International Law in the US Legal System

International Law in the U.S. Legal System is a wonderful book, valuable for generalists and experts alike. . . . This is an impressively clear book about an exceedingly complicated and important topic." * Jean Galbraith, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School *
Curtis Bradley has written what I consider to be the single best resource on international law's role in the U.S. legal system. It is a masterful treatment of the topic - at once accessible, sophisticated, and balanced. * Monica Hakimi, James V. Campbell Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School *
This scrupulously fair and fully researched treatise is destined to be the standard reference for all issues involving the application of international law by U.S. courts." * Paul Stephan, University of Virginia School of Law *
This is an excellent primer on the application of international law in the United States, written by a leading U.S. scholar and former Counselor to the Legal Adviser of the State Department. Professor Bradley's objective discussions of the status of customary international law and the tensions between international law and U.S. constitutional law are especially illuminating." * John B. Bellinger III, Partner, Arnold & Porter, and Former Legal Adviser to the State Department, 2005-2009 *
Over the past twenty years, Professor Curt Bradley has generated some of the most perceptive - and at times provocative - commentary on the relationship of international law to U.S. law, often presenting serious challenges to conventional assumptions and orthodoxy. This book synthesizes, integrates, and develops that commentary in a highly-readable and well-documented volume; a must-read for anyone who cares about whether and how one of the most powerful countries in the world internalizes international law." * Sean D. Murphy, Member, U.N. International Law Commission, Professor, George Washington University Law School *
International Law in the U.S. Legal System is admirably lucid, even-handed, and comprehensive * a most impressive accomplishment that encapsulates years of research and reflection. It will have a long shelf lifeand deserves a place on the shelves of every international lawyer." Michael J. Glennon, Professor of International Law, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University *
That is a lot of ground to cover in 331 pages, but Bradley manages admirably to explore the contours and current state of play of each topic in a balanced and nonpartisan way. The book is well suited for the uninitiated, and the thorough references in the footnotes to the cases and the secondary literature make the book a good jumping-off point for further research. Good tables of cases and of legislation, and a thorough index, add to the book's utility as a work of reference." -Jonathan Pratter, Law Library Journal
International Law is much more a clear, expository textbook, written in descriptive mode...Bradley has written an elegant book that prizes clarity in a plain prose style - it's a highly readable volume, suitable not only for lawyers and law professors, but also non-lawyer general readers, undergraduates and graduate students, and academics not in law." -Kenneth Anderson, Lawfare