Foreign affairs and the United States Constitution /

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Author / Creator:Henkin, Louis.
Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:Oxford, England : Clarendon Press : New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Description:lxxii, 582 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Subject:Constitutional law.
Diplomatic relations -- Law and legislation.
Constitutional law -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Law and legislation.
United States.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2474931
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Other uniform titles:Henkin, Louis. Foreign affairs and the Constitution.
ISBN:0198260989
0198260997 (pbk.)
Notes:Rev. ed. of: Foreign affairs and the Constitution. Mineola, N.Y. : Foundation Press, 1972.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
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Henkin's book is extremely important for our time. US constitutionalism demands attention to undeniable traditions, strengths, and difficulties concerning structures of national government and the federal system, and the protection of citizens' rights. Just as significant, yet often slighted, is the role of the Constitution in US foreign relations. Henkin's masterful treatise, "an essay in constitutional law," encompasses the history and politics of its subject from the nation's founding. The subordinate, almost nonexistent, Supreme Court role in constitutional matters pertaining to foreign relations has led to a "scholarly neglect" this book helps correct. It comprehensively, authoritatively, and clearly surveys and analyzes its material and includes both exhaustive tables of cases, statutes, treaties, and international instruments and extensive endnotes. Henkin highlights the extraconstitutional and constitutional rationales for executive authority in foreign affairs, the tensions necessitating executive-Congress cooperation, and a defense of the obligation to respect US concepts of individual rights in foreign affairs. A critic of excessive, nonaccountable use of presidential power in foreign affairs, Henkin defends the constitution's legacy and insists that Congress not construe cooperation as requiring abdication of its authority to the executive. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. R. N. Seidel SUNY Empire State College

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