The Death of Treaty Supremacy: An Invisible Constitutional Change

Synopsis

Introduction -- The Origins Of Treaty Supremacy : 1776-1787 -- State Ratification Debates -- Treaty Supremacy In The 1790s -- Foster V. Neilson -- Treaties And State Law -- Self-execution In The Political Branches -- Self-execution In The Federal Courts -- Seeds Of Change -- Human Rights Activism In The United States : 1946-1948 -- The Nationalists Strike Back : 1949-1951 -- Fujii, Brown, And Bricker : 1952-1954 -- Business As Usual In The Courts : 1946-1965 -- The American Law Institute And The Restatement Of Foreign Relations Law -- Treaty Supremacy In The Twenty-first Century -- Invisible Constitutional Change. David L. Sloss. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.