Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2006
Abstract
This Article seeks to challenge and redirect contemporary debate regarding the role of international law in constitutional interpretation based upon an examination of historical Supreme Court practice. The Article has three goals: It first marshals the weight of evidence regarding the Supreme Court's historical use of international law in constitutional analysis, to rebut the claim that the practice is new. It then analyzes the ways that the Court has used international law from a legitimacy perspective, and finally draws lessons from the historical practice to offer preliminary suggestions- regarding the normatively appropriate use of international law.
Disciplines
International Law | Law
Recommended Citation
Sarah H. Cleveland,
Our International Constitution,
31
Yale J. Int'l L.
1
(2006).
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https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/faculty_scholarship/3393