Yoo, John

The powers of war and peace : the constitution and foreign affairs after 9/11 / John Yoo - Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2005 - xii, 366 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-355) and index.

The eighteenth-century Anglo-American Constitution and foreign affairs -- Foreign affairs and the prelude to the constitution -- Writing and ratifying a foreign affairs constitution -- War powers for a new world -- International politics as law?: interpreting and ending treaties -- Treaties and the legislative power -- Laws as treaties?: statutes as international agreements -- The constitution and the multilateral future.

0226960315 (cloth : alk. paper)


War and emergency powers--United States.


United States--Foreign relations--Law and legislation

KF 5060 / Y59p 2005

343.73/01