Purpose
To develop the legal framework of international law as applied in the jurisdiction of the United States. This book will treat the United States Constitution as the middle piece by which international law is incorporated into domestic law.
Background
Upfront pocket - Update on Legal Developments
Is John Yoo right or wrong that waterboarding is not torture?
Is Blackwater a modern day 'pirate' within the meaning of U.S. domestic law?
Domestic Law
United States Constitution
Art. I sec. 8 cl. 10
Bill of Rights
Procedure to Law
Presidential Signature
Congress Ratification
Treaties
"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 Courts
United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Jus Cogens
Writ of Habeas Corpus
Procedure
Domestic Procedure
Foreign Procedure
By United States Citizens v. Private Parties
An example of this would be Blackwater operating in Iraq
Citations
Domestic References
International References
http://www.un.org/rights/
http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ingel/c.ingelse/pot.htm
Secondary References
law review articles and the like go here
News and Other references
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