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Treaties—A Cinderella Story

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2017

Duncan B. Hollis*
Affiliation:
Temple University Beasley School of Law

Abstract

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Type
The Shifting Sands of Treaty Interpretation
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 2008

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References

1 128 S.Ct. 1346, 1357 (2008).

2 Id. at 1356 (citing Foster v. Neilson, 27 U.S. (2 Pet.) 253, 315 (1829)).

3 See, e.g., Frolova v. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 761 F.2d 370, 373 (7th Cir. 1985); People of Saipan v. U.S. Dep’t of Interior, 502 F.2d 90, 97 (9th Cir. 1974).

4 See Medellin, 126 S.Ct. at 1364, 1366. The Court also utilized negotiating history as well as post-ratification understandings of other nations.

5 Id. at 1356 (quoting Igarta-De La Rosa v. United States, 417 F.3d 145, 150 (1st Cir. 2005)).

6 Sanchez-Llamas v. Oregon, 126 S.Ct. 2669, 2672 (2006) (quoting Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137, 177 (1803)).

7 Murray v. The Charming Betsy, 6 U.S. (2 Cranch) 64, 118 (1804).

8 Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 548 U.S. 557 (2006).