The constitution as treaty : the international legal constructionalist approach to the U.S. Constitution

The constitution as treaty : the international legal constructionalist approach to the U.S. Constitution /

"The Constitution as Treaty transforms the conceptualization of U.S. constitutional law by exploring the interpretive implications of viewing the U.S. Constitution as a treaty. It argues that federal courts constitute an international tribunal system, and, as such, their jurisdiction is governe...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Martin, Francisco Forrest
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007
Subjects:
Constitutional law > United States.
Judicial review > United States.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Final judicial review authority of federal and other international courts
  • The fallacy of federal judicial activism in light of international law's non liquet prohibition principle
  • The positive law of nations and its interpretive principles
  • The natural law of nations
  • Article III, international legal interpretation
  • Extra-Article III, international legal interpretation
  • The general liberal construction rule : extending Lynham to other Article III and Extra-Article III international law.

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