JX2000schl4C761997 There are some web based research guides which vary in quality. Some of the better sites include The American Society for International Law Electonic Guide University of Bologna's Research Guide to International Law on the Internet Brooklyn Law School's Introduction to International Law Research University of Chicago's Legal Research on International Law Issues Using the Internet The Harvard Law School Library's Annotated Guide The University of Utrecht's Conducting Research in Public International Lay Back to the table of contents TREATIES AND OTHER FORMS OF INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS Just as statutes are the main source of modern domestic law, treaties have become the key source of law in international law The first subsection of Article 38 of the IC Statute specifically mentions"international conventions"expressly creating the law in an area between or among the party states. Section 102 (3)of the Restatement reads in part"(3)International agreements create law for the states parties thereto The definition of "treaty "in the oed reads A contract between two or more states, relating to peace, truce, alliance, commerce, or other international relation; also, the document embodying such contract, in modern usage formally signed by plenipotentiaries appointed by the government of each stateJX2000 Sch14C76 1997 There are some web based research guides which vary in quality. Some of the better sites include: The American Society for International Law Electonic Guide University of Bologna's Research Guide to International Law on the Internet Brooklyn Law School's Introduction to International Law Research University of Chicago's Legal Research on International Law Issues Using the Internet The Harvard Law School Library's Annotated Guide The University of Utrecht's Conducting Research in Public International Law Back to the Table of Contents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TREATIES AND OTHER FORMS OF INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS Just as statutes are the main source of modern domestic law, treaties have become the key source of law in international law. The first subsection of Article 38 of the ICJ Statute specifically mentions "international conventions" expressly creating the law in an area between or among the party states. Section 102 (3) of the Restatement reads in part "(3) International agreements create law for the states parties thereto ....." The definition of "treaty" in the OED reads: "A contract between two or more states, relating to peace, truce, alliance, commerce, or other international relation; also, the document embodying such contract, in modern usage formally signed by plenipotentiaries appointed by the government of each state