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Casos Presentados Por Estados Latinoamericanos Ante La Corte Internacional De Justicia, Giovanna Gismondi Jan 2009

Casos Presentados Por Estados Latinoamericanos Ante La Corte Internacional De Justicia, Giovanna Gismondi

Giovanna E. Gismondi

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Medellin And Originalism, D. A. Jeremy Telman Jan 2009

Medellin And Originalism, D. A. Jeremy Telman

D. A. Jeremy Telman

In Medellín v. Texas, the Supreme Court permitted Texas to proceed with the execution of a Mexican national who had not been given timely notice of his right of consular notification and consultation in violation of the United States’ obligations under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. It did so despite its finding that the United States had an obligation under treaty law to comply with an order of the International Court of Justice that Medellín’s case be granted review and reconsideration. The international obligation, the Court found, was not domestically enforceable because the treaties at issue were not self-executing. …