Restoring the Global Judiciary (eBook)

Why the Supreme Court Should Rule in U.S. Foreign Affairs

Martin S. Flaherty (Autor)

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2019
344 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-18612-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Why there should be a larger role for the judiciary in American foreign relationsIn the past several decades, there has been a growing chorus of voices contending that the Supreme Court and federal judiciary should stay out of foreign affairs and leave the field to Congress and the president. Challenging this idea, Restoring the Global Judiciary argues instead for a robust judicial role in the conduct of U.S. foreign policy. With an innovative combination of constitutional history, international relations theory, and legal doctrine, Martin Flaherty demonstrates that the Supreme Court and federal judiciary have the power and duty to apply the law without deference to the other branches.Turning first to the founding of the nation, Flaherty shows that the Constitution's original commitment to separation of powers was as strong in foreign as domestic matters, not least because the document shifted enormous authority to the new federal government. This initial conception eroded as the nation rose from fledgling state to superpower, fueling the growth of a dangerously formidable executive that today asserts near-plenary foreign affairs authority. Flaherty explores how modern international relations makes the commitment to balance among the branches of government all the more critical and he considers implications for modern controversies that the judiciary will continue to confront.At a time when executive and legislative actions in the name of U.S. foreign policy are only increasing, Restoring the Global Judiciary makes the case for a zealous judicial defense of fundamental rights involving global affairs.

Autor

Martin S. Flaherty is the Leitner Family Professor of International Human Rights Law and founding codirector of the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice at Fordham Law School. He is also a longtime visiting professor at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He lives in New York City. Twitter @MFlaherty17

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.9.2019
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: abuse of power • Accountability • act of congress • Advice and consent • Alien Tort Statute • Al-Qaeda • Ambiguity (law) • Amendment • americans • Articles of Confederation • Article Three of the United States Constitution • attempt • authoritarianism • authorization • Baker v. Carr • British Empire • Bruce Ackerman • Citizenship of the United States • classified information • Common Law • concurrence • Consideration • Constitution • Constitutionalism • constitutional law • Constitution of the United Kingdom • court • Crime • Customary international law • declaration of war • deference • Deliberation • Due Process • Eminent domain • English law • Executive (government) • Extradition • Extraordinary rendition • Federal Court (Canada) • Federal government of the United States • federal judge • federal law • foreign policy • Foreign Relations • Fundamental Rights • General Treaty • Great Power • habeas corpus • Harry S. Truman • hostility • In re Ross • Institution • International human rights law • International Law • International Relations • judicial deference • Judicial Independence • Judiciary • Jurisdiction • Jurisprudence • Korematsu v. United States • Law of the United States • Law School • lawyer • Legislation • Legislator • Legislature • Little v. Barreme • Military justice • national security • nation state • Negotiation • Political Philosophy • Precedent • presumption • Presumption (canon law) • Prosecutor • Public International Law • ratification • Separation of Powers • Slavery • sovereign immunity • sovereign state • Sovereignty • State court (United States) • State law (United States) • Statute • Supremacy Clause • terrorism • Torture • Treaty • Treaty of Paris (1783) • United States constitution • United States federal judge • war • Ware v. Hylton • Westphalian Sovereignty • World War I • World War II • writ
• ISBN-10: 0-691-18612-X / 069118612X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-18612-2 / 9780691186122