It's not such a bad idea to look at foreign legal decisions, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said in a speech Tuesday. In fact, American judges might just learn something. Discussing criticism that turning to foreign courts for guidance impinges on the sovereignty of the U.S. Supreme Court, Breyer said: "The fact is that this sharing of legal ideas is continuing despite it being debated in Congress and in the public. It's going to happen."
June 25, 2008 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
It’s not such a bad idea to look at foreign legal decisions, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer told his audience of about 150 at the Brookings Institution Tuesday. In fact, American judges might just learn something.
“These foreign judges have jobs like me, they interpret documents just like me, so why shouldn’t I read these decisions? They aren’t binding to me,” Breyer says.
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