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Foreign affairs and the United States Constitution / Louis Henkin.

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All about understanding the United States and its place in world affairs, this book travels through the mysteries of the U.S. constitutional system as it governs U.S. foreign relations. It explains how the U.S. government acts on the world scene and the respective authority of the president and Cong...

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Main Author: Henkin, Louis
Other title:Foreign affairs and the US Constitution.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Clarendon Press : New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
United States > Foreign relations > Law and legislation.
Constitutional law > United States.
Constitutional law.
Diplomatic relations > Law and legislation.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • The constitutional authority of the federal government
  • The President
  • The Congress
  • Separation of powers: competition, conflict, and cooperation
  • The courts in foreign affairs
  • The abiding significance of federalism: the states and foreign affairs
  • Treaties, the treaty power, and executive agreements
  • International law and international organizations: constitutional issues
  • Individual rights and foreign affairs
  • An eighteenth century constitution for the twenty-first century
  • Appendix. The Constitution of the United States.

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