Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2004
Abstract
The U.S. Supreme Court has been slower than some other national courts to become familiar with and discuss, distinguish, or borrow from related constitutional approaches of other nations and systems. The growth in transnational judicial discourse, especially on constitutional issues relating to human rights, has been remarked by many. National courts in Argentina, Botswana, Canada, Germany, India, South Africa, and elsewhere not infrequently refer to the constitutional jurisprudence of other nations in resolving domestic constitutional questions. Although such references are not unheard of in the United States, transnational discourse involving national courts, supranational and international tribunals is still subject to an internal debate in the United States about its relevance and propriety.
Publication Citation
65 Mont. L. Rev. 15-40 (2004)
Scholarly Commons Citation
Jackson, Vicki C., "Constitutional Dialogue and Human Dignity: States and Transnational Constitutional Discourse" (2004). Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works. 106.
https://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/106