International law in the U.S. Supreme Court
Subtitle: continuity and change
By: [edited by] David L. Sloss, Michael D. Ramsey, William S. Dodge
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 618
ISBN-13: 9780521119566
Subjects: United States; Foreign influences; LAW / International; Cases; Law; International and municipal law; International law; United States. Supreme Court
Description: This book presents a comprehensive account of the Supreme Court's use of international law from the 1790s to the present. The book does not address every passing reference to international law, but it covers all the lines of cases in which international law has played a material role. Few aspects of the Court's international law doctrine remain the same in the twenty-first century as they were two hundred years ago. This book also provides and account of what changed in the Supreme Court's international law doctrine, and when those changes occured.
Notes: Part I. From the Founding to the Civil War: 1. International law in the Supreme Court, 1789-1860 David L. Sloss, Michael D. Ramsey and William S. Dodge Part II. From the Civil War to the Turn of the Century: 2. Treaties in the Supreme Court, 1861-1900 Duncan B. Hollis 3. Customary international law in the Supreme Court, 1861-1900 David J. Bederman 4. International law as an interpretive tool in the Supreme Court, 1861-1900 Thomas H. Lee and David L. Sloss 5. A social history of international law: historical commentary, 1861-1900 John Fabian Witt Part III. From the Turn of the Century to World War II: 6. Treaties in the Supreme Court, 1901-1945 Michael P. Van Alstine 7. Customary international law in the Supreme Court, 1901-1945 Michael D. Ramsey 8. International law as an interpretive tool in the Supreme Court, 1901-1945 Roger P. Alford 9. Varieties and complexities of doctrinal change: historical commentary, 1901-1945 Edward A. Purcell, Jr Part IV. From World War II to the New Millennium: 10. Treaties in the Supreme Court, 1946-2000 Paul B. Stephan 11. Customary international law in the Supreme Court, 1946-2000 William S. Dodge 12. International law as an interpretive tool in the Supreme Court, 1946-2000 Melissa A. Waters 13. Global power in an age of rights: historical commentary, 1946-2000 Martin S. Flaherty Part V. International Law in the U.S. Supreme Court in the Twenty-First Century: 14. Medellin and Sanchez-Llamas: treaties from John Jay to John Roberts Lori F. Damrosch 15. Sosa and the derivation of customary international law John O. McGinnis 16. International law and constitutional interpretation in the twenty-first century: change and continuity Mark Tushnet 17. Empagran's empire: international law and statutory interpretation in the U.S. Supreme Court of the twenty-first century Ralf Michaels 1.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 18. The Supreme Court, the war on terror, and the American just war constitutional tradition David Golove; title: Constitutional resolve in a world changed utterly / Martin S. Flaherty; title: Judicial imperialism and the War on Terror cases / Michael D. Ramsey; title: Continuity and change over two centuries / David L. Sloss, Michael D. Ramsey, William S. Dodge.