One of the most essential tools for finding treaties to which the United
States is a signatory is
Treaties in Force.
Published annually since 1950 by the Department of State, it includes only
treaties currently in force.
Part 1 contains bilateral treaties, arranged by country and, under
country, by topic. Citations are given to the full text of the treaty as
published in Statutes
at Large (from 1789-1873) or Treaties and Other International
Agreements of the United States, as well as other treaty collections. Part
2 contains multilateral treaties and other agreements that are arranged by
topic. Citations are given to the full text of the treaty. An interesting
component of Treaties in Force is that it also includes all U.S.-Native
American Treaties.
Once you have the treaty name, you can then easily locate the full text
via the Internet, WESTLAW or LEXIS.
New York University has a very good website that links the user to a
multitude of treaty sites. The
Avalon Project at Yale has selected full-text treaties beginning in the
18th century WESTLAW has a treaty file (USTREATIES) that begins coverage in
1979. LEXIS has the Oceana Treaties Series that begins coverage in 1783
(INTLAW;USTRY).
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