John Choon Yoo

Publications

• Rational Judicial Review: Constitutions as Power-sharing Agreements, Secession, and the Problem of Dred Scott
  76 UC L.J. 1227 (2025) · UC Law Journal · 2025
• Who Counts?: The Twelfth Amendment, the Vice President, and the Electoral Count
  73 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 27 (2022) · Case Western Reserve Law Review · 2022
• Discrimination against Minorities
  45 U. DAYTON L. REV. (2020) · University of Dayton Law Review · 2020

• A Defense of the Electoral College in the Age of Trump
  46 PEPP. L. REV. 833 (2019) · Pepperdine Law Review · 2019
• Resolution of Territorial Disputes in East Asia: The Case of Dokdo
  36 BERKELEY J. INT'L L. 505 (2018) · Berkeley Journal of International Law · 2018
• Embracing the Machines: Rationalist War and New Weapons Technologies
  105 CAL. L. REV. 443 (2017) · California Law Review · 2017
• <em>Bond</em>, the Treaty Power, and the Overlooked Value of Non-Self-Executing Treaties
  90 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1607 (2015) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2015
• Saving Originalism
  113 MICH. L. REV. 1081 (2015) · Michigan Law Review · 2015
• A Return to Coercion: International Law and New Weapon Technologies
  42 HOFSTRA L. REV. (2014) · Hofstra Law Review · 2014
• Taming Judicial Activism: Judge Robert Bork's Coercing Virtue
  80 U. CHI. L. REV. ONLINE (2013) · University of Chicago Law Review Online · 2013
• Symposium: Introduction
  31 BERKELEY J. INT'L L. 207 (2013) · Berkeley Journal of International Law · 2013
• Globalization and Sovereignty
  31 BERKELEY J. INT'L L. 210 (2013) · Berkeley Journal of International Law · 2013
• Assassination or Targeted Killings After 9/11
  56 N.Y.L. SCH. L. REV. 58 (2012) · NYLS Law Review · 2012
• From Just War to False Peace
  13 CHI. J. INT'L L. (2012) · Chicago Journal of International Law · 2012
• Rational Treaties: Article II, Congressional-Executive Agreements, and International Bargaining
  97 CORNELL L. REV. (2011) · Cornell Law Review · 2011
• Globalization and Structure
  53 WM. & MARY L. REV. 431 (2011) · William & Mary Law Review · 2011
• Fixing Failed States
  99 CAL. L. REV. 95 (2011) · California Law Review · 2011
• Rational Treaties: Article II, Congressional-Executive Agreements, and International Bargaining
  97 CORNELL L. REV. 1 (2011) · Cornell Law Review · 2011
• Kant, Habermas and Democratic Peace
  10 CHI. J. INT'L L. (2010) · Chicago Journal of International Law · 2010
• What is the Role of International Human Rights in the War on Terror?
  59 DEPAUL L. REV. 803 (2010) · DePaul Law Review · 2010

• Administration of War
  58 DUKE L.J. 2277 (2009) · Duke Law Journal · 2009
• Responses to Ten Questions
  35 WM. MITCHELL L. REV. (2009) · William Mitchell Law Review · 2009
• Unitary, Executive, or Both? (reviewing <i>The Unitary Executive: Presidential Power from Washington to Bush</i> by Steven G. Calabresi, Christopher S. Yoo)
  76 U. CHI. L. REV. (2009) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2009
• Great Power Security
  10 CHI. J. INT'L L. (2009) · Chicago Journal of International Law · 2009
• Peace Through Law? The Failure of a Noble Experiment
  106 MICH. L. REV. 923 (2008) · Michigan Law Review · 2008
• Making War
  93 CORNELL L. REV. 123 (2007) · Cornell Law Review · 2007
• Counterintuitive: Intelligence Operations and International Law
  28 MICH. J. INT'L L. 625 (2007) · Michigan Journal of International Law · 2007
• Wartime Process: A Dialogue on Congressional Power to Remove Issues from the Federal Courts
  95 CAL. L. REV. 1243 (2007) · California Law Review · 2007
• Courts at War
  91 CORNELL L. REV. 573 (2006) · Cornell Law Review · 2006
• The Proliferation Security Initiative: A Model for International Cooperation
  35 HOFSTRA L. REV. (2006) · Hofstra Law Review · 2006
• International Law and the Rise of China
  7 CHI. J. INT'L L. (2006) · Chicago Journal of International Law · 2006
• Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The Functional Case for Foreign Affairs Deference to the Executive Branch
  23 CONST. COMMENT. 179 (2006) · Constitutional Commentary · 2006
• Effective Alternatives to Causes of Action Barred by the Eleventh Amendment
  50 N.Y.L. SCH. L. REV. (2006) · NYLS Law Review · 2006
• Force Rules: UN Reform and Intervention
  6 CHI. J. INT'L L. (2006) · Chicago Journal of International Law · 2006
• Rational War and Constitutional Design
  115 YALE L.J. 2512 (2006) · Yale Law Journal · 2006
• Against Interpretive Supremacy
  103 MICH. L. REV. 1539 (2005) · Michigan Law Review · 2005
• Less than Bargained for: The Use of Force and the Declining Relevance of the United Nations
  5 CHI. J. INT'L L. (2005) · Chicago Journal of International Law · 2005
• Judicial Independence in International Tribunals
  93 CAL. L. REV. 1 (2005) · California Law Review · 2005
• Reply to Helfer and Slaughter
  93 CAL. L. REV. 957 (2005) · California Law Review · 2005
• A Conservative Critique of the Federal Marriage Amendment
  32 UC L. CONST. Q. 725 (2005) · UC Law Constitutional Quarterly · 2005
• Transferring Terrorists
  79 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1183 (2004) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2004
• Using Force
  71 U. CHI. L. REV. (2004) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2004
• Beyond Formalism in Foreign Affairs: A Functional Approach to the Alien Tort Statute
  2004 SUP. CT. REV. (2004) · Supreme Court Review · 2004
• Judicial Safeguards of Federalism and the Environment: Yucca Mountain from a Constitutional Perspective
  75 U. COLO. L. REV. 1317 (2004) · University of Colorado Law Review · 2004
• The Origins of Judicial Review
  70 U. CHI. L. REV. (2003) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2003
• War and the Constitutional Text
  69 U. CHI. L. REV. (2002) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2002
• Treaty Interpretation and the False Sirens of Delegation
  90 CAL. L. REV. 1305 (2002) · California Law Review · 2002
• In Defense of the Court's Legitimacy
  68 U. CHI. L. REV. (2001) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2001
• Laws as Treaties?: The Constitutionality of Congressional-Executive Agreements
  99 MICH. L. REV. 757 (2001) · Michigan Law Review · 2001
• Foreign Affairs Federalism and the Separation of Powers
  46 VILL. L. REV. 1341 (2001) · Villanova Law Review (1956 - ) · 2001
• Politics as Law?: The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, the Separation of Powers, and Treaty Interpretation
  89 CAL. L. REV. 851 (2001) · California Law Review · 2001
• The Dogs That Didn't Bark: Why Were International Legal Scholars MIA on Kosovo?
  1 CHI. J. INT'L L. (2000) · Chicago Journal of International Law · 2000
• UN Wars, US War Powers
  1 CHI. J. INT'L L. (2000) · Chicago Journal of International Law · 2000
• Choosing Justices: A Political Appointments Process and the Wages of Judicial Supremacy
  98 MICH. L. REV. 1436 (2000) · Michigan Law Review · 2000
• Kosovo War Powers and the Multilateral Future
  148 U. PENN. L. REV. 1673 (2000) · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 2000

• Clio At War: The Misuse Of History in the War Powers Debate
  70 U. COLO. L. REV. 1169 (1999) · University of Colorado Law Review · 1999
• The First Claim: The Burr Trial, United States v. Niwon, and Presidetial Power
  83 MINN. L. REV. 1435 (1999) · Minnesota Law Review · 1999
• Lawyers in Congress
  61 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. (1998) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 1998
• The New Sovereignty and the Old Constitution: The Chemical Weapons Convention and the Appointments Clause
  15 CONST. COMMENT. 87 (1998) · Constitutional Commentary · 1998
• Federal Courts as Weapons of Foreign Policy: The Case of the Helms-Burton Act
  20 UC L. SF INT'L L. REV. 747 (1997) · UC Law SF International Law Review · 1997
• The Continuation of Politics by Other Means: The Original Understanding of War Powers
  84 CAL. L. REV. 167 (1996) · California Law Review · 1996
• Who Measures the Chancellor's Foot? The Inherent Remedial Authority of the Federal Courts
  84 CAL. L. REV. 1121 (1996) · California Law Review · 1996
• Marshall's Plan: The Early Supreme Court and Statutory Interpretation
  101 YALE L.J. 1607 (1992) · Yale Law Journal · 1992
• Dollar Diplomacy/Dollar Defense: The Fabric of Economics and National Security Law
  26 INT'L LAWYER 715 (1992) · The International Lawyer · 1992