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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 June 2012
      31 August 2009
      ISBN:
      9780511819759
      9780521407465
      9780521728713
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511819759
      Dimensions:
      (234 x 156 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.82kg, 492 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (234 x 156 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.7kg, 492 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, Public International Law, American Studies, American Government, Politics and Policy, Law, Politics and International Relations
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    Subjects:
    Area Studies, Public International Law, American Studies, American Government, Politics and Policy, Law, Politics and International Relations
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    The Sword and the Scales is the first in-depth and comprehensive study of attitudes and behaviors of the United States toward major international courts and tribunals, including the International Courts of Justice, WTO, and NAFTA dispute settlement systems; the Inter-American Court of Human Rights; and all international criminal courts. Thirteen essays by American legal scholars map and analyze current and past patterns of promotion or opposition, use or neglect, of international judicial bodies by various branches of the United States government, suggesting a complex and deeply ambivalent relationship. The United States has been, and continues to be, not only a promoter of the various international courts and tribunals but also an active participant of the judicial system. It appears before some of the international judicial bodies frequently and supports more, both politically and financially. At the same time, it is less engaged than it could be, particularly given its strong rule of law foundations and its historical tradition of commitment to international law and its institutions.

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    'This volume is an important step in furthering … knowledge, and it is essential reading for students of international courts and United States foreign relations law, as well as policymakers who hope to strengthen (or weaken) international adjudication in any area of the law, including climate law.'

    Source: Climate Law

    '… is one of the first systematic treatments of the United States' engagement with international courts and tribunals. … This volume goes far … in helping to provide some answers.'

    Source: Netherlands International Law Review

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