Legal Research

FLARE Index to Treaties

The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in the United Kingdom recently launched the FLARE Index to Treaties, a searchable database of basic information on over 1,500 of the most significant multilateral treaties from 1856 to the present.

Information comes from many sources such as Multilateral Treaties: index and current status (London: Butterworths, 1984, tenth supplement, 1994), International Legal Materials (Washington: American Society of International Law, 1962-) , Bulletin of International Legal Developments/Bulletin of Legal Developments (London: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, 1966-), United Nations Treaty Series Index, etc.

Information about each treaty includes:

• the official, popular and alternative titles of the treaty;
• the date on which the treaty was concluded;
• the place where the treaty was concluded;
• where the full text of the treaty can be found in printed publications;
• links to where the text is available on the internet
• the name of the state or international organisation acting as depository for the treaty; etc.

A more detailed description is available on the LLRX.com website.

Full post as published by Slaw.ca on April 24, 2009 (boomark / email).