Foreign law and the modern ius gentium
Harvard Law Review, vol. 119, no. 1, 2005, pp. 129–147
Abstract
Discusses the use of foreign law for the court’s interpretation of the Eighth Amendment in the U.S. in 2005. Distinction between the law of nations and natural law; Information on how the law of nations approach might bear on the juvenile death penalty; Capability of U.S. jurisprudence in recognizing the law of nations.
