Abstract
The United States has been and will continue to be an important player in International Law. That role presupposes that the U.S. stays engaged with International Law. However, in recent years the United States has trended toward withdrawal from several international treaties and organizations. This Article argues that it is in the national interest of the United States to adopt a radically different approach: stay engaged and try to improve International Law from within. This proposition is predicated on the idea that U.S. withdrawal has often had the retrogressive effect of loss of leverage for the U.S. and diminishment of international rule of law. This Article discusses various ways in which the U.S. government and courts have withdrawn from international law with a view to recommending ways in which the U.S. can re-engage to better serve the national interest of the United States, specifically, and international rule of law, generally. This Article recognizes that to achieve that objective, it may not be sufficient for the U.S. to simply re-engage with what it views as being a flawed system. Thus, this Article discusses ways in which international law can be improved to better support the national interests of the United States.
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Isanga, Joseph M.
(2020)
"The U.S. Withdraws: Impact on the U.S. and International Rule of Law,"
Florida Journal of International Law: Vol. 32:
Iss.
2, Article 3.
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/fjil/vol32/iss2/3