Foreign Relations Law: Cases and Materials (Aspen Elective Series) [Hardcover]

Curtis A. Bradley (Author), Jack L. Goldsmith (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0735528403 | ISBN-13: 978-0735528406 | Publication Date: November 2002

<p> Using a thoughtful, balanced mix of cases and non-case materials, including statutes, treaties, and Executive Branch pronouncements, <b>Foreign Relations Law: Cases and Materials, Third Edition</b>, examines the constitutional and statutory law that governs contemporary U.S. foreign relations. Thoroughly updated, this casebook provides students with an in-depth assessment of foreign policy issues as well as the relation of international matters to U.S. law. </p> <p> <b>Among the qualities that make this casebook such a valuable resource</b>: </p> <ul> <li> <b>wide-ranging coverage of contemporary foreign relations law controversies</b> , such as: <ul> <li> the <b>scope of the President’s war powers</b>, including the President’s powers in the war on terrorism </li> <li> the <b>relationship between national foreign affairs powers</b>, including the treaty power, and structural principles of federalism and separation of powers </li> <li> the <b>validity of executive agreements</b> </li> <li> the <b>status of customary international law in the U.S. legal system</b>, including its role in international human rights litigation in U.S. courts </li> <li> <b>judicial reliance on foreign and international materials to interpret the Constitution</b> </li> <li> <b>extraterritorial application of federal law</b> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul> <li> <b>cohesive theoretical framework that makes clear</b>: <ul> <li> the <b>increasingly important intersection between international law and U.S. domestic law</b> </li> <li> the <b>importance of constitutional structure in regulating foreign affairs</b> </li> <li> the <b>relevance of history to modern affairs controversies</b> </li> <li> the <b>ways the constitutional law of foreign affairs is often developed outside the courts </b></li> <li> the <b>significance of the increasingly blurred line between domestic and foreign affairs</b> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul> <li> <b>Extensive Notes and Questions</b> for each topic, including rich discussions of historical background, other relevant cases, and academic debates </li> </ul> <p> <b>In addition to updated notes and background materials, the Third Edition features</b>: </p> <ul> <li> a <b>new chapter</b> devoted to the <b>War on Terrorism</b> </li> <li> <b>excerpts of recent War on Terrorism</b> decisions, including <i>Hamdan v. Rumsfeld</i> and <i>Boumediene v. Bush</i> </li> <li> coverage of <b>developments in the War on Terrorism</b>, including <b> developments relating to interrogation, detention, rendition</b>, and <b> surveillance </b></li> <li> <b>discussion of statutory changes</b> <b>relating to terrorism</b>, including the Military Commissions Act, the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act, and amendments to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act </li> <li> excerpts of the consular notice decisions Sanchez-Llamas v. Oregon and Medellin v. Texas, which address the <b>domestic status of an international decision and the authority of the President to enforce such a decision</b> </li> <li> coverage of <b>recent decisions brought under the Alien Tort Statute</b>, including the South African Apartheid Case </li> </ul> <p> Take advantage of the expertise and experience of Curtis A. Bradley and Jack L. Goldsmith. <b>Foreign Relations Law: Cases and Materials, Third Edition</b> , is the ideal casebook for serious study of U.S. affairs abroad. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 704 pages
• Publisher: Aspen Law & Business (November 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735528403
• ISBN-13: 978-0735528406
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 6.7 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,594,977 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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