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This book narrates the important role that international law has played in America and the crucial if complex story of America's place in promoting and frustrating international law. Based on the stories of key figures in American history and written in an accessible style, it is a must read for anyone interested in America's place in the world.

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This book narrates the important role that international law has played in America and the crucial if complex story of America's place in promoting and frustrating international law. Based on the stories of key figures in American history and written in an accessible style, it is a must read for anyone interested in America's place in the world.
Autorenporträt
Mark Weston Janis is William F. Starr Professor of Law at the University of Connecticut School of Law. Born in Chicago in 1947, he is a graduate of Princeton (A.B. 1969), Oxford (B.A. 1972) where he was a Rhodes scholar, and Harvard (J.D. 1977). He served as a U.S. naval officer (1972-75), and practiced international corporate and financial law with Sullivan & Cromwell in New York and Paris (1977-80). He first joined the faculty at Connecticut in 1980. He was for four years (1993-97) a member of the law faculty of the University of Oxford in England where he was Reader in Law, Fellow of Exeter College, and Director of Graduate Legal Studies (Research Degrees). He is the author of three widely-adopted law school books: An Introduction to International Law (Aspen 5th edn 2008), Cases and Commentary on International Law (West 3rd edn 2006), and European Human Rights Law (OUP 3rd edn 2008). He has also published more than 50 articles on international law.