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BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND GUIDES

Beyerly, Public International Law. A Guide to Information Sources (Mansell, London/New York, 1991)

Bibliography Relating to the Work of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (1945–1991) (Permanent Bureau of the Conference, The Hague, 1991)

George Washington Journal of International Law and Economics, Guide to International Legal Research (2nd ed, Butterworths, Salem, New Hampshire, 1993)

Rosenne, Practice and Methods of International Law (Oceana, Dobbs Ferry, NY, 1984)

Tobin and Green, Guide to Human Rights Research (Harvard Law School Human Rights Program, Cambridge, MA, 1994)

United Nations Handbook (MFAT, Wellington, 1995) (published annually)

TREATIES

Brownlie (ed), Basic Documents in International Law (4th ed, Clarendon, Oxford, 1995)

Hoog and Steinmetz, International Conventions on Protection of Humanity and the Environment (W de Gruyter, Berlin/New York, 1993)

Hudson (ed), International Legislation (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington DC, 1931–1950, 9 vols; reprint, Oceana, Dobbs Ferry, NY, 1970–1972)

Kunig, Lau, and Meng, International Economic Law: basic documents (2nd ed, W de Gruyter, Berlin/NewYork, 1993)

League of Nations Treaty Series (Geneva, 1920–1946)

New Zealand Human Rights Commission, United Nations International Instruments: a compilation of international instruments relating to human rights in New Zealand (HRC, Wellington, 1983)

New Zealand Treaty List (Dept of External Affairs 1948; 1961) (new edition pending)

New Zealand Treaty Series (Dept of External Affairs/Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 1944–)

Parry (ed), Consolidated Treaty Series (Oceana, Dobbs Ferry, NY, 1969–1981)

Rohn, Treaty Profiles (American Bibliographic Center, Santa Barbara, 1976)

Rohn, World Treaty Index (2nd ed, American Bibliographic Center, Santa Barbara, 1983–1984)

Treaties in Force: a list of treaties and other international agreements (Department of State, Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1929–) (annual)

United Nations Centre for Human Rights, Human Rights: a compilation of international instruments (New York, 1967–1993)

United Nations Legislative Series (New York, 1951–)

United Nations Treaty Series: treaties and international agreements registered or filed and recorded with the Secretariat of the United Nations (New York, 1946–)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

International Court of Justice, Pleadings, Oral Arguments and Documents (Sijthoff, Leiden,

1948–)

International Court of Justice, Reports of Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders (Sijthoff, Leiden, 1947/1948–)

International Law Reports (Butterworths, London, 1950–1986; Grotius, Cambridge, 1987–)

Reports of International Arbitral Awards (UN, New York, 1948–)

Stuyt, Survey of International Arbitrations, 1794–1989 (3rd ed, Nijhoff, Dordrecht/Boston, 1990)

DICTIONARIES, DIGESTS AND ENCYCLOPAEDIAS

Atherton, International Organizations: a guide to information sources (Gale Research, Detroit, 1976)

Digest of Legal Activities of International Organisations and Other Institutions (9th ed, UNIDROIT: Oceana, Dobbs Ferry, NY, 1990–)

Encyclopaedia of Public International Law (North-Holland, Amsterdam/New York, 1981–):

• vol 1, settlement of disputes

• vol 2, decisions of international courts, tribunals and international arbitrations

• vols 3 and 4, use of force, war and neutrality, peace treaties

• vol 5, international organisations in general

• vol 6, regional co-operation, organisations, problems

• vol 7, history of international law, foundations and principles of international law, sources of international law, law of treaties

• vol 8, human rights and the individual in international law

• vol 9, international relations and legal co-operation in general, diplomacy and consular relations

• vol 10, states, responsibility of states, international and municipal law

• vol 11, law of the sea, air and space

• vol 12, geographical coverage

Fox, Dictionary of International and Comparative Law (Oceana, Dobbs Ferry, NY, 1992)

Parry, Grant, and Watts, Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law (Oceana, New York, 1988)

Yearbook of International Organizations (31st ed, K G Saur, Munich/New Providence/ London/ Paris 1994/95)

• vol 1, organisation descriptions and index

• vol 2, geographic volume: international organisation participation

• vol 3, subject volume: global action network

TEXTBOOKS

Baker, Double Taxation Conventions and International Tax Law: a manual on the OECD Model Tax Convention on Income and on Capital of 1992 (2nd ed, Sweet & Maxwell, London, 1994)

Brownlie, Principles of Public International Law (4th ed, Clarendon, Oxford, 1990)

Brownlie and Brookfield, Treaties and Indigenous Peoples (Clarendon, Oxford, 1992)

Cheshire & North’s Private International Law (12th ed, Butterworths, London, 1992)

Crawford (ed), The Rights of Peoples (Clarendon, Oxford, 1988)

Dicey and Morris on the Conflict of Laws (12th ed, Sweet & Maxwell, London, 1993)

Enderlein and Maskow, International Sales Law (Oceana, Dobbs Ferry, NY, 1992)

Goddard, Conflict of Laws: the international element in commerce and litigation (New Zealand Law Society, Wellington, 1991)

Greig, International Law (3rd ed, Butterworths, London, 1992)

Harris, Cases and Materials on International Law (4th ed, Sweet & Maxwell, 1991)

International Studies in Human Rights (Nijhoff, Dordrecht/Boston/London, 1982–)

Lew and Stanbrook, International Trade: law and practice (Euromoney Publications, London, 1990)

McGoldrick, The Human Rights Committee: its role in the development of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Oxford Monographs in International Law, Clarendon, Oxford, 1994)

McNair, The Law of Treaties (Clarendon, Oxford, 1961)

Mann, Foreign Affairs in English Courts (Clarendon, Oxford, 1986)

Nygh, Conflict of Laws in Australia (5th ed, Butterworths, Sydney, 1991)

O’Connell (edited by Shearer), The International Law of the Sea (Clarendon, Oxford, 1982)

Oppenheim, International Law (8th ed by Lauterpacht, Longmans, London, 1955; 9th ed by Jennings and Watts, vol 1, parts 1–4, Longmans, London, 1992)

Schmitthoff and Adams, Schmitthoff’s Export Trade: the law and practice of international trade (9th ed, Stevens, London, 1990)

Schwarzenberger, International Law as Applied by International Courts and Tribunals (Stevens, London, 1957–1986)

Seidl-Hohenveldern, International Economic Law (Martinus Nijhoff, Dordrecht, 1992)

Shearer, Starke’s International Law (11th ed, Butterworths, London, Boston, 1994)

Sieghart, The International Law of Human Rights (Clarendon, Oxford, 1983)

PERIODICALS

American Journal of International Law (American Society of International Law, Washington DC 1907–) (quarterly)

Bulletin of Legal Developments (British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Oxford, 1966–) (fortnightly)

Commonwealth Law Bulletin (Commonwealth Secretariat, London, 1975–) (quarterly)

Harvard International Law Journal (Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, 1959–)

(six-monthly)

ICJ Review (International Commission of Jurists, Geneva, 1969–) (six-monthly)

International and Comparative Law Quarterly (British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Oxford, 1952–) (quarterly)

International Legal Materials (American Society of International Law, Washington, DC, 1962–)

(bi-monthly)

Netherlands International Law Review (Martinus Nijhoff, Dordrecht, 1953–) (quarterly)

Recueil des cours de l’Académie de droit international de la Haye (Nijhoff, The Hague, 1923–1972; Sijthoff, Leiden, 1973–) (3 to 5 issues per year) (in English as Collected Courses of the Hague Academy of International Law since 1973)

UN Chronicle (UN Publications, 1964–) (11 issues per year)

Uniform Law Review (International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT), Rome)

(six-monthly)

• also News Bulletin (quarterly)

YEARBOOKS

Annals of Air and Space Law (Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University, Montreal, 1976–)

Australian Yearbook of International Law (Butterworths, Chatswood, 1965–)

British Yearbook of International Law (Oxford University Press, London, 1920–)

Canadian Yearbook of International Law (University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver,

1963–)

European Yearbook (Council of Europe, Nijhoff, The Hague,

1955–)

German Yearbook of International Law (Institut für Internationales Recht an der Universität Kiel, Berlin, 1976–)

International Court of Justice Yearbook (The Hague, 1946–)

Japanese Annual of International Law (International Law Association of Japan, Tokyo, 1957–)

Netherlands Yearbook of International Law (Sijthoff, Leiden, 1971–)

United Nations Juridical Yearbook (UN Office of Legal Affairs, New York, 1962–):

• legal status of UN and related intergovernmental organisations, based on national legislative texts relating to such status

• texts of treaty provisions relating to the legal status of the organisations

• judicial decisions relating to the organisations

• legal bibliography

UNCITRAL Yearbook (UN, New York, 1968–)

UNIDROIT Yearbook (Oceana, Dobbs Ferry, NY, 1973–)

Yearbook of Human Rights (UN Publications, New York, 1946–)

Yearbook of the International Law Commission (UN, New York, 1949–)

Yearbook of the United Nations (Nijhoff, Dordrecht/Boston, 1946/1947–)