Introducing five key e-resources for treaties

1. Bodleian Law Library
Treaties : 5 key e-resources
Texts, citations and status.

2. Pact Charter
Final Act Convention
Constitution(of IO) Agreement
Protocol Covenant
Accord Exchange of Notes
Treaty Declaration
Written international agreements
published in Treaty Series

3. More than one name
 Full title
 Short title/popular name/acronym
 Place of signature + date
SO
 Convention for the protection of war
victims concerning treatment of
prisoners of war is
 Red Cross Convention is
 Geneva Convention (III !!)

4. Starting with very little
information?
Eg Know subject area but
not the name of pertinent
treaty/ies

5. Free online tool EISIL
BASIC SOURCES / PRIMARY DOCS

7. More Information Link

8. EISIL is not just for
beginners ….
BUT Advanced search screen
is dead loss! Use Find box Top
Left (acronyms & keywords)

9. When you have a treaty title

10. FLARE Index to Treaties
 Free online tool
 over 2,000
 the most significant multilateral
treaties
 1353 to present
 some bilateral treaties (to 1815)
 where the full text can be found in
paper and, where possible, on free
web.

11. All Treaties of Paris
 Popular locations for treaty signings
can mean many different treaties
have same short title eg
 1951 European Coal and Steel
 1947 Peace Treaties
 1883 on Intellectual Ppty
 1898 fate of Cuba
 1815 end of Napoleonic wars
 1783 end of US war of independence
 1229 ending of Albigensien crusades!

12. “Treaty of Paris”
1883
PARIS
Intellectual

13. Print
sources
as well
Links to
Free
websites
Use EISIL link
if need EIF

14. The case of the puzzling
citation…

15. If you don’t
understand
“Published
in” citation
Select &
copy
abbreviation
Click here …
CTS

16. LNTS/UNTS/ILM – most
authoritative citations

17. LNTS League of Nations
 1920 - 1946
 Bilateral &
Multilateral
Coverage
 HeinOnline – UN
Law Collection
 Free via WorldLII
Internat 10 LN

18. UNTS United Nations
 1946 to date
 Bilateral &
Multilateral
 HeinOnline – UN
Law Collection
 Free via WorldLII
Internat 10 UN

19. Via Collections – find United
Nations law

20. Click to expand & again

22. NO ACRONYMS
NO LNTS CITATION
SEARCH FOR A TREATY SCREEN
Click UN Law Collection to
go back to citation search
screen

23. Both LNTS & UNTS available free ex WorldLII
Clear all
Select either
UNTS or LNTS.
Citation search
w/in “ “ eg “77
UNTS 215”

24. ILM : not yet in UNTS
International Legal Materials
Complete Journal
 Internat 300 I240
 HeinOnline v.1(1962)-v.50(2011)
Treaties
 Lexis: via Sources 1975 on
 Westlaw Int: 1980 v.19 on

25. FLAREHEIN

26. Status of Treaties …EIF etc

27. MTDSG on https://treaties.un.org/

28. Drill down to avoid db-rage!

29. Ctrl + F: title keyword,
date, location of signature

32. Yes buts …
reservations/declarations