Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2013

Abstract

This article challenges the oft-repeated claim that international organizations undermine democracy by marginalizing national legislatures. Over the past forty years, Congress has established itself as a key player in setting U.S. policy toward the World Bank. Congress has done far more than restrain executive branch action with which it disagrees; it has affirmatively shaped the United States’ day-to-day participation in this key international organization and successfully defended its constitutional authority to do so.

Comments

This article is reproduced with permission from the July 2013 issue of the American Journal of International Law © 2013 American Society of International Law. All rights reserved.


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