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Martin Flaherty teaches at Princeton University, Barnard College, and Columbia and Fordham Law Schools, where he is Leitner Family Professor of Law and Founding Co-Director of the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice. His research, writing, and advocacy focuses on constitutional law and history, international human rights, and foreign affairs.
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(Now in paperback) Restoring the Global Judiciary: Why the Supreme Court Should Rule in U.S. Foreign Affairs
In the past several decades, there has been a growing chorus of voices contending that the Supreme Court and federal judiciary should stay out of foreign affairs and leave the field to Congress and the president. Challenging this idea, Restoring the Global Judiciary argues instead for a robust judicial role in the conduct of U.S. foreign policy. With an innovative combination of constitutional history, international relations theory, and legal doctrine, Martin Flaherty demonstrates that the Supreme Court and federal judiciary have the power and duty to apply the law without deference to the other branches.
“In this timely book, Martin Flaherty addresses a historic problem that has renewed urgency: whether the Supreme Court can constrain the president in world affairs. Restoring the Global Judiciary is compelling, wide-ranging, accessible, and important." — Mary L. Dudziak, author of War Time: An Idea, Its History, Its Consequences
The invasion of Ukraine has prompted many leading U.S. and British law firms to close their offices in Russia. Some have done so citing safety and security…