Sanchez-Llamas, American Human Rights Exceptionalism and the VCCR Norm Portal

Authors

Margaret E. McGuiness, St. John's University School of LawFollow

Document Type

Essay

Publication Title

Lewis &Clark Law Review

Publication Date

2007

Volume

11

First Page

47

Abstract

This Essay examines Sanchez-Llamas v. Oregon within the line of cases challenging U.S. non-compliance with the notification requirements of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (VCCR). The VCCR litigations arose as a response to American death penalty exceptionalism. Viewed through the lens of transnational efforts to integrate international human rights norms into the United States, Sanchez-Llamas illuminates the ways in which American human rights exceptionalism—in its many forms—is being actively contested and how judges—implicitly and explicitly—respond to arguments for and against exceptionalism.

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Available at: https://law.lclark.edu/law_reviews/lewis_and_clark_law_review/past_issues/volume_11/number_1.php