STEPHEN BREYERis an associate justice of the United States Supreme
Court. He is a resident of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and
Washington, D.C.
From the Hardcover edition.
“[A] tour de force analysis of the role of the Supreme Court
vis-a-vis the rest of the world . . . the book's main message is
inarguable: in a world that is smaller and more tightly
interconnected than it has ever been, the Supreme Court cannot
stand aloof from the legal universe beyond America's shores. . . .
In his characteristically measured, above-the-fray style . . . Mr.
Breyer provides in-depth yet lucid accounts of how the court has
approached many instances of cross-border justice, from anti-trust
lawsuits to child custody battles to purported human rights
violations. . . . Readers of all political and ideological
persuasions might learn something.” —The Economist
“[A] lucid new book. . . . Playing the judge as enlightened modern
technocrat, [Breyer] offers a reasoned elaboration of the mounting
costs that judicial isolationism would entail in our increasingly
interconnected world. Globalization, he argues, has made engagement
with foreign law and international affairs simply unavoidable. . .
. Why not learn from the efforts of others as we try to solve the
same basic problems. . . . Democracy has never been a nativist
straitjacket. Breyer’s book offers a powerful description of the
price we would pay for allowing it to become one.” —John Fabian
Witt, The New York Times
“A serious, insightful work, complete with a concrete, highly
detailed analysis of scores of cases decided by his court and by
others around the world . . . [Breyer’s] new book reflects his
international interests but also his view of how his job has
changed over two decades on the court.” —Noah Feldman, The
Washington Post
“There is no better or wiser source on the intersection of American
jurisprudence and international law than Justice Stephen Breyer. He
offers insights on every page and his attention to both principle
and common sense points the way for harmonizing national and global
concerns while strengthening law and reason.” —Martha Minow, Morgan
and Helen Chu Dean and Professor, Harvard Law School
“The book is insightful, clearly written, well informed, free of
legal jargon, and accessible to a lay audience as well as
informative to lawyers, judges, and law professors.” —Judge Richard
Posner, Foreign Affairs
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