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38 N.Y.U. J. Int'l. L. & Pol. 707 (2005-2006)
Locking in Democracy: Constitutions, Commitment, and International Law

handle is hein.journals/nyuilp38 and id is 715 raw text is: LOCKING IN DEMOCRACY: CONSTITUTIONS, COMMITMENT, AND INTERNATIONAL LAW TOM GINSBURG* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION..................................... 708 1I. MONISM, DUALISM AND THE INTERACTION OF DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ORDERS ... 713 A. Status of International Law in the Domestic O rder ....................................... 713 B. Ease of Obligation ........................ 717 C. Domestic Constitutional Configurations ......... 719 III. How INTERNATIONAL LAW CAN AFFECT THE DOMESTIC LEGAL ORDER ........................... 721 A. Precommitment Theory ........................ 721 B. International Law as Precommitment ........... 724 C. How International Law Resolves Domestic Commitment Problems ......................... 726 1. Generating Information for Domestic G roups ................................. 728 2. Obligation for International Enforcem ent ........................... 730 3. Delegation .............................. 734 D. International Law's Advantages ............... 734 E. International Law's Disadvantages ............. 737 F. The Relative Advantages of Custom and Treaty ....................................... 739 1. Custom ................................. 739 2. Treaties ................................ 743 * Professor of Law and Political Science, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign. Thanks to Todd Allee, Rachel Brewster, Wen-Chen Chang, Nancy Combs, Robert Cooter, Zachary Elkins, Eugene Kontorovich, Saul Levmore, Richard McAdams, James Melton, Joost Pauwelyn, Eric Posner, Jay Smith, Duncan Snidal, Mark Tushnet, Tom Ulen, Lesley Wexler, Jeffrey N. Wolf, and John Yoo for helpful comments and discussions. Svitlana Chernykh provided superb research assistance. Audiences at William and Mary, Georgetown University Law Center, Northwestern University Law School and the University of Chicago Law School provided useful feedback. 707 Imaged with the Permission of N.Y.U. Journal of International Law and Politics

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