Florida Law Review

Article Title

When the Commerce Clause Goes International: A Proposed Legal Framework for the Foreign Commerce Clause

Authors

Naomi Harlin Goodno

Abstract

The world is becoming a smaller place. Technology and the Internet have made global travel and communication easier, quicker, and more common. Novel legal issues arise every day to deal with this modern interconnected world. How does the law address these new problems?

Congress is allowed “[t]o regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.” The scope of Congress’s power to regulate commerce “among the several States” (the “Interstate Commerce Clause”) has long been debated. In the modern world of global interaction, Congress’s power to regulate commerce “with foreign Nations” (the “Foreign Commerce Clause”) may soon take center-stage. The U.S. Supreme Court, however, has not yet articulated a legal framework for the Foreign Commerce Clause. This lack of guidance has lead to circuit splits and confusion as to the scope of this power.

Recommended Citation

Naomi Harlin Goodno, When the Commerce Clause Goes International: A Proposed Legal Framework for the Foreign Commerce Clause, 65 Fla. L. Rev. 1139 (2013).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/flr/vol65/iss4/3