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The following Inn Libraries hold Command Papers:
Inner Temple (1940/41 onwards); Lincolns Inn
(1833 onwards) and Middle Temple (1861 onwards).
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The Inner Temple Library holds British and
Foreign State Papers (BFSP) which includes
treaties, 1812-1968. Middle Temple holds BFSP
1812-1968 and Lincolns Inn 1812-1832/33.
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Hertslet's Commercial Treaties (HCT) - covers
1827-1925. Inner Temple, Lincoln's Inn and
Middle Temple Libraries hold this series.
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Index to British Treaties by Parry. This has 3
volumes and covers all treaties from 1101 to
1968. A fourth volume covers 1969-88 and updates
the previous 3 volumes. This is arranged
chronologically by date of signature. There are
subject and country indexes. Command Paper
numbers and other citations are given. All the
Inns of Court Libraries have this publication.
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Multilateral Treaties: Index and Current Status
by Bowman and Harris. First published in 1984
with supplements covering the period up to 1st
January 1994. It includes multilateral treaties
where the UK is a party. It is arranged
chronologically by date of signature. There is a
subject index and an index of keywords used in
the treaty title. Command Paper numbers and
other citations are given. Inner Temple,
Lincolns Inn and Gray's Inn Libraries have this
work.
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Textbooks - the texts of treaties are sometimes
found in textbooks, e.g. Brownlie: Basic
Documents on Human Rights; Singh: International
Maritime Law Conventions; Copinger and Skone
James on Copyright; Shawcross and Beaumont on
Air Law; Simons Direct Tax Service.
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Acts and Statutory Instruments - the schedules
to Acts and SIs may contain the text of treaties
if the treaty is incorporated into domestic law
by the piece of legislation.
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Indexes to government publications - these can
be used to track down Command Papers.
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