John Yoo
Professor of Law
Boalt Hall School of Law
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720
510-643-5089 (voice)
510-642-3728 (fax)
Reserve Readings
Week I
Yoo, Kosovo, War Powers, and the Multilateral Future, Reserve
Campbell v. Clinton, 52 F. Supp.2d 34, 39 (D.D.C. 1999), Reserve
Bowsher v. Synar, 478 U.S. 714 (1986), reserve
Morrison v. Olson, 487 U.S. 654 (1988), reserve
Mistretta v. United States, 488 U.S. 361 (1989), reserve
President Washington’s Neutrality Proclamation (1793), reserve
Elkins & McKitrick, The Age of Federalism 336-41 (1993), reserve
Hamilton, Pacificus Essays, Reserve
Madison, Helvidius Essays, Reserve
John Marshall, Speech before House of Representatives, Reserve
Week III
Presidential Messages on Kosovo, Reserve
OLC Opinion on Haiti, Reserve
Stromseth, Why Methodology Matters, Reserve
Treanor, Fame, The Founding, and the Power to Declare War, Reserve
Week IV
Abraham Lincoln, Special Message to Congress, Reserve
House Resolution Accusing Polk, Reserve
Fisher, Presidential War Powers, Reserve
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution & Other Resolutions, Reserve
Orlando v. Laird, 443 F. 2d 1039 (2d Cir. 1971), Reserve
Week V
Biden & Ritch, The Treaty Power, 137 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1529, Reserve
Block, Casey & Rivkin, The Senate & Treaty Interpretation, 137 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1481, Reserve
Chayes & Chayes, The Great Reinterpretation Caper, 99 Harv. L. Rev. 1956, Reserve
Sofaer, The ABM Treaty and the Strategic Defense Initiative, 99 Harv. L. Rev. 1972, Reserve
Week VI
Bradley, The Treaty Power and American Federalism, Reserve
Flaherty, Are We to Be a Nation?, Reserve
Yoo, The New Sovereignty and the Old Constitution, Reserve
Yoo, Treaties and Public Lawmaking, Reserve
Vazquez, Treaties as Domestic Law, Reserve
Week VII
Ackerman & Golove, Is NAFTA Constitutional?, Reserve
Tribe, Taking Text and Structure Seriously, Reserve
Vagts, The Exclusive Treaty Power Revisited, Reserve
Week IX
Barclay’s Bank, 512 U.S. 298 (1994), Reserve
Goldsmith, Federalism and Foreign Affairs, Reserve
National Foreign Trade Council v. Natsios, 181 F.3d 38 (1st Cir. 1999),
cert. granted, No. 99-474, 120 S. Ct. 525 (Nov. 29, 1999).
Week X
Nagel, The Political Question Doctrine, Reserve
Yoo, Federal Courts as Weapons of Foreign Policy, Reserve
Week XIII
Tel Oren v. Libyan Arab Republic, Reserve
Kadic v. Karadzic, 70 F.3d 232 (2d Cir. 1995), Reserve
Week XIV
Bradley & Goldsmith, Customary Intl Law as Federal Common Law, Reserve
Koh, Is International Law Really State Law?, Reserve
Neuman, Sense and Nonsense about Customary Intl Law, Reserve