International Legal Research
Bibliography for Researching Other Sources of International Law

Encyclopedias / Reports / Digests / Yearbooks / Resolutions / International Tribunals / National Tribunals / Guides / Treatises / Diplomatic Materials

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

  • Encyclopedia of Public International Law
    • Law Annex JX1226 .E5 1981
    • Law Annex Ref JX 1226 E5 1992
  • Dictionary of International and Comparative Law
    • Law Ref KZ1163 .F69 1997
  • International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law
    • Law Annex K 522 I58
  • The Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Relations
    • Law Annex KZ4968 O86 1990
  • Encyclopedic Dictionary of International Law
    • Law Dictionaries KZ1161 P37 2004

Publications of Scholarly Associations

Digests for Countries

United States

  • DIgest of International Law (1989 -2005)
  • Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law in American Journal of International Law (1988 - present)
  • Cumulative digest of United States practice in international law (1981-1988)
    • Law Annex JX 237 D542
  • Digest of United States Practice in International Law (1973-1980)
  • Digest of International Law (1940-1960)
  • Digest of International Law (1906 - 1939)
  • A digest of international law (1906)
  • A digest of the international law of the United States (1886)
  • Digest of the Published Opinions of the Attorneys-General and of the Leading Decisions of the Federal Courts with Reference to International Law (1877)
  • International Law Chiefly as Interpreted and Applied by the United States / Charles Cheney Hyde 1922 and 1945
    • Law Annex JX2000 H93 1922 and 1945 and 1922 on HeinOnline)

Other Countries

Yearbooks or Annuals for Countries

  • Annuaire francais de droit international
    • Law Annex JX21 .A52
  • The Australian year book of international law
  • The British yearbook of international law
  • The Canadian yearbook of international law
  • Chinese yearbook of international law and affairs
  • The Finnish yearbook of international law
    • Law Annex JX 21 F56
  • German yearbook of international law= Jahrbuch fur internationales Recht
    • Law Annex JX 21 J3
  • The Italian yearbook of international law
    • Law Annex JX21 .I83
  • The Japanese annual of international law
    • Law Annex JX 21 J37
  • Netherlands Yearbook of International
    • Law Law Annex JX 21 N4
  • The Palestine yearbook of international law
  • Revue egyptienne de droit international
    • Law Annex JX 3 R53
  • Revue Hellenique de Droit International
  • Singapore Yearbook of International Law
  • South African yearbook of international law = Suid-Afrikaanse jaarboek vir volkereg
    • Law Annex JX 21 S59
  • Spanish yearbook of international law
  • Yearbook of New Zealand Jurisprudence
  • Zeitschrift fur auslandisches offentliches Recht und Volkerrecht
    • Law Annex
Yearbooks or annuals for Regions
  • Revue Europeenne de droit public = European review of public law
    • Law Annex K 3150 A13 R48
  • African yearbook of international law = Annuaire africain de droit international
  • Asian yearbook of international law
  • Baltic Yearbook of International Law
  • The Commonwealth yearbook
    • Law Annex JN 248 C66
Yearbooks or annuals for Intergovernmental Organizations

Resolutions of Intergovernmental Organizations

International Tribunals


Digests for International Tribunals

Other Information on International Tribunals

National Tribunals and Legislatures


Guides for Researching Other Sources of International Law


Treatises or Articles on Customary International Law

  • The Nature of Customary Law / edited by Amanda Perreau-Saussine and James Bernard Murphy
    • Law Annex KZ1277 N38 2007
  • Custom, Power and the Power of Rules: International Relations and Customary International Law / Michael Byers
    • Law Annex KZ1277 B94 1999
  • Customary international law and treaties : a manual on the theory and practice of the interrelation of sources / by Mark E. Villiger
    • Law Annex KZ1277 .V55 1997
  • Customary Law in the Contemporary International System / David P. Fiddler in Contemporary Practice of Public International Law
    • Law Annex KZ 1234 C66 1997
  • Law-making in the international community / by G.M. Danilenko
    • Law Annex JX4165 .D36 199
  • Custom in present international law / Karol Wolfke
    • Law Annex JX3695.P7 W65 1993
  • Oppenheim's International Law, edited by R. Jennings and Arthur Watts
    • Law Annex Reserve JX 3264 O66 1992
  • International customary law and codification; an examination of the continuing role of custom in the present period of codification of international law [by] H. W. A. Thirlway
    • Law Annex JX1271 .T55 1972

Treatises on General Principles of Law

  • The Fundamental Rules of the International Legal Order: Jus Cogens and Obligations Erga Omnes / edited by Christian Tomuschat and Jean Mark Thouvenin
    • Law Annex KZ1261 F86 2006
  • Peremptory Norms in International Law / Alexander Orakhelashvili
    • Law Annex KZ1261 O73 2006
  • General Principles of Law: as Applied by International Courts and Tribunals/ Bin Cheng
    • Law Annex JX 3225 C44 1987
  • Peremptory norms (jus cogens) in international law : historical development, criteria, present status / Lauri Hannikainen
    • Law Annex JX4165 .H36 1988

Diplomatic Materials for Countries

United States

  • Foreign Relations of the United States
    • Law Annex JX 233 A3, Avalon Project, HeinOnline and selected volumes at the Department of State website
    • The Cumulated Index to the U.S. Department of State Papers relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States (Law Annex JX 233 A5 1980)
  • Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States (Mugar JX 233 E52)
  • A Decade of American Foreign Policy: Basic Documents, 1941-1949 Law Micro - AALS Law Books Recommended for Libraries - International Law #70
  • American Foreign Policy: Current Documents (JX 1417 A33).
  • American State Papers (Law Micro, Library of Congress website and the Boston Public Library website [must be a member]) - the practice of Congress in the area of Foreign Relations (among other things).
  • Department of State Bulletin 1939-1989 (Law Annex JX 232 F39 and HeinOnline).
  • Department of State Dispatch 1990-1999 (HeinOnline, Westlaw (USDPTSTDIS) and Lexis (GENFED; DSTATE)).

  • Current information is available on the State Department's website in press briefings, press releases of the Secretary, general press releases, and releases from the Office of the Legal Advisor

Other Countries

  • Bescheiden betreffende de buitenlandse politiek van Nederland
    • Mugar DH3 .F00
  • British and foreign state papers
    • Law Annex Micro KD4030 .B7 (v. 1-170)
  • Parliamentary Papers - Often reflect British perspective on international obligations
  • Akten zur auswartigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
    • Mugar DD258.8 .A38 1989
  • Collected diplomatic documents relating to the outbreak of the European War.
    • Law Annex JX1392 .G74 1915
  • Documents diplomatiques francais
    • Mugar D397 F291
  • Documents diplomatiques belges
    • Mugar JX731 .A6
  • List of Foreign Affairs Ministries on the web
    • Electronic Embassy
  • Permanent Missions to the United Nations

 

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