The Death Penalty and U.S. Diplomacy analyzes the institutional response to specific forms of foreign intervention and influence such as consular intervention, international litigation, and extradition negotiation. This is documented through case studies such as how a judge in Texas v. Green turned to a comparative Delaware case that relied on the Vienna Convention to remove the death penalty as possible punishment, and how Mexico pressured the White House in two separate cases.

1. Introduction
2. International Influence on U. S. Judicial Policymaking
3. Public Opinion, the Death Penalty and International Influence
4. Foreign Actors, U. S. Bureaus and Death Penalty Policies
5. Foreign Consul Influence on Death Penalty Policies
6. U. S. Death Penalty Policy and International Litigation
7. Extradition and U. S Death Penalty Policies
8. Conclusion
Selected Bibliography

Wesley Kendall is a Law Lecturer at the University of the South Pacific.