Private International Law/Conflict of Laws
Treaties relevant to conflict of laws research in the United States may be found indexed in Treaties in Force* under the heading "Judicial Procedure," under the subheadings "Interamerican Agreements" or "Hague Conventions"; under the heading "Law, Private International"; by looking under the specific area of law, e.g., "Investment disputes;" or, in the case of bilateral treaties between the U.S. and an individual country, by looking under the name of that country.
For resources on researching treaties electronically and in print at the UW Law Library, see International Law: A Legal Research Guide to Public International Law
- Bilateral Investment TreatiesFrom the World Bank Group. Lists of treaties chronologically and by country.
- Hague Conference on Private International Law -- ConventionsContains links to the texts of multilateral treaties on private international law, status reports on the treaties, and more. Click on "Conventions" in the left sidebar.
- Private International LawFrom the U.S. Department of State. Among other things, this site "provide[s] a convenient location to find treaties in force for the United States, other international instruments, and information on current negotiations and projects covering the private international law of such areas as trade and commerce, finance and banking, trusts and estates, family and children matters, and international judicial assistance. This web site offers links to documents summarizing the current state of negotiat
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