The constitution as treaty : the international legal constructionalist approach to the U.S. Constitution / Francisco Forrest Martin.

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"The Constitution as Treaty transforms the conceptualization of U.S. constitutional law by exploring the interpretive implications of viewing the U.S. Constitution as a treaty. It argues that federal courts constitute an international tribunal system, and, as such, their jurisdiction is governed by...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Martin, Francisco Forrest
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Subjects:
Constitutional law > United States.
Judicial review > United States.
Physical Description:xi, 216 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Final judicial review authority of federal and other international courts
  • The fallacy of federal judicial activism in light of international law's non liquet prohibition principle
  • The positive law of nations and its interpretive principles
  • The natural law of nations
  • Article III, international legal interpretation
  • Extra-Article III, international legal interpretation
  • The general liberal construction rule : extending Lynham to other Article III and Extra-Article III international law.