1 In the acknowledgments section of America and the Law of Nations 1776–1939, Janis cites some of his previous essays that he has drawn on in writing his latest book. These include Jeremy Bentham and the Fashioning of’”InternationalLaw”78 AJIL 405 (1984);Protestants, Progress and Peace and American Versions of the International Law of Christendom, in Religion and International Law 191, 211 (Mark W. Janis & Carolyn Jones eds., 1999); Missouri v. Holland: Birds, Wars, and Rights, International Law Stories 207 (John E. Noyes, Laura A. Dickinson & Mark W. Janis eds., 2007). See also Mark Weston Janis, The American Tradition of International Law: Great Expectations 1789–1914 (2004).

2 Jeremy, Bentham, an Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (Athlone Press 1970) (1823).Google Scholar

3 John, Austin, The Province of Jurisprudence determined 201 (1832).Google Scholar

4 See John, Lind, an Answer to the Declaration of the American Congress (1776).Google Scholar

5 See Nonsense Upon Stilts: Bentham, Burke and Marx on the Rights of Man 29, 34 (Jeremy, Waldron ed. 1987).Google Scholar

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9 From Sea to Shining Sea: American Exceptionalism Is Nothing New. But It Is Getting Sharper, Economist, Nov. 8, 2003, at 5.

10 Elsewhere I have addressed some of these problems and challenges in detail. See John F. Murphy, The Evolving Dimensions of International Law: Hard Choices for the World Community (2010).