WILLIAM F. PATRY
Laws that do not work can be repealed by Congress with the President’s signature. However, if there is an international treaty, the United States may NOT change the laws to fix something that does not work. At best, the administration can try to re-negotiate the treaty, but has no power to assure the change unless, it withdraws from the treaty. However, most treaties are very complex and involve many elements and there is no way to withdraw from a single aspect of a treaty, even if it is a bad aspect.
William F. Patry is an American lawyer specializing in copyright law. He studied at the San Francisco State University, where he obtained a B.A. in 1974 and an M.A. in 1976, and then at the University of Houston, where he graduated with a J.D. in 1980. He was admitted to the bar in Texas in 1981, in the District of Columbia in 2000, and in New York in 2001.
