| Foreign Affairs and the United States Constitution Contributor(s): Henkin, Louis (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198260989 ISBN-13: 9780198260981 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $133.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1997 Annotation: This is Louis Henkin's classic book, long out of print, in a much-anticipated new edition. Reconceived, reorganized, and updated, this work remains a model of clarity. The new edition is essential reading for lawyers, scholars, and all who are interested in understanding the United States and its place in world affairs. Professor Henkin takes the reader through the mysteries of the US Constitutional system as it governs US foreign relations. He explains how the United States Government acts on the world scene - the respective authority of the President and Congress in making foreign policy and conducting foreign relations; conflict and co-operation between them in determining the use of military force, and US policy on arms control, on the sale of arms, on trade, on financial assistance, on human rights. He explains where US treaties stand in US law and policy; the role of the courts in foreign affairs; United States policy on the United Nations and other organizations, on international tribunals; what the Constitution requires in respect for individual rights within the United States and beyond. Every reader will be able to follow and enjoy the text. For those who are interested there are many pages of rich, scholarly notes. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Constitutional - Law | Civil Procedure - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 347.302 |
| LCCN: 96-17202 |
| Lexile Measure: 1680 |
| Physical Information: 1.21" H x 6.15" W x 9.19" (1.92 lbs) 654 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |