Bond and the Vienna Rules

Authors

Roger P. Alford, University of Notre Dame Law SchoolFollow

Abstract

This Article briefly outlines the Court’s holding in Bond, and the general framework of interpretation set forth in the Vienna Rules. It then looks at Supreme Court jurisprudence that is consonant with the Vienna Rules. The Article then analyzes Bond’s interpretive approach using the Vienna Rules methodology. It concludes with reflections on the future of Supreme Court treaty interpretation and how that interpretation could avoid reaching the constitutional question of the scope of the treaty power.

Recommended Citation

Roger P. Alford, Bond and the Vienna Rules, 90 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1561 (2015).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/ndlr/vol90/iss4/6