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020 _a9781101946190
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_b.B74 2015
082 1 _a347.7326 BRE
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100 1 _aBreyer, Stephen
_d(1938 -)
245 1 4 _aThe court and the world :
_bAmerican law and the new global realities
_c/ Stephen Breyer.
250 _aFirst Edition.
260 _aNew York
_b: Alfred A. Knopf
_c, 2015
300 _a382 p.
_c; 25 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 287-359) and index.
505 0 _aSilence : Cicero and his "political question" counterpart -- A second approach : "The President wins" -- A third approach : "The President goes too far" -- "No blank check" : Guantanamo -- Regulating international commerce -- Opening the courthouse door : the Alien Tort Statute and human rights -- Treaty interpretation : child custody -- Investment treaties : arbitration -- The treaty power structure -- Postscript : home alone, a political discussion -- Interchange and substantive progress -- Advancing the rule of law.
520 _aJustice Stephen Breyer examines the work of SCOTUS in an increasingly interconnected world, a world in which all sorts of public and private activity - from the conduct of national security policy to the conduct of international trade - obliges the Court to consider and understand circumstances beyond America's borders. At a time when ordinary citizens may book international lodging directly through online sites like Airbnb, it has become clear that judicial awareness can no longer stop at the water's edge.
546 _aEnglish.
650 4 _aInternational and municipal law
_z-United States
650 4 _aInternational courts
650 4 _aNational security
_x-International cooperation
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