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The Future And Past Of U.S. Foreign Relations Law, Martin S. Flaherty Oct 2004

The Future And Past Of U.S. Foreign Relations Law, Martin S. Flaherty

Law and Contemporary Problems

The increasing role that the US plays in the world can only mean a correspondingly greater role for foreign affairs law in the US legal community. The Supreme Court has recently cited international and comparative law materials to a striking, and all but unprecedented, degree.


Disaggregating U.S. Interests In International Law, Peter J. Spiro Oct 2004

Disaggregating U.S. Interests In International Law, Peter J. Spiro

Law and Contemporary Problems

The Constitution is so central to American identity that any concession of external constitutional constraints may constitute a threat to national self-determination. This explains the relative intensity of objections to international norms and institutions thought to compromise constitutional discretion, at least in the absence of countervailing interests.


International Law, International Relations Theory, And Preemptive War: The Vitality Of Sovereign Equality Today, Thomas H. Lee Oct 2004

International Law, International Relations Theory, And Preemptive War: The Vitality Of Sovereign Equality Today, Thomas H. Lee

Law and Contemporary Problems

The norm of sovereign equality in international law is so resolutely canonical that its precise meaning, origins, and justifications are rarely examined. Whatever the general merits of the norm, its retention seems fairly open to question when one sovereign state appears supremely unequal among 191 states in terms of military power.


Liking To Be In America: Puerto Rico’S Quest For Difference In The United States, Angel R. Oquendo Jul 2004

Liking To Be In America: Puerto Rico’S Quest For Difference In The United States, Angel R. Oquendo

Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law

No abstract provided.


Dynamic Content: The Strategic Contingency Of International Law, Randall H. Cook Apr 2004

Dynamic Content: The Strategic Contingency Of International Law, Randall H. Cook

Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law

No abstract provided.