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The Constitution as Treaty

The International Legal Constructionalist Approach to the US Constitution
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The Constitution as Treaty transforms the conceptualization of US constitutional law by exploring the interpretive implications of viewing the US Constitution as a treaty. It argues that federal courts constitute an international tribunal system, and, as such, their jurisdiction is governed by international law enabling them to exercise judicial review authority and undercutting much of the judicial activist critique. The Constitution as Treaty continues with an examination of what is international law and its major interpretive principles in order to set the stage for examining how different sources and principles of international law are intrinsically integrated into US constitutional law and, thereby, are available to federal courts for deciding cases. It addresses the Charming Betsy Rule, the non-self-execution doctrine, the last-in-time rule, and the proper use of customary international law and other international law sources not mentioned in Article III. The Constitution as Treaty concludes that federal courts generally must construe the United States' international legal obligations liberally.

Author Biography:

Francisco Forrest Martin is the founder and president of Rights International, The Center for International Human Rights Law, Inc. He is also the former Ariel F. Sallows Professor of Human Rights at the University of Saskatchewan College of Law. Mr Martin is the author of seven books and numerous articles on U.S. constitutional and international law, including International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (Cambridge University Press 2006). He has litigated cases before U.S. and international courts, including the European Court of Human Rights, Inter-American Commission and Court of Human Rights, and the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights. He was the recipient of the American Civil Liberties Union's Anneta Dieckmann Award.
Release date NZ
September 24th, 2007
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Pages
230
Dimensions
159x235x20
ISBN-13
9780521881937
Product ID
1772531

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