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Introduction : bridges under construction and shifting boundaries / Helmut Elmut and Thomas Klein -- Foreign relations law as a bargaining tool? / Felix Lange -- International foreign relations law : executive authority in entering and exiting treaties / Edward T. Swaine -- Comparative foreign relations law between centre and periphery. Liberal and postcolonial perspectives / Michael Riegner -- Finding foreign relations law in India / Prabhakar Singh -- Foreign legal policy as the background to foreign relations law? : revisiting Guy de Lacharrière's La politique juridique extérieure / Frédéric Mégret -- Judicial review, foreign relations and global administrative law. The administrative function of courts in foreign relations / Angelo Jr. Golia -- The conseil constitutionnel's jurisprudence on 'limitations of sovereignty / Niki Aloupi -- Democratic participation in international law - making in Switzerland after the 'age of treaties' / Anna Petrig -- A constitution made for Mandela, a constitutional jurisprudence developed for Zuma. The erosion of discretion of the executive in foreign relations / Dire Tladi -- From scope to process : the evolution of checks on presidential power in U.S. foreign relations law / Jean Galbraith -- Division of competences in the field of foreign relations in the Polish constitutional system / Stanisław Biernat -- The role of parliaments in creating and enforcing foreign relations law : a case study of Bosnia and Herzegovina / Ajla Škrbić -- War, international law and the rise of parliament. The influence of international law on UK parliamentary practice with respect to the use of force / Veronika Fikfak -- China and global environmental governance : coordination, distribution and compliance / Ji Hua -- Final reflections : the dynamic and sometimes uneasy relationship between foreign relations law and international law / Curtis A. Bradley -- The present salience of foreign relations law / Campbell Mclachlan.

"Foreign relations law is developing very dynamically and expanding its horizons while its relationship with public international law is notoriously complex. Like an interface, foreign relations law addresses multiple and diverse questions about how the 'domestic' relates to the 'international' sphere. This volume takes a fresh look at the 'bridges' and 'boundaries' between public international law and foreign relations law"--