June 5, 2007

"The rule of law and foreign law in our Supreme Court"

Jeremy Waldron, University Professor at the New York University School of Law explores the Bill of Rights in the context of the international movement to secure universal human rights...

Jeremy Waldron, University Professor at the New York University School of Law explores the Bill of Rights in the context of the international movement to secure universal human rights through the actions of individual countries, and suggests that doing so helps Americans see themselves as others see them.

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