International Law in the U.S. Supreme Court

David L. Sloss, Michael D. Ramsey, William S. Dodge

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN: 9780521119566
• eBook ISBN: 9781139064934
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: International Law
• Index: Law

From its earliest decisions in the 1790s, the US Supreme Court has used international law to help resolve major legal controversies. This book presents a comprehensive account of the Supreme Court's use of international law from its inception to the present day. Addressing treaties, the direct application of customary international law and the use of international law as an interpretive tool, this book examines all the cases or lines of cases in which international law has played a material role, showing how the Court's treatment of international law both changed and remained consistent over the period. Although there was substantial continuity in the Supreme Court's international law doctrine through the end of the nineteenth century, the past century has been a time of tremendous doctrinal change. Few aspects of the Court's international law doctrine remain the same in the twenty-first century as they were two hundred years ago.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of Contributors
• Table of Cases
• Acknowledgments
• The U.S. Supreme Court and International Law: Continuity and Change
• I From the Founding to the Civil War
• II From the Civil War to the Turn of the Century
• III From the Turn of the Century to World War II
• IV From World War II to the New Millennium
• V International Law in the U.S. Supreme Court in the Twenty-First Century
• V.A Treaties after 2000
• V.B Customary International Law after 2000
• V.C International Law and Constitutional Interpretation after 2000
• V.D International Law and Statutory Interpretation after 2000
• V.E International Law and the War on Terror
• VI Conclusion: Continuity and Change over Two Centuries
• Index