Chevron deference and treaty interpretation.(response to Curtis A. Bradley, Virginia Law Review, vol. 86, p. 649, 2000) From: The Yale Law Journal | Date: May 1, 2003| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2003 Yale University, School of Law. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Curtis A. Bradley, Chevron Deference and Foreign Affairs, 86 VA. L. REV. 649 (2000).

One need not accept Hobbes's vision of international relations as a perpetual "condition of warre" (1) to recognize that the rule of law does not always govern international affairs. The inevitable tension between foreign policy objectives and rule-of-law values in U.S. foreign affairs law has important implications for treaties, which play dual roles in the American constitutional system: Internationally, treaties represent sensitive political agreements with foreign nations having important ...

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