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How to Find Laws and Treaties

A research guide for federal, state, and international law.

Treaties...

... are compacts made between two or more independent nations with a view to the public welfare.

Researching Treaties and International Law

Guide to Law Online: Treaties - Law Library of Congress (Library of Congress)
Treaties in Force
Information on treaties and other international agreements to which the United States has become a party and which are carried on the records of the Department of State as being in force as of its stated publication date.
Treaties Between the United States and Native Americans

Treaty Compilations

Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States of America, 1776-1949 by Charles I. Bevans
Call Number: 341.029 Un31 v. | 2nd Floor Stacks
Publication Date: 1968-1976
United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
Call Number: 341.273 Us3W | 2nd Floor Stacks
Publication Date: 1950-1984

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Guides

Encyclopedia of Historical Treaties and Alliances by Charles L. Phillips & Alan Axelrod
Call Number: 341.37 P54 v.1-2 | 2nd Floor Stacks
ISBN: 0816030901
Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy by Glenn Hastedt
Call Number: 327.73003 H27 | 2nd Floor Stacks
ISBN: 0816046425
International Law: A Dictionary by Boleslaw A. Boczek
Call Number: 341.03 B63 | 2nd Floor Stacks
ISBN: 0810850788

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