Foreign Government Information: Treaties

Researching treaties is often difficult. Before begining it is helpful to ask some basic questions:

Who are the parties (signatories) to the treaty?

What is the subject of the treaty?

When was the treaty signed? When did it go into effect?

Digest of Unites States Practice in International Law - insights into treaty law from the U.S. Dept. of State

UK Treaties Online - Treaties to which the UK is a signatory

• United States Statutes at Large (KF50) - for treaties signed between 1776-1949
  Vol. 7 - Indian Treaties 1778-1845
  Vol. 8 - U.S. treaties with foreign nations, 1778-1845
  use subsequent volumes of the Statutes to find treaties after 1845. There is a subject and country index in each volume.
  International Agreements are included beginning with vol. 47 (1931/32). Vol.64, pt.3, p.B1107 contains a cumulative index for 1789-1949.
  
  
• HeinOnline UT Libraries database 
  Search the "Treaties and Agreements Library" for international treaties to which the United States is a signatory.
  
  Library of Congress American Memory - 1789-1873
  FDsys - Vol. 117, 108th Congresss (2003) - latest year available.
  Fulltext in FDsys -vol. 65, 82nd Congress (1951)  - latest year available
   
• Treaties and International Agreements Online
  Current, comprehensive text for over 17,000 bi-lateral and multi-lateral treaties and international agreements in over 40 topical categories.  TIAO is the most up-to-date source for U.S treaties.

• United Nations Treaty Collection 
       Collection of full text treaties and international agreements since 1946. Most materials 
       are freely accessible. 
       The overview provides a description of database contents which include: 
       Status of Treaties (MTDSG) - Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary
       General.
       Website User Guide to Using the United Nations Treaty Collection
       United Nations Treaties Series (December 1946-present)
       League of Nations Treaty Series (5 July 1920 - 3 October 1944) 
       Treaty Handbook
       United Nations Treaty Series Cumulative Index
  
  
• World Treaty Index 1945-1999 (beta)
       WTI provides citations to sources for full texts of multilateral and bilateral treaties.  
  
  
• The FLARE Index to Treaties (FIT)
       A fully searchable database of international treaties and conventions provided by the
       Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. Contains over 2,000 of the most significant
       multilateral treaties from 1353 onwards and a number bilateral treaties signed
       between 1353 and 1815.