The debate over the status of customary international law is dominated by two positions: the modern position view and the revisionist view. This working paper demonstrates that Sosa endorsed the revisionist perspective.

In Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain, the Supreme Court of the United States addressed the scope of the Alien Tort Statute.

Should foreign law be used in U.S. judicial decision-making?

The Supreme Court has affirmed the Bush administration's fundamental legal approach to the war on terrorism and left it with sufficient flexibility to effectively prevail in the future.

The theme of the Supreme Court's 2003-2004 term is jurisdiction--the allocation of decision-making authority and letting the federal courts judge conflicts between laws of sovereigns.

Corporate America's impressive display of unanimity and muscle represents a splendid oppportunity to unclog the arteries of commerce.

Through the AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project, the Brookings Institution and the American Enterprise Institute plan a collaborative effort extending through the 2008 presidential election to develop a bipartisan, practical national policy for election reform. Participants will synthesize research, monitor the implementation of the 2002 Help America Vote Act (HAVA) and...