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Formalism And Functionalism In Federalism Analysis, Erwin Chemerinsky
Formalism And Functionalism In Federalism Analysis, Erwin Chemerinsky
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The Current Illegitimacy Of International Human Rights Litigation, Curtis A. Bradley, Jack L. Goldsmith
The Current Illegitimacy Of International Human Rights Litigation, Curtis A. Bradley, Jack L. Goldsmith
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Customary International Law As Federal Common Law: A Critique Of The Modern Position, Curtis A. Bradley, Jack L. Goldsmith
Customary International Law As Federal Common Law: A Critique Of The Modern Position, Curtis A. Bradley, Jack L. Goldsmith
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In the last twenty years, a consensus has developed among courts and scholars that customary international law has the status of federal common law. We label this consensus the "modern position." Courts have endorsed the modern position primarily to support their conclusion that international human rights lawsuits between aliens "arise under" the laws of the United States for purposes of Article III of the Constitution. Scholars have pushed the consequences of the modern position further by arguing that customary international law preempts inconsistent state law under the Supremacy Clause, binds the President under the Take Care Clause, and even supersedes …