Francisco Forrest MartinThe Constitution as Treaty
The International Legal Constructionalist Approach to the U.S. Constitution
Introduction; Part I. United States Courts as International Courts: 1.
Final judicial review authority of federal and other international courts;
2. The fallacy of federal judicial activism in light of international law's
non liquet prohibition principle; Part II. International Law: 3. The
positive law of nations and its interpretive principles; 4. The natural law
of nations; Part III. United States Law as International Law: 5. Article
III, international legal interpretation; 6. Extra-Article III,
international legal interpretation; 7. The General Liberal Construction
Rule: extending Lynham to other Article III and Extra-Article III
international law; Conclusion.
