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  • Published: 15 September 2016
  • ISBN: 9781101912072
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $34.99

The Court and the World

American Law and the New Global Realities



A fascinating account of how an increasingly globalized and interdependent world influences the deliberations of America's highest court, by the sitting justice and author of Making Our Democracy Work and Active Liberty.

In this original, far-reaching, and timely book, Justice Stephen Breyer examines the work of the Supreme Court of the United States in an increasingly interconnected world, a world in which all sorts of activity, both public and private—from the conduct of national security policy to the conduct of international trade—obliges the Court to understand and consider circumstances beyond America’s borders.  

Written with unique authority and perspective, The Court and the World reveals an emergent reality few Americans observe directly but one that affects the life of every one of us. Here is an invaluable understanding for lawyers and non-lawyers alike.

  • Published: 15 September 2016
  • ISBN: 9781101912072
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $34.99

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