World Legal Order: Possible Contributions by the People of the United States

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Preface vii
• Contents xiii
• Introduction 1
• Part One - Treaties and Statutes 37
• Chapter 1 - National Constitution, International Agreements, and Supreme Law 39
• Chapter 2 - Supremacy of Treaties: Ware Versus Hylton and the "Peggy" 52
• Chapter 3 - Judicial Violation of Treaty Obligation: Chae Chan Ping Versus United States 71
• Chapter 4 - Conflicting Treaty and Statute Rights of United States Nationals: Taylor Versus Morton 85
• Chapter 5 - Trends in the Twentieth Century: Cook Versus United States; Missouri Versus Holland 105
• The Argument 133
• Part Two - Supranational Common Law and National Constitutional Law 135
• Chapter 6 - Development of Law Through the Judicial Process 137
• Chapter 7 - Judicial Recognition of Law Above and Beyond the National Constitution 176
• Chapter 8 - National Constitutions as Integral Parts of World Legal Order 192
• The Argument 207
• Part Three - The Legal Structure of the World Community 209
• Chapter 9 - The United Nations: Institutional Component of Legal Order 211
• Chapter 10 - The United Nations: Constitutional Development Through Usage 248
• Chapter 11 - The United Nations: Objective, Not Instrument, of National Policy 269
• Chapter 12 - The United States Presidency and the United Nations 293
• The Argument 304
• Conclusion 307
• Abbreviations 327
• Table of Cases 331
• Table of International Legislatioin and Constitutions 341
• Bibliography 348
• Index 359

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