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Agora: The United States Constitution And International Law: Editors' Introduction, Lori Fisler Damrosch, Bernard H. Oxman
Agora: The United States Constitution And International Law: Editors' Introduction, Lori Fisler Damrosch, Bernard H. Oxman
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On the docket of the United States Supreme Court in 2004 is a substantial cluster of cases at the intersection of constitutional and international law. In the previous two Supreme Court Terms, the Court had adverted to sources of law and practice outside the United States, in its treatment of constitutional claims involving the death penalty and same-sex relationships. The apparent willingness of the Court to consider international and foreign authorities in reaching its conclusions on contested issues of constitutional law has raised to new prominence the debate over the relationship between constitutional and international law. It is not yet …