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Rutledge on Delegation & Conflict of Laws

By Lawrence Solum

Peter B. Rutledge (University of Georgia Law School) has posted Delegation and Conflicts (of Law) (George Mason Law Review, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:

The Supreme Court's recent decision in Medellin rekindled a long-standing debate over delegation, which concerns the legal effect given to the decisions of foreign bodies (like the International Court of Justice) in the United States. Drawing on conflicts-of-law principles, this paper identifies and seeks to correct three distortions in the debate. First, it broadens the definition of delegation. Second, it advances a more nuanced system for classifying different types of delegations. Third, it wades into the normative debate over the desirability of various delegations. The closing section draws a parallel between the strategies employed in Medellin to those employed in the EC to expand the reach of European law in Member States.

Full post as published by Legal Theory Blog on September 15, 2009 (boomark / email).