The Voice of Law

Jed Rubenfeld is the Robert Slaughter Professor of Law at Yale Law School.

Questions of the validity and utility of international law have occupied legal specialists for ages. In this era of globalization, these questions gain new intensity as a broader range of American activities in the world embrace international treaties and "use of force" issues are becoming evermore prominent. America's unprecedented power makes its approach to international law especially important. Jed Rubenfeld argues that the undemocratic nature of international law builds a case for American unilateralism.