Transnational Legal Problems: Materials and Text

by Steiner, Henry J.

• ISBN13: 9781566621595
• ISBN10: 1566621593
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-06-01
• Publisher: Foundation Pr

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION	iii	(6)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS	ix	(16)
TABLE OF CASES	xxv
PART ONE. TRANSNATIONAL PROBLEMS WITHIN NATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEMS	3	(156)
Chapter I. How a National Legal System Treats Aliens and Their Activities	3	(82)
A. Links of Individuals to Political Communities	3	(11)
B. Immigration and Deportation	14	(30)
C. Protection of the Alien Under National Law	44	(6)
D. Access of Aliens to Economic Activities	50	(35)
1. Restrictions in the United States	51	(23)
2. Regulation of Foreign Investment in Some Foreign Countries	74	(11)
Chapter II. Distribution of National Powers to Deal With Transnational Problems	85	(74)
A. Distribution of Powers Within the Federal Government	86	(61)
1. Powers of the Executive, Congress and the Courts	89	(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