A more global court? A call for a new perspective on judicial globalization and its effect on the U.S. Supreme Court

Abstract

This chapter examines changes in the kinds of American legal issues that have attracted international attention since the end of the Cold War and looks at the extent to which they have resulted in higher levels or new forms of foreign participation and interest in Supreme Court cases. Suggesting that these changes may have an impact, at least indirectly, on the Court in ways not adequately explored in the existing literature, it considers their possible effects on its decisions and the way that the justices consider their role within increasingly globalized legal networks.

Citation

Narasimhan, A.G. (2010), "A more global court? A call for a new perspective on judicial globalization and its effect on the U.S. Supreme Court", Sarat, A. (Ed.) Special Issue Interdisciplinary Legal Studies: The Next Generation (Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, Vol. 51), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 123-151. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1059-4337(2010)0000051008