International Law and Institutions and the American Constitution in War and Peace

Authors

Thomas H. Lee, Fordham University School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Berkeley Journal of International Law

Volume

31

Publication Date

2013

Keywords

foreign law; constitution; international law; comparative law

Abstract

This Article describes how international law and institutions are not necessarily incompatible with U.S. sovereign interests today and how they were historically accepted as valid inputs to interpreting and implementing the Constitution during the founding and infancy of the United States and through the Civil War.

Recommended Citation

Thomas H. Lee, International Law and Institutions and the American Constitution in War and Peace, 31 Berkeley J. Int'l 292 (2013)
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