International Law

International Law in the U.S. Supreme Court Continuity and Change

Edited by David L. Sloss · Michael D. Ramsey · William S. Dodge
Cambridge University Press August 2012

Specifications

ISBN-13
9781107668751
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication
August 2012
Format
Paperback , 654 pages
Jurisdiction
U.S. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

From its earliest decisions in the 1790s, the U.S. Supreme Court has used international law to help resolve major legal controversies. This book presents a comprehensive account of the Supreme Court's use of international law from its inception to the present day. Addressing treaties, the direct application of customary international law and the use of international law as an interpretive tool, this book examines all the cases or lines of cases in which international law has played a material role, showing how the Court's treatment of international law both changed and remained consistent over the period. Although there was substantial continuity in the Supreme Court's international law doctrine through the end of the nineteenth century, the past century has been a time of tremendous doctrinal change. Few aspects of the Court's international law doctrine remain the same in the twenty-first century as they were two hundred years ago.

• The only book to give a comprehensive account of the U.S. Supreme Court's use of international law over two centuries of Supreme Court history

• Provides an account of what changed in the U.S. Supreme Court's international law doctrines and when those changes occurred

Table of Contents

List of Contributors
xi
Table of Cases
xix
Acknowledgments
xxxv
Introduction
1
Part I    From the Founding to the Civil War
 
1         International Law in the Supreme Court to 1860
David L. Sloss, Michael D. Ramsey, and William S. Dodge
7
Part II   From the Civil War to the Turn of the Century
 
2         Treaties in the Supreme Court, 1861–1900
Duncan B. Hollis
55
3         Customary International Law in the Supreme Court, 1861–1900
David J. Bederman
89
4         International Law as an Interpretive Tool in the Supreme Court, 1861–1900
Thomas H. Lee and David L. Sloss
124
5         A Social History of International Law: Historical Commentary, 1861–1900
John Fabian Witt
164
Part III  From the Turn of the Century to World War II
 
6         Treaties in the Supreme Court, 1901–1945
Michael P. Van Alstine
191
7         Customary International Law in the Supreme Court, 1901–1945
Michael D. Ramsey
225
8         International Law as an Interpretive Tool in the Supreme Court, 1901–1945
Roger P. Alford
257
9         Varieties and Complexities of Doctrinal Change: Historical Commentary, 1901–1945
Edward A. Purcell, Jr.
285
Part IV   From World War II to the New Millennium
 
10        Treaties in the Supreme Court, 1946–2000
Paul B. Stephan
317
11        Customary International Law in the Supreme Court, 1946–2000
William S. Dodge
353
12        International Law as an Interpretive Tool in the Supreme Court, 1946–2000
Melissa A. Waters
380
13        Global Power in an Age of Rights: Historical Commentary, 1946–2000
Martin S. Flaherty
416
Part V    International Law in the U.S. Supreme Court in the Twenty-First Century
 
V.A       Treaties after 2000
 
Main Essay – Medellin and Sanchez-Llamas: Treaties from John Jay to John Roberts
Lori F. Damrosch
451
Response Essay – The Benefits of Avoiding Conflicts between the Constitution and International Law
Julian Ku
465
Response Essay – Medellin and the Passive Vices
David L. Sloss
472
V.B       Customary International Law after 2000
 
Main Essay – Sosa and the Derivation of Customary International Law
John O. McGinnis
481
Response Essay – “Cheap Talk” about Customary International Law
Chimène I. Keitner
494
Response Essay – History, Ideology, and Erie v. Tompkins
Edward A. Purcell, Jr.
499
V.C       International Law and Constitutional Interpretation after 2000
 
Main Essay – International Law and Constitutional Interpretation in the Twenty-First Century: Change and Continuity
Mark Tushnet
507
Response Essay – Why Constitutional Comparativism Is Different: A Response to Professor Tushnet
Roger P. Alford
518
Response Essay – Judicial Dialogue in Roper: Signaling the Court's Emergence as a Transnational Legal Actor?
Melissa A. Waters
523
V.D       International Law and Statutory Interpretation after 2000
 
Main Essay – Empagran’s Empire: International Law and Statutory Interpretation in the U.S. Supreme Court of the Twenty-First Century
Ralf Michaels
533
Response Essay – Loose Canons: International Law and Statutory Interpretation in the Twenty-First Century
William S. Dodge
547
Response Essay – Empagran: Empire Building or Judicial Modesty?
Paul B. Stephan
553
V.E       International Law and the War on Terror
 
Main Essay – The Supreme Court, the War on Terror, and the American Just War Constitutional Tradition
David Golove
561
Response Essay – Constitutional Resolve in a World Changed Utterly
Martin S. Flaherty
575
Response Essay – Judicial Imperialism and the War on Terror Cases
Michael D. Ramsey
582
Part VI   Conclusion
 
Continuity and Change over Two Centuries
David L. Sloss, Michael D. Ramsey, and William S. Dodge
589
Index
607

About the Author

David L. Sloss
Santa Clara University, California

Michael D. Ramsey
University of San Diego School of Law

William S. Dodge
University of California, Hastings College of Law

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