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Author	Breyer, Stephen G., 1938-
Title	The court and the world : American law and the new global realities / Stephen Breyer.
Publication Info.	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 3	347.99 B	IN LIBRARY

Edition	First edition.
Description	viii, 382 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-359) and index.
Contents	Part I. The past is prologue : the Constitution, national security and individual rights. Silence : Cicero and his "political question" counterpart ; A second approach : "The President wins" ; A third approach : "The President goes too far" ; "No blank check" : Guantanamo -- Part II. At home abroad : the foreign reach of American statutory law. Regulating international commerce ; Opening the courthouse door : the alien tort statute and human rights -- Part III. Beyond our shores : international agreements. Treaty interpretation : child custody ; Investment treaties : arbitration ; The treaty power : structure ; Postscript : home alone, a political discussion -- Part IV. The judge as diplomat. Interchange and substantive progress ; Advancing the rule of law -- Epilogue.
Subject	United States. Supreme Court.
	International courts.
	National security -- International cooperation.
	International trade.
Added Title	American law and the new global realities
ISBN	9781101946190 (hardback)
	1101946199 (hardback)
	9781101946206 (e-book)

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