Managers and the Legal Environment 7th Edition by David Madsen, Constance Bagley

Exercise 10

Justice Breyer appended a list of seventy treaties that the United States has ratified with ICJ dispute resolution provisions similar to those contained in the Optional Protocol, many of which relate to property rights, contract and commercial rights, trademarks, civil liability for personal injury, rights of foreign diplomats, taxation, domestic-court jurisdiction, and similar matters. Will uncertainty about the enforceability of ICJ judgments rendered under these treaties in the United States undermine efforts by the signatories of these treaties to create effective international dispute resolution procedures in a world where commerce, trade, and travel have become more international? Will this decision make it more difficult for the United States to convince other countries to come to the table to negotiate treaties related to business, the environment, intellectual property protection, and other important international issues?