Foreign Relations
Foreign Relations Law: An Overview
Foreign relations law of the United States encompasses both International Law, which embodies the rules that determine the rights and obligations of states and international organizations, and that part of the domestic law of the United States that involves matters of significant concern to the foreign relations of the United States.
menu of sources
Federal Material
U.S. Constitution
- Article I, Section 8 - Congress' power to regulate commerce among the nations
- Article I, Section 10 - Limitation on states' power to conduct foreign relations
- Article II, Section 2 - Executive power to negotiate treaties
- Article III, Section 2 - Judicial power to resolve disputes involving an international party
- Article IV - Treaties of the United States
- CRS Annotated Constitution
Federal Statutes
- U.S. Code: 22 U.S.C. - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Federal Agency Regulations
- Code of Federal Regulations: 22 C.F.R.
Federal Judicial Decisions
- U.S. Supreme Court:
- Recent U.S. Court of Appeals Decisions on: Foreign Relations
International Material
Conventions and Treaties
International Organizations
- United Nations
- NATO
- International Monetary Fund
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- World Bank
- World Health Organization (WHO)
Other References
Key Internet Sources
- Federal Agency: Department of State
- Journals
- Cornell Law Library:
Useful Offnet (or Subscription - $) Sources
- Good Starting Point in Print: Restatement (Third) of Foreign Relations, ALI (1987)
- LII Downloads
- Study law abroad: Cornell Paris Institute
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