Disaggregating U.S. interests in international law.

From: Law and Contemporary Problems | Date: September 22, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

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INTRODUCTION

After decades on the margins, international law is becoming a prominent force in virtually every area of domestic law. Teaching subjects such as procedure, bankruptcy, antitrust law, tax, and family law is increasingly difficult without some reference to international settings, instruments, and cases. Globalization would hardly allow otherwise. The growing density of transnational contacts requires transnational solutions. To the extent that individuals, families, corporations, and judicial proceedings inhabit transnational spaces, some regulation will ...

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