The Constitution's Text in Foreign Affairs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ramsey, Michael D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional history--United States.

Constitutional history.

Constitutional law--United States.

Constitutional law.

Separation of powers--United States.

Separation of powers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (505 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2007.

Summary:

Ramsey describes the constitutional law of foreign affairs derived from an historical understanding of the Constitution's text. Examining recurring foreign affairs controversies such as the power to enter armed conflict, the author shows how the words, structure, and context of the Constitution can resolve pivotal court cases and modern disputes.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Introduction: A Textual Theory of Foreign Affairs Law

Part I. Sources of National Power

Chapter 1. Do Foreign Affairs Powers Come from the Constitution? Curtiss-Wright and the Myth of Inherent Powers

Chapter 2. Foreign Affairs and the Articles of Confederation: The Constitution in Context

Part II. Presidential Power in Foreign Affairs

Chapter 3. The Steel Seizure Case and Executive Power over Foreign Affairs

Chapter 4. Executive Foreign Affairs Power and the Washington Administration

Chapter 5. Steel Seizure Revisited: The Limits of Executive Power

Chapter 6. Executive Power and Its Critics

Part III. Shared Powers of the Senate

Chapter 7. The Executive Senate: Treaties and Appointments

Chapter 8. Goldwater v. Carter: Do Treaties Bind the President?

Chapter 9. The Non-treaty Power: Executive Agreements and United States v. Belmont

Part IV. Congress's Foreign Affairs Powers

Chapter 10. Legislative Power in Foreign Affairs: Why NAFTA Is (Sort of) Unconstitutional

Chapter 11. The Meanings of Declaring War

Chapter 12. Beyond Declaring War: War Powers of Congress and the President

Part V. States and Foreign Affairs

Chapter 13. Can States Have Foreign Policies? Zschernig v. Miller and the Limits of Framers' Intent

Chapter 14. States versus the President: The Holocaust Insurance Case

Chapter 15. Missouri v. Holland and the Seventeenth Amendment

Part VI. Courts and Foreign Affairs

Chapter 16. Judging Foreign Affairs: Goldwater v. Carter Revisited

Chapter 17. The Paquete Habana: Is International Law Part of Our Law?

Chapter 18. Courts, Presidents, and International Law

Conclusion: The Textual Structure of Foreign Affairs Law

Notes

Index.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Ramsey, Michael D. The Constitution's Text in Foreign Affairs

ISBN:

9780674278165

067427816X

9780674278158

0674278151

OCLC:

1348901722