U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer told the ABA’s International Law Section on Wednesday that his court will continue its recent trend of looking to overseas legal authorities and briefs from foreign interests as it weighs cases with worldwide implications.
“We, in doing our job, I think have no choice in that,” said Breyer, speaking remotely as the keynoter on the first day of the International Law Section’s 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting. “You can’t do your job properly without [looking to international law] in some cases, and it’s a growing number. I’d say quite a few now. You have to know something about and look for something beyond your own shores.”
