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Ramsey, Michael
Books
- International Business Transactions in a Nutshell (12th ed., West Academic Publishing 2025) (with Folsom, Van Alstine & Schaefer)
- International Business Transactions, A Problem-Oriented Coursebook (14 ed., West Academic Publishing 2024) (with Ralph H. Folsom, Michael P. Van Alstine & Matthew P. Schaefer)
- Principles of International Business Transactions (5th ed., West Academic Publishing 2022) (with Folsom & Van Alstine)
- Transnational Law and Practice: Cases and Materials (2nd ed., Wolters Kluwer 2020) (with Childress & Whytock)
- International Business Transactions: A Problem-Oriented Coursebook (13th ed., West Academic Publishing 2019) (with Folsom, Van Alstine & Schaefer)
- International Law in the U.S. Supreme Court (David L. Sloss, Michael D. Ramsey & William S. Dodge eds., Cambridge University Press 2011)
- The Constitution's Text in Foreign Affairs (Harvard University Press 2007)
Journal Articles
- The Originalist Case Against the Insular Cases, 77 Florida Law Review 517 (2025)
- An Originalist Defense of the Major Questions Doctrine, 76 Administrative Law Review 817 (2024)
- Delegating War Powers, 96 Southern California Law Review 741 (2023) (with Waxman)
- Presidential Power and What the First Congress Did Not Do, 99 Notre Dame Law Review Reflection 47 (2023)
- The Vesting Clauses and Foreign Affairs, 91 George Washington Law Review 1513 (2023)
- Book Review: Courts in Foreign Affairs: “Their Historic Role”, 35 Constitutional Commentary 173 (2020)
- Originalism and Birthright Citizenship, 109 Georgetown Law Journal 405 (2020)
- The Constitution’s Text and Customary International Law, 106 Georgetown Law Journal 1747 (2018)
- War Powers Litigation after Zivotofsky v. Clinton, 21 Chapman Law Review 177 (2018)
- Beyond the Text: Justice Scalia’s Originalism in Practice, 92 Notre Dame Law Review 1945 (2017)
- The Original Meaning of ‘Natural Born’, 20 University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law 199 (2017)
- Constitutional War Initiation and the Obama Presidency, 110 American Journal of International Law 701 (2016)
- Evading the Treaty Power?: The Constitutionality of Nonbinding Agreements, 11 Florida International University Law Review 371 (2016)
- Originalism, Natural Born Citizens, and the 1790 Naturalization Act: A Reply to Saul Cornell, 2016 Wisconsin Law Review Forward 146 (2016)
- A Textual Approach to Treaty Non-Self-Execution, 2015 Brigham Young University Law Review 1639 (2015)
- Congress's Limited Power to Enforce Treaties, 90 Notre Dame Law Review 1539 (2015)
- After Kiobel -- International Human Rights Litigation in State Court and Under State Law, 3 UC Irvine Law Review 1 (2013) (with Childress & Whytock)
- Returning the Alien Tort Statute to Obscurity, 52 Columbia Journal of Transnational Law 67 (2013)
- The Limits of Custom in Constitutional and International Law, 50 San Diego Law Review 867 (2013)
- The Supremacy Clause, Original Meaning and Modern Law, 74 Ohio State Law Journal 559 (2013)
- Meet the New Boss: Continuity in Presidential War Powers?, 35 Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy 863 (2012)
- The Goldilocks Executive, 90 Texas Law Review 973 (2012) (with Prakash)
- International Wrongs, State Laws and Presidential Policies, 32 Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review 19 (2010)
- Directing Military Operations, 87 Texas Law Review See Also 29 (2009)
- International Law Limits on Investor Liability in Human Rights Litigation, 50 Harvard International Law Journal 271 (2009)
- Missouri v. Holland and Historical Textualism, 73 Missouri Law Review 969 (2008)
- Presidential Originalism?, 88 Boston University Law Review 353 (2008)
- The President's Power to Respond to Attacks, 93 Cornell Law Review 169 (2007)
- The Textual Basis of the President’s Foreign Affairs Power, 30 Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy 141 (2006)
- Toward a Rule of Law in Foreign Affairs, 106 Columbia Law Review 1450 (2006)
- Foreign Affairs and the Jeffersonian Executive: A Defense, 89 Minnesota Law Review 1591 (2005) (with Prakash)
- Torturing Executive Power, 93 Georgetown Law Journal 1213 (2005)
- American Insurance Association v. Garamendi and Executive Preemption in Foreign Affairs, 46 William and Mary Law Review 825 (2004) (with Denning)
- International Materials and Domestic Rights: Reflections on Atkins and Lawrence, 98 American Journal of International Law 69 (2004)
- Reinventing the Security Council: The U.N. as a Lockean System, 79 Notre Dame Law Review 159 (2004)
- The Empirical Dilemma of International Law, 41 San Diego Law Review 1243 (2004)
- Presidential Declarations of War, 37 UC Davis Law Review 321 (2003)
- Review Essay: Textbook Revisionism, 43 Virginia Journal of International Law 1111 (2003)
- International Law as Non-Preemptive Federal Law, 42 Virginia Journal of International Law 555 (2002)
- Text and History in the War Powers Debate: A Reply to Professor Yoo, 69 University of Chicago Law Review 1685 (2002)
- Textualism and War Powers, 69 University of Chicago Law Review 1543 (2002)
- International Law as Part of Our Law: A Constitutional Perspective, 29 Pepperdine Law Review 187 (2001)
- Multinational Corporate Liability under the Alien Tort Claims Act: Some Structural Concerns, 24 Hastings International and Comparative Law Review 361 (2001)
- The Executive Power over Foreign Affairs, 111 Yale Law Journal 231 (2001) (with Prakash)
- The Myth of Extraconstitutional Foreign Affairs Power, 42 William & Mary Law Review 379 (2000)
- The Power of the States in Foreign Affairs: The Original Understanding of Foreign Policy Federalism, 75 Notre Dame Law Review 341 (1999)
- Acts of State and Foreign Sovereign Obligations, 39 Harvard International Law Journal 1 (1998)
- Escaping "International Comity", 83 Iowa Law Review 893 (1998)
- Executive Agreements and the (Non)Treaty Power, 77 North Carolina Law Review 134 (1998)
Chapters of Books or Articles within Books
- The Treaty and Its Rivals: 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 (Paul Dubinsky, Gregory Fox & Brad Roth eds., Cambridge University Press 2017)
- Customary International Law in the U.S. Supreme Court: Continuity and Change, in International Law in the U.S. Supreme Court (David L. Sloss, Michael D. Ramsey & William S. Dodge eds., Cambridge University Press 2011)
- Judicial Imperialism and the War on Terror Cases, in International Law in the U.S. Supreme Court (David L. Sloss, Michael D. Ramsey & William S. Dodge eds., Cambridge University Press 2011)
- The Story of the Prize Cases: Executive Power and Judicial Review in Wartime, in Presidential Power Stories (Curtis A. Bradley & Christopher H. Schroeder eds., Foundation Press 2008) (with Lee)
Other Print and Electronic Media
- Rethinking the Alien Tort Statute, Just Security (2020)
- Executive Powers, Encyclopedia of American Governance (2016)
- Faithless Electors and the Constitution, Daily Journal (2016)
- Ted Cruz, Natural Born Citizen, Daily Journal (2016)
- The Commander in Chief Clause, The Interactive Constitution (2016) (with Vladeck)
- The Declare War Clause, The Interactive Constitution (2016) (with Vladeck)
- Why the Senate Doesn’t Have to Act on Merrick Garland’s Nomination, The Atlantic (2016)
- A Note on the Foreign Affairs Power, No. 2nd, The Heritage Guide to the Constitution (2014)
- State Law, Customary International Law, and the Need for Federal Legislation, Vol. 94, American Society of International Law Proceedings (2000)