Introduction

The Final Report of a Joint ABA Section on International Law/ASIL Task Force on Treaties in U.S. Law. The Report was occasioned by the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Medellin case, and focuses on whether treaties are self-executing under U.S. law. The Task Force concluded: The task force recommends: 1. That the Congress and the Executive Branch promptly consider the enactment of general remedial legislation that would authorize the President to take measures to implement existing treaties in order to avoid imminent breach by the United ...