Supreme Law of the Land?

Supreme Law of the Land?

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Publisher's Synopsis

How do treaties function in the American legal system? This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the current status of treaties in American law. Its ten chapters examine major areas of change in treaty law in recent decades, including treaty interpretation, federalism, self-execution, treaty implementing legislation, treaty form, and judicial barriers to treaty enforcement. The book also includes two in-depth case studies: one on the effectiveness of treaties in the regulation of armed conflict and one on the role of a resurgent federalism in complicating US efforts to ratify and implement treaties in private international law. Each chapter asks whether the treaty rules of the 1987 Third Restatement of Foreign Relations Law accurately reflect today's judicial, executive, and legislative practices. This volume is original and provocative, a useful desk companion for judges and practicing lawyers, and an engaging read for the general reader and graduate students.

Book information

ISBN: 9781107689015
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 341.026473
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: xiii, 502
Weight: 620g
Height: 230mm
Width: 153mm
Spine width: 25mm