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Author Breyer, Stephen G., 1938- author.

Title The court and the world : American law and the new global realities / Stephen Breyer.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2015]

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  347.7326 BREYER    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  347.7326 BREYER    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Non Fiction  347.7326 BREYER    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  347.73 BREYER    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  347.73 BREYER, STEPHEN    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  347.73 BREYER    Check Shelf
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 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  347.73 BRE    Check Shelf
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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.
Summary An analysis of how an increasingly globalized and interdependent world influences the decisions of America's Supreme Court ; examines how today's Court seeks to balance national imperatives with the realities of foreign jurisdictions.
Subject International courts.
National security -- International cooperation.
International trade.
LAW / Courts.
LAW / Comparative.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Judicial Branch.
International courts. (OCoLC)fst00976874
International trade. (OCoLC)fst00977128
National security -- International cooperation. (OCoLC)fst01033726
Added Title American law and the new global realities
ISBN 9781101946190 (hardback)
1101946199 (hardback)
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