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Zusatztext That is a lot of ground to cover in 331 pages! but Bradley manages admirably to explore the contours and current state of play of each topic in a balanced and nonpartisan way. The book is well suited for the uninitiated! and the thorough references in the footnotes to the cases and the secondary literature make the book a good jumping-off point for further research. Good tables of cases and of legislation! and a thorough index! add to the book's utility as a work ofreference." -Jonathan Pratter! Law Library Journal Informationen zum Autor Curtis Bradley is the William Van Alstyne Professor of Law at Duke University School of Law in the United States. Professor Bradley has been writing and teaching about international law and its status in the U.S. legal system for twenty years. In addition to publishing numerous scholarly articles in top law journals! he is the co-author of a leading casebook on U.S. foreign relations law. He has also served as the Counselor on International Law inthe Legal Adviser's Office of the U.S. State Department and currently is a member of the Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on International Law. Professor Bradley is also a Reporter for the American Law Institute's Restatement (Fourth) project on foreign relations law and is a member of the Board of Editorsof the American Journal of International Law. Klappentext International Law in the U.S. Legal System provides a wide-ranging overview of how all the major forms of international law operate within the United States and addresses many areas of controversy. Zusammenfassung International Law in the U.S. Legal System provides a wide-ranging overview of how international law intersects with the domestic legal system within the United States, and points out various unresolved issues and areas of controversy. Curtis Bradley covers all of the principal forms of international law: treaties, decisions and orders of international institutions, customary international law, and jus cogens norms. He also explores a number of issues thatare implicated by the intersection of U.S. law and international law, such as foreign sovereign immunity, international human rights litigation, war powers, extradition, and extraterritoriality. This book highlights recent decisions and events relating to the topic (including decisions and events arising outof the war on terrorism), while also taking into account relevant historical materials, including materials relating to the U.S. Constitutional founding. Written by one of the most cited international law scholars in the United States, the book is a resource for lawyers, law students, legal scholars, and judges from around the world....
