International Environmental Law Research Guide: Treaties

●      Guide to Law Online: Treaties - Law Library of Congress.

A few books at Hastings:

• International Environmental Agreements: An Introduction (2012)
• International Environmental Agreements (Online Journal)
• Environment and Statecraft : the Strategy of Environmental Treaty-making (2003)
• International, EC and US Environmental Law : a Comprehensive Selection of Basic Documents (2002)
• The Marine Mammal Commission Compendium of Selected Treaties, International Agreements, and Other Relevant Documents on Marine Resources, Wildlife, and the Environment (2000)
• The Paris Agreement on climate change : analysis and commentary (2017)

• The UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes : its contribution to internationalwater cooperation (2015)

• Travaux Préparatoires - These are official records of a treaty negotiation. They are sometimes published.  The travaux are often used to help clarifying the intentions of a treaty or other instrument. (See Articles 31 & 32 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties.)
  • GlobaLex research guide on finding preparatory works
  • UVA Law Library searchable Travaux Préparatoires Database.
• Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law
• Journal articles and books - Search the library catalog and HeinOnline
• Negotiation documents, preparatory or preliminary documents, legislative history
• Treaty website - Use EISIL to find official websites.
• Search the decisions of international courts and tribunals - One source is International Law Reports
• Oxford Reports on International Law - Search international law in domestic courts (Select Content Type = "Domestic Court Decision")
• Oxford Guide to Treaties