Foreign Law? : Congress v. The Supreme Court.

After the decisions in Lawrence v. Texas (2003) and Roper v. Simmons (2005), the Supreme Court's use of foreign law became a hotly contested issue in Congress, the media, and among conservative political activists. Lawrence Baum (2006) argues the Justices are sensitive and respond to the reacti...

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Main Author: Roberts, Christopher
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2014.
©2014
Series:Recht und Gesellschaft.
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