ABSTRACT
THE COURTS OF LAW participate in the conduct of foreign relations through their power of interpreting treaties and agreements independent of the political department of government. Under the principle of separation of powers and its accompanying doctrine of judicial independence, the courts render their judgments involving questions of treaty interpretation and enforcement, of recognition of new states or governments, and of enforcement of international law, upon their own authority and independent of the executive or the legislature. An attempt is made in this chapter to examine the organization, functions, and the operation of the judiciary, to ascertain the scope and extent to which the courts of law may exert their influence upon foreign relations.
