Death of Treaty Supremacy: An Invisible Constitutional Change

by David Sloss and David L. 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: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199364028
• ISBN13: 9780199364022
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Oxford Univ PR
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.3"