U.S. Practice in International Law Digests

U.S. Practice in International Law Digests in United States

U.S. Practice in International Law Digests

Sources for U.S. Practice in International Law
Several digests collect sources of United States practice in international law, including cases about international points of law, reaties, diplomatic correspondence, statutes and regulations.

In general, the coverage of such Digests may be historical
coverage.

Digests of Practice

  • Murphy, Sean D. United States Practice in International Law. Vol. 1,1999-2001, Vol. 2, 2002- 2004. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,2002.
  • Digest of United States Practice in International Law, Washington, D.C.: Office of the Legal Adviser, Dept. of State : U.S. G.P.O.,This title resumes the publication of the Cumulative Digest ofUnited States Practice in International Law. Originally published by the G.P.O., it is now being published by the International Law Institute. Is available online at the State Dept., Office of Legal Adviser: http://www.state.gov/s/l/c8183.htm
  • Cumulative Digest of United States Practice in International Law, Washington, DC : Office of the Legal Adviser, Dept. of State : U.S. G.P.O., [1993-1995]. Library has 1981-1988, vols. 1-3. Available online at Hein Online, Foreign & International Law Resources Database.This title is continued by the Digest of United States Practice in International Law.
  • Issues of the American Journal of International Law include a feature entitled Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law which serves as an update of sorts for the Cumulative Digest of United States Practice in International Law.
  • The American Journal of International Law may be searched in commercial databases.
  • Digest of United States Practice in International Law, Washington, D.C. : Office of the Legal Adviser, Dept. of State : 1973-1980. Is available online at Hein Online, Foreign & International Law Resources Database (1973-1980). Continued by: Cumulative Digest of United States Practice in International Law.
  • Whiteman, Marjorie Millace, Digest of International Law, Washington : U.S. Dept. of State, 1963- [73]. This is the successor digest to Hackworth’s Digest of International Law, primarily covering the period 1940-60.
  • Hackworth, Green Haywood, Digest of International Law, Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 1940-1944. This is the successor to A Digest of International Law by John Bassett Moore. It covers the time period 1906 to 1939.
  • Moore, John Bassett, A Digest of International Law, 2nd ed.., Washington: G.P.O., 1906. Full title: A Digest of International Law as Embodied in Diplomatic Discussions, Treaties and Other International Agreements, International Awards, the Decisions of Municipal Courts, and the Writings of Jurists, and Especially in Documents, Published and Unpublished, issued by Presidents and Secretaries of State of the United States, the Opinions of the Attorneys-General, and the Decisions of Courts, Federal and State. This document covers developments from 1776 to 1906, superseding Cadwalader’s Digest of the Published Opinions of the Attorneys-General, and of the Leading Decisions of the Federal Courts, with Reference to International Law, Treaties, and Kindred Subjects and Wharton’s A Digest of the International Law of the United States. This set was published in eight volumes.
  • Wharton, Francis, ed. A Digest of the International Law of the United States : Taken from Documents Issued by Presidents and Secretaries of State, and From Decisions of Federal Courts and Opinions of Attorneys-General, Washington : G.P.O, 1886. Considered the first true digest of American practice in international law, this 3-volume work has been superceded by Moore’s A Digest of International Law.
  • Cadwalader, J.L. comp., Digest of the Published Opinions of the Attorneys-General, and of the Leading Decisions of the Federal Courts, with Reference to International Law, Treaties, and Kindred Subjects., Rev. ed., Buffalo, N.Y. : W.S. Hein, 1998. Cadwalader’s work was the first subject compilation of official texts on American practice in international law according to the Guide to International Legal Research. It has been more or less superceded by Moore’s Digest.

U.S. Diplomatic Correspondence

  • American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, Washington : Dept. of State : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1984-1991.
  • Department of State Bulletin. [Washington, D.C.?] : Office of Public Communication, Bureau of Public Affairs :U.S. Government Printing Office. Considered by the State Department as “[t]he official monthly record of United States foreign policy.” Continued by the U.S. Department of State Dispatch.
  • U.S. Department of State Dispatch, Washington, DC : Office of Public Communication, Bureau of Public Affairs : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1990-1999. This is the successor publication to the Department of State Bulletin. Available at DOSFAN ERC Archives (1990-1999): http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/briefing/dispatch/index.html
  • Foreign Relations of the United States, Washington : U.S. Government Printing Office. The official State Department record of the foreign policy and diplomacy of the U.S. from 1932. New volumes are added annually. (latest volume is for 1976). Available Online at the U.S. State Dept. website (1945-1976): http://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments and UW-Madison Libraries website (digitized collection–1861-1958): http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/FRUS

Other Sources for U.S. Practice

  • Restatement of the Law, Third : the Foreign Relations Law of the United States, Rev. and enl., St. Paul, Minn. : American Law Institute Publishers,1987-. According to its introduction, the Restatement of the Law, Third : the Foreign Relations Law of the United States, is an attempt to articulate “the rules that an impartial tribunal would apply if charged with deciding a controversy in accordance with international law.” Be advised that, while this is not an official statement of U.S. practice in the area of international law, it is considered highly authoritative.

The Restatement is divided into nine main parts:

  1. International Law and Its Relation to United States Law;
  2. Persons in International Law;
  3. International Agreements;
  4. Jurisdiction and Judgments;
  5. The Law of the Sea;
  6. The Law of the Environment;
  7. Protection of Persons (Natural and Juridical);
  8. Selected Law of International Economic Relations;
  9. Remedies for Violations of International Law.

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