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International Human Rights Law In U.S. Courts, Richard B. Lillich

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

Although, as Professor Bilder rightly observes, "[ijnternational human rights law is derived from a variety of sources and involves many kinds of materials, both international and national, it is to national law that one must look first to determine the scope and content of the human rights recognized and protected in any country. Domestic courts confronted with human rights claims initially refer to national constitutions, laws, decrees, regulations, court and administrative decisions, and policy pronouncements for relevant rules of decision. Increasingly, however, domestic courts also are taking international human rights law into account in deciding cases. The purpose of this …