TY  - BOOK
AU  - Roberts,Christopher
TI  - Foreign Law?: Congress v. The Supreme Court
T2  - Law and Society
SN  - 9781593327781
AV  - KF358 .R63 2014 
U1  - 347.73347.7326 
PY  - 2014///
KW  - Law
KW  - United States
KW  - Foreign influences
KW  - Political questions and judicial power
KW  - International and municipal law
KW  - Droit
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Influence étrangère
KW  - Politique et pouvoir judiciaire
KW  - Droit international et droit interne
KW  - LAW
KW  - Civil Procedure
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Legal Services
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Government
KW  - Judicial Branch
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Referencing foreign law -- Foreign law : a controversy among the justices -- Foreign law : a controversy among members of Congress -- Responses of elite audiences : the media, the legal profession, and the political parties -- Is the controversy about foreign law uniquely American? -- Why the justices respond to external audiences
N2  - After the decisions in Lawrence v. Texas (2003) and Roper v. Simmons (2005), the Supreme Court's use of foreign law became a hotly contested issue in Congress, the media, and among conservative political activists. Lawrence Baum (2006) argues the Justices are sensitive and respond to the reaction of external audiences. The reaction of the Justices to the controversy over the use of foreign law indicates that the Justices care more about cases than just their disposition or particular policy agendas, and provides further evidence that the Justices take into account their relationships with othe
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