International law sources in the United States

Research guides

Guide to International Trade Law Sources on the Internet. A helpful overall guide to international agreements, international organizations, United States government sources, country and regional business guides, and statistics. The site is archived on LLRX.com.

WTO/GATT Research. An excellent annotated list of print and electronic sources for WTO/GATT research. “These sources are listed according to the major activities of the WTO, along with a few related topics.” It includes guidance on finding further print materials.

How to Research NAFTA Issues. “[A] guide for researching NAFTA issues at the University of Houston. It is a selective bibliography organized loosely around suggested research steps.” Many of the sources and suggestions apply to international economic law research. It offers a concise list of important Mexican and Canadian law sources.

Gateways

LEXIS: ITRADE (International Trade Library). An important library of LEXIS files relating to international trade. While it is a convenient collection, not every LEXIS file potentially helpful to international economic law researchers (e.g., ABI) can be found in this library.

Gateways to International Law Research. Sometimes “less is more.” This is a gateway to gateways. The sites were chosen to cover the entire range of public international law.

Legal Research on International Law Issues Using the Internet. This site, taking a “kitchen sink” approach, often rewards the effort it takes to scroll through the long list of links. Offers categories of links (such as directories and publishers) not commonly found through other international law gateways. Most of the links are annotated.

International Trade Administration. A government site with useful links in areas including countries and regions andindustries and sectors.

Treaties

Locating Key Foreign & International Law Sources: Treaties. A guide for researching treaties to which the United States is a party, multilateral treaties in general, and foreign bilateral treaties. Presents all of the essential print and electronic treaty research sources.

Investment treaties [LAW/FOREIGN-INTL K 1112.A35I58].

International tax treaties of all nations [LAW/FOREIGN-INTL K4473.A1I57]. A collection of foreign bilateral treaties.

Tax Treaties [LAW/STACKS KF6306.C65]. Excellent four-volume source of bilateral tax treaties to which the United States is a party. Published by CCH, this loose-leaf service offers good indexing and other common CCH features.

OAS – Foreign Trade Information System. Texts of trade agreements between countries of the Americas, including hard-to-find foreign bilateral agreements.

Secondary sources

International trade reporter [LAW/STACKS KF1975 .A8I572]. Actually, a small library of sources. Includes weekly current developments in international trade law, court decisions, an indexed Reference File on all aspects of international trade law, plus an Export Reference Manual and an Export Shipping Manual. It is also available on LEXIS: ITRADE; INTRAD.

Harvey Kaye & Christopher A. Dunn, International trade practice (2d ed., 1997 -) [LAW/STACKS KF1976.K39]. Loose-leaf treatise.

Private investments abroad [LAW/FOREIGN-INTL K3829.6 .S96]. A yearbook on foreign investment issues. A cumulative loose-leaf index [LAW/FOREIGN-INTL K3829.6 .S95] is updated regularly.

WESTLAW Database Directory: Law Reviews, Bar Journals and Legal Periodicals. Use this directory to find relevant law journals.

LEXIS Directory of Online Services: Law Reviews Library.