International law in the U.S. Supreme Court : continuity and change / [edited by] David L. Sloss, Michael D. Ramsey, William S. Dodge.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sloss, David, editor.

Ramsey, Michael D., 1964- editor.

Dodge, William S., 1964- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Supreme Court.

United States.

Law--United States--Foreign influences--Cases.

Law.

International and municipal law--United States--Cases.

International and municipal law.

International law--United States--Cases.

International law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxvi, 618 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

From its earliest decisions in the 1790s, the US Supreme Court has used international law to help resolve major legal controversies. This book presents a comprehensive account of the Supreme Court's use of international law from its inception to the present day. Addressing treaties, the direct application of customary international law and the use of international law as an interpretive tool, this book examines all the cases or lines of cases in which international law has played a material role, showing how the Court's treatment of international law both changed and remained consistent over the period. Although there was substantial continuity in the Supreme Court's international law doctrine through the end of the nineteenth century, the past century has been a time of tremendous doctrinal change. Few aspects of the Court's international law doctrine remain the same in the twenty-first century as they were two hundred years ago.

Contents:

International law in the Supreme Court, 1789

1860 / David L. Sloss, Michael D. Ramsey and William S. Dodge

Treaties in the Supreme Court, 1861

1900 / Duncan B. Hollis

Customary international law in the Supreme Court, 1861

1900 / David J. Bederman

International law as an interpretive tool in the Supreme Court, 1861

1900 / Thomas H. Lee and David L. Sloss

A social history of international law : historical commentary, 1861

1900 / John Fabian Witt

Treaties in the Supreme Court, 1901

1945 / Michael P. Van Alstine

Customary international law in the Supreme Court, 1901

1945 / Michael D. Ramsey

International law as an interpretive tool in the Supreme Court, 1901

1945 / Roger P. Alford

Varieties and complexities of doctrinal change : historical commentary, 1901

1945 / Edward A. Purcell, Jr

Treaties in the Supreme Court, 1946

2000 / Paul B. Stephan

Customary international law in the Supreme Court, 1946

2000 / William S. Dodge

International law as an interpretive tool in the Supreme Court, 1946

2000 / Melissa A. Waters

Global power in an age of rights : historical commentary, 1946

2000 / Martin S. Flaherty

Medellin and Sanchez-Llamas : treaties from John Jay to John Roberts / Lori F. Damrosch

The benefits of avoiding conflicts between the constitution and international law / Julian Ku

Medellin and the passive vices / David L. Sloss.

Sosa and the derivation of customary international law / John O. McGinnis

"Cheap talk" about customary international law / Chimène I. Keitner

History, ideology, and Erie volume Tompkins / Edward A. Purcell, Jr.

International law and constitutional interpretation in the twenty-first century : change and continuity / Mark Tushnet

Why constitutional comparativism is different : a response to Professor Tushnet / Roger P. Alford

Judicial dialogue in Roper : signaling the Court's emergence as a transnational legal actor? / Melissa A. Waters

Empagran's empire : international law and statutory interpretation in the U.S. Supreme Court of the twenty-first century / Ralf Michaels

Loose canons : international law and statutory interpretation in the twenty-first century / William S. Dodge

Empagran : empire building or judicial modesty? / Paul B. Stephan

The Supreme Court, the war on terror, and the American just war constitutional tradition / David Golove

Constitutional resolve in a world changed utterly / Martin S. Flaherty

Judicial imperialism and the War on Terror cases / Michael D. Ramsey

Continuity and change over two centuries / David L. Sloss, Michael D. Ramsey, William S. Dodge.

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9780511977121

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