International Law in the United States
PurposeEdit
To develop the legal framework of international law as applied in the jurisdiction of the United States. This book will treat the United State Constitution as the middle piece by which international law is incorporated into domestic law.
BackgroundEdit
Upfront pocket - Update on Legal DevelopmentsEdit
Is John Yoo right or wrong that waterboarding is not torture?Edit
Is Blackwater a modern day 'pirate' within the meaning of U.S. domestic law?Edit
Domestic LawEdit
United States ConstitutionEdit
Art. I sec. 8 cl. 10Edit
Bill of RightsEdit
Procedure to LawEdit
Presidential SignatureEdit
Congress RatificationEdit
TreatiesEdit
"Every treaty and every international agreement entered into by any Member of the United Nations after the present Charter comes into force shall as soon as possible be registered with the Secretariat and published by it"[1]
Enforceability of Treaties in United States CourtsEdit
United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human RightsEdit
Jus CogensEdit
Writ of Habeas CorpusEdit
ProcedureEdit
Domestic ProcedureEdit
Foreign ProcedureEdit
By United States Citizens v. Private PartiesEdit
An example of this would be Blackwater operating in Iraq
CitationsEdit
Domestic ReferencesEdit
International ReferencesEdit
http://www.un.org/rights/
http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ingel/c.ingelse/pot.htm
Secondary ReferencesEdit
law review articles and the like go here