Foreign Relations Law; Cases and Materials

Your next course in foreign relations law can be as riveting as tomorrow s headlines when you adopt this timely revision. FOREIGN RELATIONS LAW: Cases and Materials, Second Edition, provides an up-to-the-minute examination of the constitutional and statutory law that regulates the conduct of contemporary U.S. foreign relations. The book features extensive coverage of current controversies, such as: - the scope of the President s war powers, including his powers in the war on terrorism - the relationship between national foreign affairs powers, including the treaty power, and structural principles of federalism and separation of powers - the validity of executive agreements - the status of customary international law in the U.S. legal system, including its role in international human rights litigation in U.S. courts - judicial reliance on foreign and international materials to interpret the Constitution - the relationship between international tribunals and U.S. decisionmaking structures, including issues of delegation of authority and international comity - extraterritorial application of federal law The authors stimulate understanding through: - a mix of leading cases and non-case materials, such as excerpts of statutes, treaties, and Executive Branch pronouncements - abundant notes and questions for each topic, including rich discussions of historical background, other relevant cases, and academic debates - a cohesive theoretical framework that illuminates the increasingly important intersection between international law and U.S. domestic law; the importance of constitutional structure in regulating foreign affairs; - the relevance of history to modern controversies; the ways the constitutional law of foreign affairs is often developed outside the courts; and the significance of the increasingly blurred line between domestic and foreign affairs Thoroughly updated, the Second Edition offers:- - broader coverage of the war on terrorism, including detailed treatment of the Executive s power to target, detain, and try terrorist enemy combatants - excerpts of recent Supreme Court decisions, including Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (concerning the military detention of a U.S. citizen as an enemy combatant), Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain (the scope of human rights litigation under the Alien Tort Statute), Altmann v. Republic of Austria (the retroactive application of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act), and American Ins. Ass n v. Garamendi (the preemptive effect of executive agreements) - condensed coverage of foreign sovereign immunity, now divided between Chapter 2 on the role of the courts in foreign affairs and Chapter 7 on international human rights litigation, integrating the material with related topics and making it easier to teach - a revised Teacher s Manual with additional syllabi, a new section of sample exams, and answers to all the questions in the casebook