The powers of war and peace
Subtitle: the constitution and foreign affairs after 9/11
By: John Yoo.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press; University Of Chicago Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
Subjects: War and emergency powers -- United States.; United States -- Foreign relations -- Law and legislation
Description: "John Yoo, formerly a lawyer in the Department of Justice, here makes the case for a completely new approach to understanding what the Constitution says about foreign affairs, particularly the powers of war and peace. Looking to American history, Yoo points out that from Truman and Korea to Clinton's intervention in Kosovo, American presidents have had to act decisively on the world stage without a declaration of war. They are able to do so. Yoo argues, because the Constitution grants the president, Congress, and the courts very different powers, requiring them to negotiate the country's foreign policy. He roots his controversial analysis in a brilliant reconstruction of the original understanding of the foreign affairs power and supplements it with arguments based on constitutional text, structure, and history."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-355) and index.
Table of contents: title: The eighteenth-century Anglo-American Constitution and foreign affairs; title: Foreign affairs and the prelude to the constitution; title: Writing and ratifying a foreign affairs constitution; title: War powers for a new world; title: International politics as law?: interpreting and ending treaties; title: Treaties and the legislative power; title: Laws as treaties?: statutes as international agreements; title: The constitution and the multilateral future.