The Death of Treaty Supremacy

by David Sloss

This book provides the first detailed history of the Constitution's treaty supremacy rule. It describes a process of invisible constitutional change. The traditional supremacy rule provided that all treaties supersede conflicting state laws; it precluded state governments from violating U.S. treaty obligations. Before 1945, treaty supremacy and self-execution were independent doctrines. Supremacy governed the relationship between treaties and state...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197651798
• ISBN13: 9780197651797
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.3"