To a beginning lawyer trained outside the USA, it can be a memorable moment of curiosity: what is that thing that US-based authors or US courts cite as if it were part of the canon of legal holy books: what is a ‘restatement’?1¹ Moreover, what is ‘foreign relations law’ and how does it relate to international law? Even if these questions linger on, one quickly learns that the Restatement of the Law: The Foreign Relations Law of the United States is a special beast in the international legal literature: although instigated by a private organization (the American Law Institute), it seeks to restate ‘the law’ authoritatively; whilst prepared by academics, it avowedly aims to shape legal practice, and it may originate from within one jurisdiction but is consulted around the globe.

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跨大西洋重述研讨会（第四届）

对于在美国以外接受过培训的初学者来说，这可能是一个令人难忘的好奇时刻：美国作家或美国法院引用的那件事是什么，好像它是法律圣书的一部分：什么是“重述” ?1 ¹此外，什么是“外交关系法”，它与国际法有何关系？即使这些问题挥之不去，人们很快就会发现，《法律重述：美国对外关系法》是国际法律文献中的一头特殊野兽：虽然是由私人组织（美国法律研究所）鼓动，但它寻求权威地重述“法律”；虽然由学者准备，但它公开旨在塑造法律实践，它可能起源于一个司法管辖区，但在全球范围内进行咨询。