International Trade Law

• The Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School: International Trade Law Resources
• Lex Mercatoria
• Trade / Business Transactions Law (U.S. State Department's Private International Law Database)
• International Economic Law Web Resources from International Economic Law Group, American Society of International Law

• U.S. Department of Commerce:
  • International Trade Administration (ITA)
  • Bureau of Export Administration
• U.S. International Trade Commission
• U.S. Trade Representative
• U.S. Customs Service
• Export-Import Bank of the United States

• United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
• World Trade Organization
• World Bank
• International Monetary Fund
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
• NAFTA Secretariat
• Inter-American Development Bank
• ICC - International Chamber of Commerce:
  • ICC codes, rules and model contracts

• UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (Vienna, 1980)
• Uniform Commercial Code - Article 2. Sales
• Incoterms 2000 (ICC Publications)
• Incoterms 2000 - Excerpts from the ICC Guide (from Allen Insurance Group)
• Convention on the Law Applicable to International Sale of Goods (The Hague, 1955)
• UN Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods (New York, 1974)
• UNIDROIT Convention on Agency in the International Sale of Goods (Geneva, 1983)
• Convention Relating to a Uniform Law on the International Sale of Goods (The Hague, 1964)
• Convention Relating to a Uniform Law on the Formation of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (The Hague, 1964)

• Convention on the Contract for International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) (Geneva, 1956)
• UN Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea (Hamburg Rules) (Hamburg, 1978)
• UN Convention on International Multimodal Transport of Goods (Geneva, 1980)
• Warsaw Convention (Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air) with The Hague Protocol
• Uniform Rules Concerning the Contract for International Carriage of Goods by Rail (CIM) (Berne, 1980)
• UN Convention on the Liability of Operators of Transport Terminals in International Trade (Vienna, 1991)

• UN Convention on International Bills of Exchange and International Promissory Notes (New York, 1988)
• UNCITRAL Model Law on International Credit Transfers
• UN Convention on Independent Guarantees and Stand-by Letters of Credit (New York, 1995)
• Uniform Commercial Code:
  • Article 3. Negotiable Instruments
  • Article 4. Bank Deposits and Collections
  • Article 4A. Fund Transfers
  • Article 5. Letters of Credit
• Uniform Customs and Practices for Documentary Credits 1993
• UNIDROIT Convention on International Financial Leasing (Ottawa, 1988)
• UNIDROIT Convention on International Factoring (Ottawa, 1988)

• UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce - with Guide to Enactment and Background documents
• WTO Declaration on Global Electronic Commerce
• OECD Recommendation of the OECD Council Concerning Guidelines for Consumer Protection in the Context of Electronic Commerce
• Berne Convention for Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
• Universal Copyright Convention
• Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms (Geneva, 1971)
• International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations (Rome, 1961)
• Patent Cooperation Treaty (Washington, 1970) with Regulations
• Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1883 - with revisions)

• Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (New York, 1958)
• Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration (Panama City, 1975)
• European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration (Geneva, 1961)
• UNCITRAL documents:
  • Arbitration Rules (1976)
  • Conciliation Rules (1980)
  • Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (1985)
  • Notes on Organizing Arbitral Proceedings
• ICC International Court of Arbitration
  • ICC Arbitration Rules (in force as from January 1, 1998)
• London Court of International Arbitration - LCIA Arbitration Rules (1998)
• American Arbitration Association:
  • Commercial Dispute Resolution Procedures, including Mediation and Arbitration Rules (effective September 1, 2000)
  • International Arbitration Rules (effective September 1, 2000)
• WIPO Arbitration Rules (effective October 1, 1994)
• U.S. Law Resources:
  • Federal Arbitration Act
  • State arbitration statutes
• Other links and resources:
  • International ADR - International Arbitration Resources
  • International Commercial Arbitration: Resources in Print and Electronic Format (from University of Chicago D'Angelo Law Library)
  • International Arbitration (at Foreign Counsel.com)
  • International Commercial Arbitration: Locating the Resources (at LLRX.com)

• GATT (from the Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School)
• U.S. Code:
  • Title 19 - Customs Duties
  • Title 18, Chapter 27 - Customs Crimes
  • Title 15, Chapter 2 - Federal Trade Commission; Promotion of Export Trade and Prevention of Unfair Methods of Competition
  • Title 15, Chapter 4 - China Trade
  • Title 12, Chapter 40 - International Lending Supervision
  • Title 12, Chapter 32 - Foreign Banks Participation in Domestic Markets
  • Title 12, Chapter 6A - Export-Import Bank of the United States
  • Title 12, Chapter 6 - Foreign Banking
• Title 15 - Code of Federal Regulations: Commerce and Foreign Trade
• Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of other States (Washington, D.C., 1965)
• ITA Trade Information Center
• Organization of American States (OAS): Foreign Trade Information System
  • Trade Agreements between American States
  • Investment Agreements in the Western Hemisphere: A Compedium
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA):
  • NAFTA text (on NAFTA Secretariat's Homepage)
  • NAFTA Home Page (from International Trade Administration)
• Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Annotated (from U.S. International Trade Commission)
• International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures (Kyoto, 1973 - as amended)
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Other International Law Areas

• Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights - International Human Rights Instruments
• Resources from the University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
• Project DIANA - Online Human Rights Archive at Yale Law School
• UNHCR International Instruments
• Human Rights Treaties (from Fletcher School's Treaty Collection)
• OAS Inter-American Commission for Human Rights - Basic Documents Pertaining to Human Rights in the Inter-American System
• The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School - Treaties between the United States and Native Americans
• Council of Europe Human Rights Web
• European Court of Human Rights - the official site
• The Human Rights Web home page
• International Committee of the Red Cross: International Humanitarian Law Database
• The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School - The Laws of War
• University of Minnesota Human Rights Library - Law of Armed Conflict

• International Labour Organization (ILO) Conventions
• Cornell Law Library ILO Research Guide
• International Labor Law (Georgetown University E. B. Williams Law Library)
• Women's Human Rights Resources - Labour and Employment (Bora Laskin Law Library - University of Toronto)

• United Nations Environment Programme - Convention Secretariats
• World Resources Institute:International Environmental Agreements and Conventions
• Harvard University International Emvironmental Policy Reference Guide
• International Environmental Law and Policy - Treaties (American University Washington College of Law)
• Pace Virtual Environmental Law Library (Pace University School of Law)
• Treaties deposited with Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
• The Energy Charter Treaty
• UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and related Agreements
• Fletcher School Multilaterals Project Resources:
  • Atmosphere and Space
  • Flora and Fauna - Biodiversity
  • Marine and Coastal
  • Other Environmental

• Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (1961)
• Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (1961)
• U.S. Code: Title 22, Chapter 6 - Foreign Diplomatic and Consular Officers
• Comparative Survey of Privileges and Immunities of Diplomatic Agents and Consular Officers (prepared by Jovan Kubalija)
• Embassy.org - a resource of and for the Washington, D.C. foreign embassy community
• U.S. State Department - U.S. Missions Online

• International Criminal Court:
  • Website of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
  • International Criminal Court Monitor online
  • The CICC International Criminal Court Homepage
• UN International Drug Control Programme
  • UN Drug Control Conventions
• UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (Palermo, 2000)
• UN Crime and Justice Information Network:
  • Bilateral Agreements on Extradition, Judicial/ Legal Assistance, Control of Narcotic Drugs, and Prisoner Transfer by Country
• International Money Laundering Treaties (Australasian Legal Information Institute)
• UN Standards and Norms in Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
• Inter-American Conventions on Criminal Law and Procedure (to which the U.S. is a party):
  • Inter-American Convention against Corruption
  • Inter-American Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (with Optional Protocol)
  • Inter-American Convention on Serving Criminal Sentences Abroad
• European Conventions on Criminal Law and Procedure:
  • European Convention on Extradition
  • European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters
  • European Convention on the International Validity of Criminal Judgements
  • European Convention on the Transfer of Proceedings in Criminal Matters
  • European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism
  • Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons
  • Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime

• Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters (1965)
• Hague Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters (1970)
• Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (1961)
• Inter-American Convention on Letters Rogatory (with Additional Protocol)
• Inter-American Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad (with Additional Protocol)
• Preliminary Draft Convention on Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgement in Civil and Commercial Matters (adopted by the Special Commission on October 30, 1999)
• Hague Convention Relating to Civil Procedure (1954)
• Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (1980)
• Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Trusts and on their Recognition (1985)
• Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in respect of Intercountry Adoption (1993)
• Convention providing a Uniform Law on the Form of an International Will (Washington, D.C., 1973)
• EC Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations (Rome, 1980)
• Convention on the Law Applicable to Agency (The Hague, 1978)
• U.S. State Department - International Judicial Assistance, Notarial Services and Authentication of Documents

• International Court of Justice:
  • Basic Documents
  • Decisions
  • Current Docket
• International Criminal Court:
  • Website of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
  • Resources in Print and Electronic Format (at the University of Chicago Library)
• European Court of Justice
• European Court of Human Rights
• Permanent Court of Arbitration (at The Hague) - the Documents Website
• International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes - Online Decisions and Awards
• The Project on International Courts and Tribunals (PICT)
• International ADR - International Arbitration Resources
• Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes (Hague, 1907)

International Law Journals

• American Journal of International Law
• European Journal of International Law
• The International Lawyer - an ABA quarterly law journal on international practice
• What's On Line in International Law - from the American Society of International Law
• Uniform Law Review (a publication of UNIDROIT)
• Harvard International Law Journal
• Stanford Journal of International Law
• New York University Journal of International Law & Politics
• Cornell International Law Journal
• Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law
• Michigan Journal of International Law (University of Michigan Law School)
• Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business (Northwestern University School of Law)
• Berkeley Journal of International Law
• Texas International Law Journal (University of Texas School of Law)
• UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs
• Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law (Vanderbilt University Law School)
• Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems (University of Iowa College of Law)
• Emory International Law Review
• American University International Law Review
• Boston University International Law Journal
• Fordham International Law Journal
• Hastings International and Comparative Law Review (University of California Hastings College of Law)
• Indiana Journal of Global Studies (Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington)
• Wisconsin International Law Journal (University of Wisconsin Law School)
• Tulane Journal of International & Comparative Law (Tulane University School of Law)
• Connecticut Journal of International Law (University of Connecticut School of Law)
• Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law (Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University)
• Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law (University of Georgia School of Law)
• Temple International and Comparative Law Journal (Temple University)
• Journal of Transnational Law and Policy (Florida State University College of Law)
• Indiana International & Comparative Law Review (Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis)
• Columbia Journal of Asian Law (Columbia Law School)
• International Journal of Refugee Law (Oxford University Press)
• Law and Policy in International Business (a journal of Georgetown University Law Center)
• University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Economic Law
• Georgetown International Environmental Law Review (Geogetown University Law Center)