LibGuides: International Law: General Sources: Bluebook treaty sources

Bluebook OFFICIAL treaty sources: Rule 21.4.5(a) and (b)

The following pages in this guide cover the Bluebook official treaty sources:

Bluebook UNOFFICIAL treaty sources: Rule 21.4.5(c)

I.L.M., International Legal Materials, is the preferred unofficial source. Published every two months by the American Society of International Law, I.L.M. reprints selected new treaties, laws, cases, etc.

I.L.M., 1962-
I.L.M. 1962-, Cambridge Core
I.L.M., 1962-2016, JSTOR
I.L.M. 1962-, LexisAdvance
I.L.M. vol. 19, 1980-, Westlaw
I.L.M., HeinOnline U.S. Treaties & Agreements Library (no full text for latest two years)
Websites of IGOs; electronic databases
Websites of governments
To search CTS, KAV & Martens (below), use the Treaty Index, HeinOnline World Treaty Library
CTS, Consolidated Treaty Series, 1648-1919
KAV Agreements, 1987-, HeinOnline U.S. Treaties & Agreements Library. Referred to by the Bluebook as Hein's microfiche.
The Law Library also received the microfiche format through mid-2005. State Dept. agreements, S. Treaty Documents, Trade Agreements, T.I.A.S., etc. Searchable in HeinOnline's U.S. Treaty Index, Kavass's Current Treaty Index and Kavass's Guide to the United States Treaties in Force. The KAV databases can be useful for finding a treaty text (with a KAV number citation) before it appears in one of the official series and treaty status information before it appears in Treaties in Force.
Martens Nouveau recueil général de traités: conventions et autres transactions remarquables..., 1840-1969
Books, journals, law reviews, & articles
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Search for books and articles on your subject that might reprint the treaty.
Example: South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty, Aug. 6, 1985, reprinted in Documents in International Environmental Law, IIB Principles of International Environmental Law 1004-1016 (eds. Philippe Sands, et al.).