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Who Thinks Treaties Are Like Contracts? Not John Marshall, David P. Stewart, Diana A. A. Reisman
Who Thinks Treaties Are Like Contracts? Not John Marshall, David P. Stewart, Diana A. A. Reisman
American University International Law Review
Courts in the United States are fond of analogizing treaties to contracts. The U.S. Supreme Court has done so on numerous occasions, as have nearly all federal circuit courts. Indeed, the treaty-as-contract trope has permeated U.S. legal discourse since at least the early 1800s when Chief Justice John Marshall wrote in Foster v. Neilson that “[a] treaty is in its nature a contract between two nations, not a legislative act.”
Government Contract Cases In The United States Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit: 1995 In Review, Thomas F. Williamson, Stacey L. Valerio, Stephanie P. Gilson
Government Contract Cases In The United States Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit: 1995 In Review, Thomas F. Williamson, Stacey L. Valerio, Stephanie P. Gilson
American University Law Review
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