Saturday, April 17, 2010

U.N. Resources

Have an interest in the United Nations and Treaties? Looking for print resources found in the Westminster Law Library? Look no further! A sampling of print resources on treaties is listed here:

Bowman, Multilateral Treaties: Index and Current Status, Level 1 Reference KZ118.B69 1984 and Current Supplement (1995) A List of major multilateral treaties with citations.

Rohn, World Treaty Index Level 1 K
Z173.R64 1974, 1984 Chronological and subject access to treaties world wide. Helpful up to 1984.

Wiktor, Multilateral Treaty Calendar, 1648-1995. Level 1 Reference KZ118.W55 1998 Chronological listing with information on treaty text location.

Osmanczyk, Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Relations, 3rd ed. 4 v. Level 1 Reference KZ4968.O76 2003

Consolidated Treaty Series (C.T.S.) Level 1 KZ120.P35 Historically significant agreements, 1648-1919
League of Nations Treaty Series (U.N.T.S.) 1920-1946 Level 2 Microfiche KZ170.5.T74

Additionally, Westminster Law Library subscribes to many online sources of information pertaining to the United Nations. Be sure to log in to the following databases for further information:

-A UN documentation research guide to assist searching their website

-Access UN: The online index for DU's United Nations microfiche covering 1944-present

-Treaties and Agreements Library: United States treaties, 1776 - present

-United Nations Law Collection:
Search the United Nations Treaty Series collection and Treaty Handbook, the International Court of Justice reports, UN Commission on International Trade Law, UN Yearbooks, all UN publications, and more.

-Hein Online - Journals: Access to over 1,500 law journals

- World Trials:
This collection contains such famous and important works as John Lawson's American State Trials, Howell's State Trials, Law Reports of Trials of War Criminals, Reports of State Trials and Sixty Famous Cases. Also included is the full trial collection from Cornell University Law Library, one of the most complete collections in the United States. Future releases will include the Lawson collection from the University of Missouri.

- Legal Trac:
Provides bibliographic access to all major law reviews, law journals, specialty law and bar association journals, legal newspapers, articles on Federal and State Cases, Laws and Regulations, Legal Practice, and Taxation, British Commonwealth, European Union and International Law.

Written by Jennifer Hayden, Law Librarian Fellow