Foreign Affairs and the United States Constitution

This is a new edition of the author's "classic" book, long since out of print. Published originally in 1972 it rapidly established itself as the leading work dealing with mysteries of the US constitutional system as it affects US foreign relations. The new edition has been reconceived, reorganized and completely updated, but in essence it remains a succinct and highly readable account of a subject which is important not only in the US, but throughout the world.

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Henkin, Louis

Words, Language & Grammar

Clarendon Press

Science & Math

Chemistry

Oxford University Press

About the Author\nLouis Henkin is University Professor Emeritus and Special Service Professor at Columbia University and is Chairman of the Directorate of the Center for the Study of Human Rights.

How nations behave: Law and foreign policy

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Published for the Council on Foreign Relations by Columbia University Press

Louis Henkin is University Professor Emeritus and Special Service Professor at Columbia University and is Chairman of the Directorate of the Center for the Study of Human Rights.

How Nations Behave

Foreign & International Law

Columbia University Press

hardcover no dust jacket. tight binding, markings or creasing- previous owner's name written and circled on inside first page along with previous price. limited chipping or tearing to edges.

The International Bill of Rights: The Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Social Sciences

Columbia Univ. Pr.

"A study of the East Asian Institute and of the Center for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University"--Prelim. p. 1.

Human Rights in Contemporary China

Nathan, Andrew J.

Edwards, R. Randle

Constitutional Law

Legal Theory & Systems

Looks at the 1948 U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, describes how human rights are protected here and abroad, and discusses recent developments in the concept of human rights

The Age of Rights

Rules & Procedures

In 1989, the people of the United States celebrated the bicentennial of their country's Constitution. At the same time Americans observed the continuing miasma of the Iran-Contra affair. Although we celebrated the longevity of the Constitution, the Iran-Contra affair can be seen as a result of the problems brought about by the fact that the framers of the Constitution envisioned a republic very much different from the United States today. Over the centuries each branch of the Federal government has aggrandized its consitutional powers, breeding constitutional controversy, instability, and occasional crisis. In Consitutionalism, Democracy, And Foreign Affairs Louis Henkin addresses a highly controversial yet neglected aspect of Consitutional jurisprudence -the governance of foreign affairs. Henkins examines whether our constitutional blueprint for the conduct of foreign affairs is appropriate to the democracy we have become, or whether it might be desirable to consider constitutional change. Looking first at the wrangling between Congress and the President for foreign affairs jurisdiction, including questions related to the controversial War Powers Act, Henkin then moves to the issue of the role of courts in foreign affairs of a republic that has become a democracy, and issues of individual rights arising out of foreign relations. He finds that in the conduct of foreign affairs we are particularly susceptible to the claims of "efficiency" -that we repose full faith in "the experts" for fear of appearing divided before the world. In the process, Henkin argues, we carelessly sacrifice the individual rights that the framers of the Constitution had hoped to insure. In conclusion, Henkin argues that it is ultimately the responsibility of the United States Congress to provide through new laws and institutions the Consitutional "rudder" that will "reaffirm our ancestral commitment to constitutionalism appropriate to our democracy, in a nuclear world in the Twenty-first century, the Third Century of the Constitution."

Constitutionalism, democracy, and foreign affairs

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