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Ramsey, Michael
Books
- International Business Transactions: A Problem-Oriented Coursebook, no. 12th (with Ralph H. Folsom, Michael Wallace Gordon, and Michael P. Van Alstine) (West Academic Publishing, 2015)
- Transnational Law and Practice: Cases and Materials (with Childress, and Whytock) (Wolters Kluwer Law & Business/Aspen Casebook Series, forthcoming 2015)
- International Law in the U.S. Supreme Court (Sloss, Ramsey, and Dodge, eds.) (Cambridge University Press, 2011)
- The Constitution's Text in Foreign Affairs (Harvard University Press, 2007)
Chapters of Books or Articles within Books
- “The Treaty and Its Rival: Making International Agreements in U.S. Law and Practice” in Treaties as Law of the Land? Change and Uncertainty in Domestic Effects of International Agreements (Gregory Fox, ed.) (Cambridge University Press, 2017)
- “Customary International Law in the Supreme Court” in International Law in the U.S. Supreme Court (Dodge, and Sloss, eds.) (Cambridge University Press, 2011)
- “Judicial Imperialism and the War on Terror Cases” in International Law in the U.S. Supreme Court (Dodge, and Sloss, eds.) (Cambridge University Press, 2011)
- “The Story of the Prize Cases: Executive Power and Judicial Review in Wartime” in Presidential Power Stories (with Lee) (Bradley, and Schroeder, eds.) (Foundation Press, 2008)
Journal Articles
- “Constitutional War Initiation and the Obama Presidency” in American Journal of International Law (2017)
- “Justice Scalia's Originalism in Practice” in 92 Notre Dame Law Review (2017)
- “A Textual Approach to Treaty Non-Self-Execution” in 2015 Brigham Young University Law Review 1639 (2015)
- “Congress's Limited Power to Enforce Treaties” in 90 Notre Dame Law Review 1539 (2015)
- “Returning the Alien Tort Statute to Obscurity” in 52 Columbia Journal of Transnational Law 67 (2013)
- “The Limits of Custom in Constitutional and International Law” in 50 San Diego Law Review 867 (2013)
- “The Supremacy Clause, Original Meaning and Modern Law” in 74 Ohio State Law Journal 559 (2013)
- “International Law Limits on Investor Liability in Human Rights Litigation” in 50 Harvard International Law Journal 271 (2009)
- “The President's Power to Respond to Attacks” in 93 Cornell Law Review 169 (2007)
- “Foreign Affairs and the Jeffersonian Executive: A Defense” in 89 Minnesota Law Review 1591 (with Prakash) (2005)
- “Torturing Executive Power” in 93 Georgetown Law Journal 1213 (2005)
- “American Insurance Association v. Garamendi and Executive Preemption in Foreign Affairs” in 46 William and Mary Law Review 825 (with Denning) (2004)
- “The Empirical Dilemma of International Law” in 41 San Diego Law Review 1243 (2004)
- “Presidential Declarations of War” in 37 UC Davis Law Review 321 (2003)
- “Textualism and War Powers” in 69 University of Chicago Law Review 1543 (2002)
- “Textualism and War Powers” in 69 Chicago Law Review (2002)
- “The Executive Power over Foreign Affairs” in 111 Yale Law Journal 231 (with Prakash) (2001)
- “The Myth of Extraconstitutional Foreign Affairs Power” in 42 William and Mary Law Review 379 (2000)
- “The Power of the States in Foreign Affairs: The Original Understanding of Foreign Policy Federalism” in 75 Notre Dame Law Review 341 (1999)
- “Acts of State and Foreign Sovereign Obligations” in 39 Harvard International Law Journal 1 (1998)
- “Escaping "International Comity"” in 83 Iowa Law Review 893 (1998)
- “Executive Agreements and the (Non)Treaty Power” in 77 North Carolina Law Review 134 (1998)
Presentations and Conferences
- "Justice Scalia's Originalism in Practice" as presenter at Justice Scalia and the Federal Courts at Notre Dame Law School (February 1, 2017)