TY - BOOK AU - Breyer,Stephen G. TI - The court and the world: American law and the new global realities SN - 9781101912072 AV - KF 4581 B848c 2016 PY - 2016/// CY - New York PB - Vintage Books KW - International and municipal law KW - United States KW - Derecho internacional y municipal KW - Estados Unidos KW - Derecho KW - Procedimiento Civil KW - LAW / Comparative KW - Derecho comparado KW - Corte Suprema N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-359) and index; Silence : Cicero and his "political question" counterpart -- A second approach : "The President wins" -- A third approach : "The President goes too far" -- "No blank check" : Guantanamo -- Regulating international commerce -- Opening the courthouse door : the Alien Tort Statute and human rights -- Treaty interpretation : child custody -- Investment treaties : arbitration -- The treaty power structure -- Postscript : home alone, a political discussion -- Interchange and substantive progress -- Advancing the rule of law N2 - "In this original, far-reaching and timely book, Justice Stephen Breyer examines the work of SCOTUS in an increasingly interconnected world, a world in which all sorts of public and private activity--from the conduct of national security policy to the conduct of international trade--obliges the Court to consider and understand circumstances beyond America's borders. At a time when ordinary citizens may book international lodging directly through online sites like Airbnb, it has become clear that judicial awareness can no longer stop at the water's edge"-- ER -