Professor David Sloss hosted two separate conferences, both events made possible through critical funding provided by The Center for Global Law and Policy.
On Thursday, December 4, 2014, Santa Clara hosted a one-day conference where a small group of scholars met to discuss David Sloss’ forthcoming book on Treaty Supremacy, Human Rights, and Constitutional Transformation. The draft book presents a novel perspective on the historical development of constitutional rules governing the relationship between treaties and state law in the United States. In particular, the book argues that the advent of modern international human rights law sparked an important constitutional transformation in the United States that has escaped the notice of other scholars. Professor Sloss invited specialists in international law, constitutional law, and legal history to attend the conference. Each of the participants read a draft of the forthcoming book and provided valuable feedback during a full day of scholarly dialogue.
On Friday, December 5, 2014, Santa Clara Law hosted the thirteenth annual meeting of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) interest group on international law in domestic courts. SCU Law Professor David Sloss was a co-founder of the interest group. The group meets every year in early December at a different law school. Scholars present works-in-progress in a friendly atmosphere where they receive valuable feedback on their scholarly works-in-progress. At this year’s meeting, the group spent one day discussing papers by five different scholars on a variety of topics related to the domestic application of international law.
This photo is from Friday’s event:
