Restoring the Global Judiciary: Why the Supreme Court Should Rule in U.S. Foreign Affairs

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In the past several decades, there has been a growing chorus of voices contending that the Supreme Court and federal judiciary should stay out of foreign affairs and leave the field to Congress and the president. Challenging this idea, Restoring the Global Judiciary argues instead for a robust judicial role in the conduct of U.S. foreign policy.

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"Flaherty laments the executive branchs over-accumulation of power, but instead focuses on the diminution of federal judicial power in foreign affairs. In his new book, Flaherty convincingly argues that this trend is not only contrary to the intent of the Constitutions framers, but it also encroaches on the role federal courts played in foreign affairs during the first century of the republic."---Jeffrey M. Winn, New York Law Journal
"Clearly, Flahertys study has significantly contributed to a growing body of work evaluating the American judiciarys legacy associated with foreign policy."---Samuel Hoff, International Social Science Review

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Martin S. Flaherty is the Leitner Family Professor of International Human Rights Law and founding codirector of the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice at Fordham Law School. He is also a longtime visiting professor at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He lives in New York City. Twitter @MFlaherty17