l'Homme. Série B, Mémoires, Plaidoiries
et Documents = Publications of the European Court of Human Rights.
Series B, Pleadings, Oral Arguments, and Documents (Strasbourg:
Greffe de la Cour, Conseil de l'Europe, 1962-1995) [KJC5132.A52
E882]. Numbered volumes are separately catalogued.
c. Recueil des Arrêts
et Décisions = Reports of Judgments and Decisions (Köln: Carl
Heymanns Verlag, 1996- ) [KJC5132.A52 E88].
c. European Human
Rights Reports (London : European Law Centre Ltd., 1979- ) [KJC40
.E87]. Lexis (INTLAW; ECCASE).
d. European Court of Human Rights Web Site <http://www.echr.coe.int/>.
5. Permanent Court
of Arbitration
a. Hague Court Reports
(New York: Oxford University Press, 1916-1932) [KZ204 .H34].
b. Reports of International
Arbitral Awards (Leyden: A.W. Sijthoff, 1948- ) [KZ200 .A25].
c. Survey of International
Arbitrations (3rd ed., Dordrecht: Nijhoff, 1990) [International
Reference KZ200.5 .S85 1990].
d. Wetter, International
Arbitral Process: Public and Private (Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana,
1979- ) [KZ6115 .W47 1979].
e. International
Commercial Arbitration (Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana, 1979- ) [K2400.A475
N81 1980].
f. Répertoire de
la Jurisprudence Arbitrale International = Repertory of International
Arbitral Jurisprudence (Boston: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers,
1989-[c1991]) [International Reference KZ200 .C68 1989].
g.
PCA's web site <http://www.pca-cpa.org/>. Cornell
is also a mirror site for this court as well <http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/library/pca/default.htm>.
6. Other International
Courts and Tribunals
There are several other
international courts and tribunals, all of which issue decisions.
To locate print versions of judgments from these courts, do an author
search on GULLiver.
a. Inter-American
Court of Human Rights <http://www.corteidh.or.cr/index-ingles.html>.
b. International
Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) <http://www.itlos.org/>.
c. International
Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) <http://www.un.org/icty/index.html>.
d. International
Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) <http://www.ictr.org/>.
e. International
Criminal Court <http://www.un.org/law/icc/index.html>.
B. Court Decisions of
an Individual State (country) Concerning its International Obligations.
Look at court reports and
special collections of court reports concerning international law. Search
GULLIVER under the subject:
international law--cases; [country]--law reports, digests,
etc.
1. International Law
Reports (Lauterpacht, ed., London: Butterworth, 1919- ) [KZ199
.I58]. Previous titles were Annual Digest of Public International
Law Cases and Annual Digest and Reports of Public International
Law Cases. Contains full text of cases, translated into English,
from both national and international tribunals.
2. British International
Law Cases (London: Stevens & Sons; Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana
Publications, 1964-1970) [KZ638 .B75]. Collection of British decisions
on international law. Cumulative index.
3. Fitzmaurice,
M, Landmark Cases in Public International Law (London; Boston:
Kluwer Law International, 1998) [KZ1242.5 .F58 1998].
4. Some countries have
put their case law on the web. See the compilation of links to foriegn
case law on the web <http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/intl/for.html>.
C. Writings
of Publicists
1. Treatises
Search in GULLIVER under the subject: international law.
a Brierly, Law of
Nations: An Introduction to the International Law of Peace (6th
ed., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1963) [KZ3225 .B7 1963a].
b. Brownlie, Principles
of Public International Law (5th ed., New York: Clarendon Press,
1998) [KZ3225.B76 A37 1998].
c. Buergenthal &
Maier, Public International Law in a Nutshell (2nd ed., St.
Paul, MN: West Pub. Co., 1990) [Reading Room Reserve KZ3110.B84
A3 1990].
d. Henkin, International
Law: Cases and Materials (3rd ed., St. Paul, MN: West, 1993)
[KZ1242.5 .H4 1993].
e. Jennings, Oppenheim's
International Law (9th ed., London: Longmans, 1992) [International
Reference KZ3264.A3 I6 1992].
f. Shaw, International
Law (4th ed., Cambridge: New York: Cambridge University Press,
1997) [KZ3275 .S455 1997].
g. Schwarzenberger,
A Manual of International Law (6th ed., Milton, England:
Professional Books, 1976) [KZ3275.S35 A35 1976].
h. Encyclopedia of
Public International Law (Amsterdam: North Holland, 12 vols.,
1981-1990) [International Reference KZ1160 .E53 1981].
New edition (Amsterdam: New York: Elsevier North Holland, 1992-)
[International Reference KZ1160 .E53 1992].
2. Periodicals
Search GULLIVER under the subject: international law--periodicals.
These are just a few, don't forget to search periodical indexes. International
journals and yearbooks provide surveys of state practice by treaty
as well.
a. American Journal
of International Law (Washington, DC: American Society of International
Law, 1907- ) [K1. M44]. Also available on Lexis and Westlaw.
b. Hague Academy of
International Law, Recueil des Cours (Leyde, A.W. Sijthoff,
1923- ) [KZ24.H35 R43].
c. International
and Comparative Law Quarterly (London: British Institute of
International and Comparative Law, 1952- ) [K9 .N74].
d. Annuaire de I'Institut
de Droit International (Paris: A. Pedone, 1877- ) [KZ24.I47
A66]. Library has 1952-.
e. European Journal
of International Law (Firenze Ferrovia : European Journal of
International Law, European University Institute, 1990-) [K5 .U725].
3. Publications of
scholarly international law associations
Search GULLIVER under the author: [NAME OF ASSOCIATION]
a. International Law
Association, Report of the ... Conference (London: The
Association, 1873- ) [KZ24.I48 R46] Reports of working committees;
names and addresses of members. Often summarizes the state
of customary law on a particular subject.
b. Institute of International
Law, Annuaire d'Institute de Droit International (Paris:
A. Pedone, 1877- ) [KZ24.I47 A66]. Library has 1952-. Reports of
annual meeting; texts of resolutions.
c. Hague Academy of
International Law, Recueil des Cours (Leyde, A.W. Sijthoff,
1923- ) [KZ24.H35 R43]. French and English.
d. United Nations International
Law Commission, Yearbook of the International Law Commission
(New York: United Nations, 1949- ) [KZ1977.A2 A/CN.4/Ser. A].
This body is charged with codifying international law. This
is a very important tool because often the views of the member-States
are often sought on draft treaties. See their web site
<http://www.un.org/law/ilc/index.htm>.
4. In articles written
in international law encyclopedias
a. Encyclopedia of
Public International Law (Amsterdam: North Holland, 12 vols.,
1981-1990) [International Reference KZ1160 .E53 1981].
New edition (Amsterdam: New York: Elsevier North Holland, 1992-)
[International Reference KZ1160 .E53 1992].
b. Osmanczyk, The
Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Relations
(2nd ed., NY: Taylor & Francis, 1990) [International Reference
KZ4968 .O8213 1990].
c. Parry, Encyclopaedic
Dictionary of International Law (Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana, 1986)
[International Reference KZ1161 .P35 1986].
Revised November 2002.
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