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Does the Constitution Follow the Flag? The Evolution of Territoriality in American Law. By Kal Raustiala. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. Pp. 313. Index. $29.95, £19.99.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Curtis A. Bradley*
Affiliation:
Duke Law School

Abstract

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Recent Books on International Law
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2010

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References

1 See Maqalehv. Gates, 604 F.Supp. 2d 205 (D.D.C. 2009), appeal pending, Nos. 09–5265, 09–5266, 09–5277 (D.C. Cir.).

2 See, e.g., EEOC v. Arabian Am. Oil Co., 499 U.S. 244 (1991); United States v. Verdugo–Urquidez, 494 U.S. 259 (1990).

3 The Guantánamo base is on sovereign Cuban territory, but pursuant to agreements with Cuba, the United States exercises complete jurisdiction and control over the base and can remain there indefinitely. See Boumediene, v. Bush, 128 S. Ct. 2229, 225152 (2008)Google Scholar.

4 140 U.S. 453 (1891).

5 See, e.g., Dowries, v. Bidwell, 182 U.S. 244 (1901); Hawaii, v. Mankichi, 190 U.S. 197 (1903); Dorr v. United States, 195 U.S. 138 (1904); Balzac v. Porto Rico, 258 U.S. 298 (1922)Google Scholar.

6 See 354 U.S. 1 (1957).

7 See 128 S.Ct. 2229 (2008).

8 499 U.S. 244(1991).

9 Id. at 248.

10 See Einer, Elhauge, Statutory Default Rules: How To Interpret Unclear Legislation 12 (2008)Google Scholar.

11 See id. at 205–06; see also Curtis, A. Bradley, Territorial Intellectual Property Rights in an Age of Globalism, 37 Va. J. Int’l L. 505, 55054 (1997) (makingsimilar point)Google Scholar.

12 The foundational decision is Filartiga v. Pena–Irala, 630 F.2d 876 (2d Cir. 1980).

13 See, e.g., Anne–Marie, Slaughter & David, Bosco, Plaintiff’s Diplomacy , 79 Foreign Aff., Sept./Oct. 2000, at 102Google Scholar; Michael, D. Ramsey, International Law Limits on Investor Liability in Human Rights Litigation, 50 Harv. Int’l L.J. 272 (2009)Google Scholar.

14 John, B. Bellinger III, Enforcing Human Rights in U.S. Courts and Abroad: The Alien Tort Statute and Other Approaches, 42 Vand. J. Transnat’l L. 1, 8 (2009)Google Scholar.

15 See.e.g., 128S.Ct.at 2277(“It bears repeating that our opinion does not address the content of the law that governs petitioners’ detention.”).

16 See generally Curtis, A. Bradley & Jack, L. Goldsmith, Foreign Relations Law: Cases and Materials, at xix (3d ed. 2009)Google Scholar (describing topics covered by U.S. foreign relations law).

17 But see Anne–Marie, Burley, Law Among Liberal States: Liberal Internationalism and the Act of State Doctrine, 92 Colum. L. Rev. 1907 (1992)Google Scholar (drawingon liberal internationalist model of international relations to propose new way of thinking about the act of state doctrine).