Foreigners on America's death rows : the legal combat over access to a consul / John Quigley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Quigley, John B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capital punishment--United States.

Capital punishment.

Right to counsel--United States.

Right to counsel.

Foreign law, Pleading and proof of.

Conflict of laws--Jurisdiction--United States.

Conflict of laws.

Defense (Criminal law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 282 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Capital cases involving foreigners as defendants are a serious source of contention between the United States and foreign governments. By treaty, foreigner defendants must be informed upon arrest that they may contact a consul of their home country for assistance, yet police and judges in the United States are lax in complying. Foreigners on America's Death Row investigates the arbitrary way United States police departments, courts, and the Department of State implement well-established rights of foreigners arrested in the US. Foreign governments have taken the United States into international courts, which have ruled that the US must enforce the treaty. The United States has ignored these rulings. As a result, foreigners continue to be executed after a legal process that their home governments justifiably find to be flawed. When one country ignores the treaty rights of another as well as the decisions of international courts, the established order of international relations is threatened.

Contents:

Consular Access as an Antidote

Treaty Rights for Foreigners

Making Treaty Rights Stick

United States on Board

American Consuls in Blindfolds

The First Capital Cases

American Law : A Legal Labyrinth

Capital Punishment and Human Rights

Why Treaties Matter

Foreign Countries Go to Court

First Brush with the World Court

The United States against the Western Hemisphere

Paraguay Out, Germany In

Inter-American Court Deals a Blow

Two Different Planets

Federal Courts Reject Consular Claims

Uncle Sam in a Corner

World Court Debacle

LaGrand Sows Confusion

Inter-American Commission in Shock

World Court Says Judges Must Act

Exiting the World Court

Supreme Court Nixes Remedies

Texas Courts Refuse President Bush

Supreme Court Rejects World Court

A Legislative Fix Proves Elusive

Condemned Mexicans after the Avena Case

Consular Access as a Human Right

The Obligation of Countries of Origin

Collateral Damage

The Need for New Thinking.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Apr 2018).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-108-64225-X

1-108-55244-7

1-108-65659-5