Private International Law

Treaties/IGOs

• Complete Department of State listings of Private International Law Conventions
• Department of State collection of Family Law conventions to which the U.S. is a party
• Hague Conference on Private International Law
• United Nations Commission for International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
• International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)

International Trade Law on the web

• U.S. State Department Links
• UNCITRAL: United Nations Commission in International Trade Law
• World Trade Organization (WTO)
• WTO & GATT Research(NYU)

International Commercial Law

• Lex Mercatoria: Private International Commercial Law - Lex Mercatoria is the system of rules and customs and usages generally recognized and adopted by traders as the law for the regulation of their commercial transactions and the resolution of their controversies. The law merchant is codified in the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), a body of law, which has been adopted by the states, that governs mercantile transactions.
• Trans-Lex - database maintained by the Center for Transnational Law at the University of Cologne, Germany. "A free research and codification platform for Transnational Law" which includes cases and the Principles of Lex Mercatoria
• CISG Database - Pace Law School
• International Business Transactions
• Lex Mercatoria - Lex Mercatoria is dedicated to the provision of information on international commercial law. It has many international agreements and documents in trade and related areas (contracts, sales, arbitration, etc.).

Research Guides

• Research Guide to International Trade Law (Law Library Resource Xchange)
• A Guide to MERCOSUR Legal Research: Sources and Documents - Mercosur: agreement to set up a common market and eliminate trade barriers; signatories include Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay. A Globalex guide.