Defining and Punishing Offenses Under Treaties

SH Cleveland, WS Dodge - Yale LJ, 2014 - HeinOnline
One of the principal aims of the US Constitution was to give the federal government authority
to comply with its international legal commitments. The scope of Congress's constitutional
authority to implement treaties has recently received particular attention. In Bond v. United
States, the Court avoided the constitutional questions by construing a statute to respect
federalism, but these questions are unlikely to go away. This Article contributes to the
ongoing debate by identifying the Offenses Clause as an additional source of Congress's …

Defining and Punishing Offenses Under Treates

WS Dodge - Yale Law Journal, 2015 - escholarship.org
One of the principal aims of the US Constitution was to give the federal government authority
to comply with its international legal commitments. The scope of Congress's constitutional
authority to implement treaties has recently received particular attention. In Bond v. United
States, the Court avoided the constitutional questions by construing a statute to respect
federalism, but these questions are unlikely to go away. This Article contributes to the
ongoing debate by identifying the Offenses Clause as an additional source of Congress's …
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