American International Law Cases

Updated with an emphasis on current issues, this classic casebook emphasizes developments in international law, with expertly edited cases and problems for class discussion. Cases and Materials on International Law offers a treatment of the subject for introductory and advanced classes and detailed readings and reference materials for those who wish to pursue topics in depth. The fourth edition enriches every chapter with new information on institutions contributing to the sources and enforcement of international law, including the World Trade Organization, the International Criminal Tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda, the prospective International Criminal Court, and organizations in the fields of law of the sea and arms control. International criminal law now has a chapter of its own, and the casebook gives expanded treatment to human rights, environmental law, and economic law.

American International Law Cases is an annual case law reporter that provides the full text of U.S. court opinions involving international law issues. The courts covered include all U.S. federal district courts and bankruptcy courts, federal appellate courts, and the U.S. Supreme Court, aswell as the U.S. Court of International Trade, other federal specialty courts, and state courts that have decided notable cases. The 2012 edition includes cases of particular significance covering topics such as the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA), habeas corpus, the Torture VictimProtection Act (TVPA), the Convention Against Torture, designation of entities as foreign terrorist organizations, material support for terrorism as a war crime, international arbitration, treaty interpretation, constitutionality of U.S. treaty implementation legislation, head of state immunity, theHague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, cross-border insolvency, deportation of undocumented immigrants, and both the act of state doctrine and the political question doctrine.Each edition of AILC also includes an introductory note that reviews the major developments in international law for the given year and explains to readers how to use the volumes, and a subject index to allow for targeted research. The 2012 edition contains 10 volumes with over 200 cases.Included in the 2012 edition are the following key cases:* Holder v. Martinez Gutierrez (S. Ct.)* Kawashima v. Holder (S. Ct.)* Vartelas v. Holder (S. Ct.)* Arizona v. United States (S. Ct.)* Golan v. Holder (S. Ct.)* Mohamad v. Palestinian Authority (S. Ct.)* Zivotofsky ex rel. Zivotofsky v. Clinton (S. Ct.)* Hamdan v. United States (D.C. Cir.)* In re People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (D.C. Cir.)* Obaydullah v. Obama (D.C. Cir.)* Republic of Argentina v. BG Group PLC (D.C. Cir.)* Konowaloff v. Metropolitan Museum of Art (2d Cir.)* Lozano v. Alvarez (2d Cir.)* United States v. Bond (3d Cir.)* Al Shimari v. CACI Int'l, Inc. (4th Cir.)* ESAB Group, Inc. v. Zurich Insurance PLC (4th Cir.)* Yousuf v. Samantar (4th Cir.)* Larbie v. Larbie (5th Cir.)* Trinidad y Garcia v. Thomas (9th Cir.)* Meza v. U.S. Att'y Gen (11th Cir.)