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The Sword and the Scales: The United States and International Courts and Tribunals

ISBN: 9780521407465 | 052140746X
Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date: 9/7/2009

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SummaryTable of Contents
The Sword and the Scales is the first in-depth and comprehensive study of attitudes and behaviors of the United States toward major international courts and tribunals. Thirteen essays by American legal scholars map and analyze current and past patterns of promotion or opposition of international judicial bodies by various branches of the United States government, suggesting a complex and deeply ambivalent relationship.
International courts and tribunals and the rule of law
American public opinion on international courts and tribunals
Arbitration and avoidance of war: the nineteenth century American vision
The United States and the International Court of Justice: coping with antinomies
The U.S. Supreme Court and the International Court of Justice: what does 'respectful consideration' mean?
U.S. attitudes toward intern... MORE
The United States and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights Elizabeth
From paradox to subsidiarity: the United States and human rights treaty bodies
The U.S. and international claims and compensation bodies
Does the U.S. support international tribunals? The case of the multilateral trade system
The United States and dispute settlement under the North American Free Trade Agreement: ambivalence, frustration and occasional defiance
Dispute settlement under NAFTA Chapter 11: a response to the critics in the United States
The United States and international courts: getting the cost-benefit analysis right
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