Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Hull Lothian Deal case brief

Hull Lothian Deal case brief summary
(1948)

FACTS
-US Sec of State and the UK broker a deal to trade ships for army bases, but made it look like it wasn’t a quid pro quo.
-They couldn’t break international law (the US was at peace with the UK’s enemies and thus, could not sell it warships).
-They argued that belligerents were estopped from raising questions about their possible breaking of the Hague Convention.

(This is not a treaty because the executive branch can not make a treaty itself.)

ISSUE?
Was the US bound since this wasn't sent to the Senate? 
-Yes, even if the agreement is illegal under US law, the US is still bound.
See Article 46 of the Vienna Convention .

ANALYSIS:
How to know the difference in an executive agreement and a treaty:
-Treaty—requires implementation in American law.
-This was an executive agreement. (President power is plenary).
-Executive agreements can be secret if they involve national security. 
-You just have to inform the intelligence committees on in both houses of the legislature.



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