Transnational Legal Problems: Materials and Text

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ISBN: 9781566621595 | 1566621593
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Copyright: 6/1/1994

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Steiner, Vagts and Koh's Documentary Supplement to Transnational Legal Problems, Materials and Text, Fourth Edition, provides detailed information on transnational legal problems law. The casebook provides the tools for fast, easy, on-point research. Part of the University Casebook Series®, it includes selected cases designed to illustrate the development of a body of law on a particular subject. Text and explanatory materials designed for law study accompany the cases.

PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION

iii

(6)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

(16)

TABLE OF CASES

xxv

PART ONE. TRANSNATIONAL PROBLEMS WITHIN NATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEMS

(156)

Chapter I. How a National Legal System Treats Aliens and Their Activities

(82)

A. Links of Individuals to Political Communities

(11)

B. Immigration and Deportation

(30)

C. Protection of the Alien Under National Law

(6)

D. Access of Aliens to Economic Activities

(35)

1. Restrictions in the United States

(23)

2. Regulation of Foreign Investment in Some Foreign Countries

(11)

Chapter II. Distribution of National Powers to Deal With Transnational Problems

(74)

A. Distribution of Powers Within the Federal Government

(61)

1. Powers of the Executive, Congress and the Courts

(43)

2. War Powers: The Reach and Control of Executive Power

132

(15)

B. Foreign Affairs and Federalism

147

(12)

PART TWO. INTERNATIONAL LAW AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO NATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEMS

159

(510)

Chapter III. Distinctive Characteristics of the International Legal Process

159

(178)

A. Comparisons With Conceptions of Law and Legal Process in National Systems

159

(9)

B. International Tribunals

168

(18)

C. Protection by States of Their Nationals

186

(45)

1. Protection of Individuals

187

(17)

2. Protection of Corporations

204

(21)

3. Exhaustion of Local Remedies

225

(6)

D. The Processes By Which International Law Develops

231

(76)

1. The Role of Custom

232

(38)

2. The Role of Treaties

270

(28)

3. The Role of International Organizations

298

(9)

E. Conflict with National Law: The Concept of Domestic Jurisdiction

307

(7)

F. Contemporary Perspectives on International Law

314

(23)

Chapter IV. International Human Rights and the Protection of Property: Two Illustrations of the International Legal Process

337

(177)

A. Background Ideas

337

(3)

B. Protection of the Person: International Human Rights

340

(106)

1. Basic Conventions and Norms

341

(25)

2. The Challenge of Cultural Relativism

366

(25)

3. Intergovernmental Human Rights Organs

391

(11)

4. Regional Human Rights Institutions

402

(37)

5. The Roles of Nongovernmental Organizations

439

(7)

C. Expropriation of Alien-Owned Property

446

(60)

1. The Consensus and the Challenge

451

(21)

2. Settlement of Some Post-War Disputes: Substance and Techniques

472

(7)

3. Efforts to Develop a New Consensus

479

(17)

4. Efforts to Develop New Techniques to Enforce Standards or Settle Disputes

496

(10)

D. The Calvo Clause

506

(8)

Chapter V. Interpenetration of National and International Law: General Themes

514

(155)

A. Customary International Law Before National Courts

514

(18)

B. International Agreements and National Law

532

(58)

1. The Constitutional Status of the Treaty

534

(19)

2. Self-Executing Treaties

553

(8)

3. Executive Agreements

561

(14)

4. Congressional-Executive Tensions Over International Agreements

575

(5)

5. Treaty Interpretation by National Courts

580

(10)

C. Some Foreign Comparisons

590

(5)

D. National Legislation Based on Reciprocity

595

(8)

E. Human Rights Issues in the United States

603

(66)

1. International Human Rights in U.S. Courts

603

(20)

2. Ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

623

(15)

3. Conditioning Aid or Trade on Compliance With Human Rights Standards

638

(31)

PART THREE. THE ROLE OF NATIONAL JUDICIARIES IN BUILDING A TRANSNATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEM

669

(152)

Chapter VI. Courts in a Transnational Setting: Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments

669

(84)

A. Introductory Concepts

669

(20)

B. Transnational Aspects of Adjudicatory Jurisdiction

689

(23)

1. Adjudicatory Jurisdiction in the United States

691

(14)

2. Adjudicatory Jurisdiction in Some European Countries

705

(7)

C. Enforcement of Foreign-Country Judgments

712

(41)

1. Enforcement in the United States

713

(17)

2. Enforcement in France

730

(7)

3. Enforcement in Germany

737

(3)

4. Cooperative Arrangements Through Treaties

740

(13)

Chapter VII. Local Courts and Foreign Sovereignty: Jurisdictional Immunities, the Act of State Doctrine and Human Rights Litigation

753

(68)

A. Immunity of Foreign Sovereigns From the Jurisdiction of Local Courts

753

(27)

B. The Act of State Doctrine

780

(41)

PART FOUR. THE TRANSNATIONAL REACH OF NATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEMS

821

(175)

Chapter VIII. The Transnational Reach of Criminal Legislation

821

(64)

A. The General Principles and Some Illustrations

823

(37)

B. International Cooperation in Controlling Criminal Conduct

860

(15)

C. An International Law of Crimes: From Nuremberg to the Present

875

(10)

Chapter IX. The Transnational Reach of Economic Regulation

885

(111)

A. Introductory Notions: The Relevance of Choice-of-Law Principles and Methodology

888

(9)

B. Welfare Legislation for Seamen

897

(24)

C. Antitrust Regulation

921

(62)

1. Problems in Determining the Reach of the Antitrust Laws

922

(38)

2. Problems in the Enforcement Abroad of Antitrust Decrees of American Courts

960

(23)

D. Export Controls

983

(13)

PART FIVE. THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

996

(177)

Chapter X. International Organizations: an Overview

996

(46)

A. Introduction

996

(5)

B. External Relations

1001

(13)

C. The Internal Structure of International Organizations

1014

(23)

D. Powers and Functions of International Organizations

1037

(5)

Chapter XI. The United Nations: The Control of Armed Conflict

1042

(40)

A. The Prohibition of Violence

1042

(12)

B. Episodes in the Use of Armed Force

1054

(13)

C. Peace-Keeping Activity of the UN

1067

(15)

Chapter XII. The European Community (Common Market)

1082

(91)

A. Conspectus of the EC Treaty

1083

(24)

B. Constitutional Issues and the Role of the Court of Justice

1107

(66)

1. Direct Applicability of Community Law

1109

(12)

2. The Use of Article 177 by National Courts

1121

(14)

3. Conflicts Between Community Law and National Constitutions

1135

(22)

4. Practice Under Articles 169 and 173

1157

(16)

Index

1173

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