Research Guides : Art & Cultural Heritage Law Research Guide: International Law

Finding Cases by Court

International Criminal Court

International Court of Justice is the principal judicial organ of the U.N. You can locate and search for cases in the following websites and databases.

ICJ Reports of Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders
ICJ Judgments
- This link opens in a new window
more...less...
To access, you will need to open another browser window > go Lexis Advance > sign in > under LexisAdvance RESEARCH tab in upper left, select Lexis.com.
Then, return to this browser and click this link.
ICJ Filings
- This link opens in a new window
ICJ Advisory Opinions
- This link opens in a new window
International Court of Justice Cases
Oxford Reports in International Law
International Law Reports (Justis)

Searching for Articles

Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals This link opens in a new window

LawCite

LegalTrac This link opens in a new window

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) This link opens in a new window

PAIS International

Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science) This link opens in a new window Includes access to social sciences journal materials. It indexes journals from more than 50 disciplines, including scientific and technical journals.

Sage Journals

Academic Search Complete

Ingenta Connect This link opens in a new window Multidisciplinary, searchable database of academic research articles from over 26,000 English-language journals. It offers access to selected periodicals based on your library’s subscription, document delivery service and current awareness alerting service.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window A database of the back issues of core journals in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. The gap between the most recently published issue of any journal and the date of the most recent issue available in JSTOR is from 2 to 5 years.

Project Muse

U.S. Treaty Research

U.S. Treaties in Force
U.S. Treaties in Force
U.S. Treaties in Force
- This link opens in a new window
U.S. Treaties in Force
- This link opens in a new window
Kavass' Guide to U.S. Treaties in Force
United States Treaty Index
- This link opens in a new window
Kavass' Current Treaty Index
U.S. Department of State Treaty Actions

The U.S. Statutes At Large are the official publication of treaties published before 1950.

U.S. Statutes at Large
U.S. Statutes at Large
U.S. Statutes At Large
- This link opens in a new window
U.S. Statutes At Large
- This link opens in a new window
(EAS) Executive Agreement Series
(TS) Treaty Series
U.S. Treaties on LEXIS
- This link opens in a new window
U.S. Treaties and Other International Agreements
- This link opens in a new window

Senate Treaty Documents (FDSYS)
(TIAS) Treaties and Other International Acts Series, 1996 - present
more...less...
Up until 2006, this publication was also published in print. Print publication of this source ceased in 2006.
(TIAS) Treaties and Other International Acts Series, 1982 - present
(UST) U.S. Treaties and Other International Agreements, 1950-1984
Consolidated Treaties & Interantional Agreements
- This link opens in a new window
Kavass Agreements
U.S. Treaties on LEXIS
- This link opens in a new window
U.S. Treaties and Other International Agreements
- This link opens in a new window

Databases

ArThemis

IFAR Art Law & Cultural Property Database This link opens in a new window

International Law Cultural Heritage Primary Sources

International Cultural Property/Ownership & Export Legislation (ICPOEL)

Making of Modern Law: Foreign Primary Sources Part 1 & Part 2 1600-1970 This link opens in a new window Part 1 consists of historical legal codes, statutes, regulations, and commentaries on codes from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and other countries in northern Europe. Included are historical statutes and regulations for the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Part 2 includes PDFs of primary sources such as regulations, session laws, journals, codes and commentaries covering southern Europe, Latin America, and jurisdictions outside Europe.

The following documents historically precede explicit references to cultural heritage, but can be looked to for early developments of important concepts:

General Online Resources

Commentaries & Explanations of International Conventions

Commentary on the Unidroit Convention on Stolen and Illegally Exported Cultural Objects 1995 by Lyndel V. Prott
ISBN: 095316960X
Publication Date: 1997-01-01
Shipwrecked Heritage: A Commentary on the UNESCO Convention on Underwater Cultural Heritage by Patrick J. O'Keefe
ISBN: 1903987016
Publication Date: 2002-01-01
Commentary on the UNESCO 2003 Convention on the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage by Janet Blake
ISBN: 1903987091
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
War and Cultural Heritage: An Analysis of the 1954 Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and Its Two Protocols by Kevin Chamberlain
ISBN: 1903987318
Publication Date: 2013-04-30
Commentary on the UNESCO 1970 Convention by Patrick J. O'Keefe
ISBN: 1903987164
Publication Date: 2007-01-01
The 1972 World Heritage Convention: A Commentary by Francesco Francioni (Editor)
ISBN: 0199291691
Publication Date: 2008-05-25

Non-U.S. Treaties - Finding Treaty Texts

United Nations Law Collection

International Legal Materials
Treaties & International Agreements
- This link opens in a new window
more...less...
To access, you will need to open another browser window > go Lexis Advance > sign in > under LexisAdvance RESEARCH tab in upper left, select Lexis.com.
Then, return to this browser and click this link.

International Legal Materials (ILM)
- This link opens in a new window
European Union Treaties
- This link opens in a new window
International Arbitration Conventions
- This link opens in a new window