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Cambridge University Press Our Democratic First Amendment
Book SynopsisThe First Amendment to the US Constitution protects free speech, freedom of the press, freedom of association and assembly, and the right to petition the government. Why did the Framers protect these particular rights? What role were these rights intended to play in our democracy? And what force do they retain in today''s world? In this highly readable account, Ashutosh Bhagwat explores the answers to these questions. The first part of the book looks at the history of the First Amendment, early political conflicts over its meaning, and the lessons to be learned from those events about the nature of our system of government. The second part applies those lessons to our modern, fractious democracy as it has evolved in the age of the Internet and social media. Now as then, the key to maintaining that democracy, it turns out, is an active citizenry that fully embraces the First Amendment.Trade Review'By highlighting the First Amendment's too often neglected press, assembly, and petition clauses, Bhagwat shows how the democratic free speech tradition most closely associated with Louis Brandeis complements rather than contradicts the broadly libertarian understanding that finally emerged following the McCarthy era. Eschewing censorship, Bhagwat would turn to what Tocqueville identified as America's distinctive democratic strength - civil society institutions - to tackle our age's pathologies of information silos, Internet trolls, and fake news. Our Democratic First Amendment is at once clear-eyed and boldly free of cynicism.' Michael C. Dorf, Robert S. Stevens Professor of Law, Cornell University'Ash Bhagwat offers an original and powerful analysis of the core purposes of the First Amendment and of how those purposes should play out today. In particular, he notes that almost all of the Supreme Court's attention has focused on the freedom of speech, and that the Court has essentially written out of the First Amendment the freedom of the press, the right of assembly, the right of association, and the right to petition the government. It is only, he argues, by considering all of these rights in their relation to one another that the Court can come to a proper understanding of 'Our Democratic First Amendment'. Bhagwat then turns to the challenges of the present, including social media, the collapse of 'mainstream media', and the 'siloing' of American society. In the end, he offers suggestions for how, in the current state of affairs, we can still save our democracy.' Geoffrey R. Stone, Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor of Law, University of Chicago'Bhagwat's eminently readable prose drives home the importance of speech, press, assembly, and petition to our current and future democratic experiment. Readers will benefit from this book's careful consideration of these rights individually and collectively, and how our use of them protects and performs sovereignty, citizenship, and democracy.' John Inazu, Sally D. Danforth Distinguished Professor of Law & Religion, Washington University, St. Louis'The First Amendment lists four specific freedoms of expression: speech, press, assembly (association), and petition, but the courts have tended to merge them all into one. This engaging book discusses each of these freedoms on its own terms, and explains for a general audience why they all matter now, more than ever. Whether you are liberal or conservative, this book will help you understand your rights as an American.' Michael W. McConnell, Richard and Frances Mallery Professor and Director of the Constitutional Law Center, Stanford University'This title is well sourced, remarkably engaging, and for students and scholars alike.' D. E. Smith, Choice'… an exceptional review of the First Amendment's principles and their interdependent purposes. These passages provide great value for theorists, scholars, and practitioners - and especially for students of American politics, constitutional law and history, and the Bill of Rights.' Andy Carr, Law and Politics Book ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. The Framers' Democrocratic First Amendment: 1. Freedom of speech and of the press; 2. Assembly and association; 3. The petition clause; 4. Cognate rights and democratic citizenship; Part II. The Democratic First Amendment in the Age of Twitter: 5. Cacophony: speech and press in the Internet era; 6. DeSiloing: of civic associations, book clubs, and taverns; 7. Why assembly and petition still matter; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Politics and International Law
Book SynopsisInternational law shapes nearly every aspect of our lives. It affects the food we eat, the products we buy, the rights we hold, and the wars we fight. Yet international law is often believed to be the exclusive domain of well-heeled professionals with years of legal training. This text uses clear, accessible writing and contemporary political examples to explain where international law comes from, how actors decide whether to follow international law, and how international law is upheld using legal and political tools. Suitable for undergraduate and graduate students, this book is accessible to a wide audience and is written for anyone who wants to understand how global rules shape and transform international politics. Each chapter is framed by a case study that examines a current political issue, such as the bombing of Yemen or the use of chemical weapons in Syria, encouraging students to draw connections between theoretical concepts and real-world situations. The chapters are modularTrade Review'This excellent book ties together an impressive array of material from law and political science in an accessible way. The book uses case studies not just to illustrate legal interpretation but also to illuminate how international law affects the practice of state and non-state actors. I strongly recommend it for any course on the politics of international law.' Erik Voeten, Georgetown University'Finally, a textbook on international law that is really geared toward undergraduate international relations and political science students! It delivers the material in a way that is easy to read and understand, and the case examples not only help to drive home key concepts, but are written in a way that makes the text more engaging for both professors and students.' Heather Elko McKibben, University of California, Davis'For years, I have been searching in vain for a textbook for my international institutions classes. Politics and International Law is it! Johns explains legal principles in accurate yet easy to understand language across virtually every issue area governed by international law, and breathes life into the sometimes mundane details of international law through insightful background and colorful case studies.' Jana von Stein, The Australian National University'Leslie Johns has written and compiled an international law casebook that is clear, accessible, and very timely. It will be easy to teach from and engaging for a wide range of students.' Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO, New AmericaTable of Contents1. Competing perspectives on international law and politics; 2. Making international law; 3. Breaking international law; 4. Upholding international law; 5. Law of the Sea; 6. Trade; 7. Investment; 8. Human rights; 9. Use of force; 10. Armed conflict; 11. Criminal Responsibility; 12. Environmental protection.
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Penguin Books Ltd Lawless World
Book SynopsisInternational lawyer Philippe Sands has a unique insider''s view of the elites who govern our lives. His sensational revelations in Lawless World changed the political agenda overnight, forcing Tony Blair to publish damning mterial that he''d tried to hide.Now, in this updated edition with a shocking new chapter, you can get the full story of how the US and UK governments are riding roughshod over international agreements on human rights, war, torture and the environment - the very laws they put in place. Here sands looks at why global rules matter for all of us. And he powerfully makes the case for preserving them ... before justice becomes history.
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Oxford University Press International Law
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Oxford University Press Portraits of Women in International Law
Book SynopsisCurrent histories seem to suggest that men alone have been capable of the development of ideas, analysis, and practice of international law until the 1990s. Is this the case? Or have others been erased from the collective images of this history, including the portrait gallery of notables in international law?Portraits of Women in International Law: New Names and Forgotten Faces? investigates the slow and late inclusion of women in the spheres of knowledge and power in international law. The forty-two textual and visual representations by a diverse team of passionate portraitists represent women and gender non-conforming people in international law from the fourteenth century onwards around the world: individuals and groups who imagined, developed, or contested international law; who earned their living in its institutions; or who, even indirectly, may have changed its course.This rich volume calls for a critical identification of the formal and informal institutional practices, norms, Trade ReviewWhat an imaginatively assembled collection of essays. Overflowing with engrossing vignettes and unexpected characters, this is international law but not as we know it. No less than a re-writing and upending of international legal history. And seriously pleasurable! * Gerry Simpson, Professor of International Law, London School of Economics *Immi Tallgren has produced one of the most creative edited volumes in the history of international law and international relations that I have seen. This is a remarkable achievement, a field-defining piece of work. * Patricia Owens, Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford *Anyone curious about the lives and work of our mothers in the law will find these individual essays interesting and illuminating. * Susan McFadden, Solicitor and US lawyer, retired from the London-based US immigration firm Gudeon & McFadden., Law Society Gazette *Table of ContentsKaren Knop: Foreword: Looking at Portraits I. OPENING THE EXHIBITION 1: Immi Tallgren: Re-curating the Portrait Gallery of International Law: The Objectives, Process, and Floorplan of the Exhibition II. THE VESTIBULE OF THE LEGENDARY ANCIENTS 2: Franck Latty: Christine de Pizan: The Law of Warfare as Seen by a Medieval Woman 3: Anne Lagerwall and Agatha Verdebout: Olympe de Gouges: Beyond the Symbol 4: Deborah Whitehall: The Reign of Order and the Rights of Siege According to Rosa Luxemburg 5: Henk Nellen: Maria van Reigersberch: Wife of Hugo Grotius III. FIGUREHEADS OF FIGHTING FOR PEACE 6: Janne E. Nijman: Bertha von Suttner: Locating International Law in Novel and Salon 7: Kate Grady and Gina Heathcote: Jane Addams: Positive Peace from the Everyday to the International IV. THE WINTER GARDEN OF ABOLITION AND RESISTANCE: WOMEN AGAINST SLAVERY, RACISM AND IMPERIALISM 8: Christopher Gevers: Anna Julia Cooper: A Voice from the (Global) South 9: Sarah Riley Case: Homelands of Mary Ann Shadd 10: Vasuki Nesiah: Avabai Wadia: A Gentle Rebel of (Other) Nations? V. THE HALL OF DIVERSITY OF FEMINIST ACTIVISM IN INTERNATIONAL LAW 11: Frédéric Mégret: Ghénia Avril de Sainte-Croix: Abolitionism and the League of Nations 12: Keina Yoshida: Yayori Matsui: Challenging the Silences of International Law through Pan Asian Feminist Solidarity 13: Michael Addaney: Canonizing the Memory of Annie Ruth Jiagge in the Global Efforts Toward Gender Equality VI. THE HALL OF WOMEN FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY INTERNATIONAL LAW: A NORDIC DREAM? 14: Anne Orford: Alva Myrdal: The Rise and Fall of Social Democratic Internationalism 15: Miriam Bak Mackenna: Ester Boserup: Women and Development on the Margins 16: Raimo Lintonen: Helvi Sipilä: Advocating Women's Rights at the UN VII. THE BREAKERS OF THE GLASS CEILING: THE 'FIRST AND ONLY' IN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 17: Immi Tallgren and Antoine Buchet: Suzanne Bastid: The First of the 'Firsts' 18: Boyd van Dijk: Marguerite Frick-Cramer: A Life Spent Shaping the Geneva Conventions 19: Parvathi Menon: Vijayalakshmi Pandit: Gendering and Racing against the Postcolonial Predicament 20: Jan Klabbers: The Timing of Felice Morgenstern 21: Ana Caldeira Fouto, António Pedro Barbas Homem, and Pedro Caridade de Freitas: Paula Escarameia: Envisioning the Humane Face of International Law in the Twenty-first Century VIII. THE OTHER GROUP PICTURES IN INTERNATIONAL LAW 22: Roxana Banu: Forgotten Female Actors in Private International Law: The International Social Service 23: Benjamin Auberer: Female Staff in the Legal Section of the League of Nations 24: Bérénice K. Schramm: The 'Indigenous Women' Behind the 'Other' Beijing Declaration 25: Anna van der Velde: The Women's Caucus for Gender Justice: Writing Gender into International Criminal Law IX. THE MISSING FACES OF THE FACULTY CORRIDORS 26: Imogen Saunders: Sarah Wambaugh: Life at the Frontiers of International Law 27: Alexandra Kemmerer: Exile and Access: Lilly Melchior Roberts and the Infrastructures of International Law 28: Serena Forlati: Lea Meriggi: A Fighter For the Wrong Cause 29: Christiaan Verwer and Anna van der Velde: Isabella Diederiks-Verschoor: (A Life) Creating Spaces 30: Sarah MH Nouwen and Wouter Werner: Gezina van der Molen: A Journey from Universalism to Pluralism 31: Sara Seck: Elisabeth Mann Borgese: Ecology, Relationality, and Law of the Sea 32: Reut Paz: Marie Theres Fögen: The Universalization of a Rotten Deal 33: Marilena Papadaki: Kalliopi Koufa: First Greek Female Academic of Public International Law X. THE ROOF-TOP GALLERY OF DIPLOMACY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 34: Shinya Murase: Thomas Baty in Japan: Seeing through the Twilight 35: Margaret Kuo: Zheng Yuxiu and the Diplomacy of Nationalism and Feminism 36: Hatsue Shinohara: Marjorie M. Whiteman: Not Flowers but a Medal 37: Sergey Vasiliev: Aleksandra Kollontai: 'New Woman' 38: Andrei Mamolea: The Role of International Law in Paulina Luisi's Activism 39: Luiza Le=ao Soares Pereira: Working from 'Rooms of Their Own': For a Realistic Portrait of Joyce Gutteridge CBE and Other Trailblazing Women XI. PORTRAITS OF ARTISTS, JOURNALISTS AND VISIONARIES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 40: Outi Korhonen: "If Only They Listened to Simone Weil": From Rights to Roots 41: Ksenia Shestakova: Helene Halperin-Ginsburg: The Social Function of International Law 42: Mai Taha: Human Rights and Communist Internationalism: On Inji Aflatoun and the Surrealists 43: Dianne Otto: Fearless Speech: A Portrait of UN Typist Shirley Hazzard Hilary Charlesworth: Epilogue: Exit through the Gift Shop
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Oxford University Press The Handbook of International Humanitarian Law
Book SynopsisThe Handbook of International Humanitarian Law sets out a Black Letter text of international humanitarian law accompanied by case analysis and extensive explanatory commentary by a team of distinguished and internationally renowned experts.This updated and revised fourth edition, first published in 2021, takes account of the latest legal developments, such as the 2017 Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty, as well as the ongoing debate on many old and new issues including the notion of direct participation in hostilities; air and missile warfare; military operations in outer space; military cyber operations; belligerent occupation; operational detention; and the protection of the environment in relation to armed conflict. The continuing need to consider borderline issues of the law of armed conflict as well as the interplay of international humanitarian law, human rights law, and other branches of international law is highlighted. Certain topics, such as the law of occupation, protection
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Cambridge University Press The Role of Domestic Courts in Treaty Enforcement
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Oxford University Press Inc Law for Leviathan
Book SynopsisFor the past several centuries of Anglo-American legal thought, law has been paradigmatically understood as the product of the state. The state, operating through the legal and political institutions of its government, imposes law on the people who are its subjects. Over the same centuries, however, the development of international law and constitutional law has made the state itself subject to law. These systems of law for states necessarily work differently. For one thing, law for states must do without a super-state or government standing above the state, capable of creating and enforcing law. For another, the state is a unique kind of legal subject, calling for different behavioral models, moral standards, and regulatory techniques than those developed for ordinary people. It is precisely these differences that have long marked international law as a curious, and in many eyes dubious, form of law.Constitutional law, in contrast, has seldom been subject to the same doubts, or fully
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Cambridge University Press International Law
Written by one of the world's leading international lawyers, this is a landmark publication in the teaching of international law. International law can be defined as 'the rules governing the legal relationship between nations and states', but in reality it is much more complex, with political, diplomatic and socio-economic factors shaping the law and its application. This refreshingly clear, concise textbook encourages students to view international law as a dynamic system of organizing the world. Bringing international law back to its first principles, the book is organised around four questions: where does it come from? To whom does it apply? How does it resolve conflict? What does it say? Building on these questions with both academic rigour and clarity of expression, Professor Klabbers breathes life and energy into the subject. Footnotes point students to the wider academic debate while chapter introductions and final remarks reinforce learning.
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Cambridge University Press Human Dignity in International Law
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Cambridge University Press Regulating Unhealthy Lifestyles in the European Union
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Taylor & Francis Regulation of Commercial Human Spaceflights
Book SynopsisThis book analyses emerging legal and regulatory challenges surrounding commercial human spaceflights (CHS). It addresses unique questions raised by human presence in outer space that distinguish CHS from other commercial space activities.Discussing a rapidly growing sector in the space economy, this volume:- Compares regulatory approaches in major spacefaring nations, including Russia, the USA, China, the EU, Japan, Australia, and India, to evaluate how existing international space treaties adapt to private sector human spaceflight activities while identifying significant gaps in current frameworks.- Analyses fundamental issues such as the legal status of space tourists versus astronauts, liability mechanisms, insurance requirements, training and selection standards, and the interplay between international space law and domestic regulations.- Critically examines Indiaâs space governance, its regulatory landscape, and the future of its CHS policies.- Offers theoretical insights and practical recommendations for future law-making at both international and domestic levels.Accessibly written, this volume is an essential resource for scholars, researchers, legal practitioners, policymakers, space industry professionals, and students exploring the intersection of space law, regulatory affairs, and the expanding commercial space tourism industry. It will be of great interest to scholars and researchers in international law, space policy, public policy, aerospace studies, and regulatory studies, as well as to space industry professionals navigating compliance requirements in international space law, commercial aerospace regulation, emerging technology governance, and comparative legal systems.
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Oxford University Press The Oxford Handbook of the History of
Book SynopsisThe Oxford Handbook of the History of International Law provides an authoritative and original overview of the origins, concepts, and core issues of international law. The first comprehensive Handbook on the history of international law, it is a truly unique contribution to the literature of international law and relations. Pursuing both a global and an interdisciplinary approach, the Handbook brings together some sixty eminent scholars of international law, legal history, and global history from all parts of the world. Covering international legal developments from the 15th century until the end of World War II, the Handbook consists of over sixty individual chapters which are arranged in six parts. The book opens with an analysis of the principal actors in the history of international law, namely states, peoples and nations, international organisations and courts, and civil society actors. Part Two is devoted to a number of key themes of the history of international law, such as peace and war, the sovereignty of states, hegemony, religion, and the protection of the individual person. Part Three addresses the history of international law in the different regions of the world (Africa and Arabia, Asia, the Americas and the Caribbean, Europe), as well as ''encounters'' between non-European legal cultures (like those of China, Japan, and India) and Europe which had a lasting impact on the body of international law. Part Four examines certain forms of ''interaction or imposition'' in international law, such as diplomacy (as an example of interaction) or colonization and domination (as an example of imposition of law). The classical juxtaposition of the civilized and the uncivilized is also critically studied. Part Five is concerned with problems of the method and theory of history writing in international law, for instance the periodisation of international law, or Eurocentrism in the traditional historiography of international law. The Handbook concludes with a Part Six, entitled People in Portrait, which explores the life and work of twenty prominent scholars and thinkers of international law, ranging from Muhammad al-Shaybani to Sir Hersch Lauterpacht.The Handbook will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars of international law. It provides historians with new perspectives on international law, and increases the historical and cultural awareness of scholars of international law. It is the standard reference work for the global history of international law.Trade ReviewThe Handbook on the History of International Law is an excellent and up-to-date contribution to a broad topic that has increasingly attracted the interest of academia in the last years. The editors certainly succeeded in bringing together a broad range of renowned experts on the various fi elds covered. It certainly deserves its place in the bookshelves of any international lawyers library. * Ralph Janik, Austrian Review of International and European Law Online *Shelley's interlocutor in Ozymandias paints a bleak picture of the fate which has befallen the Pharaoh's statue: 'Nothing beside remains. Round the decay / Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare / The lone and level sands stretch far away ' ... Thanks to interventions such as those organised by Fassbender and Peters in this excellent volume, the historians of international law need not fear such a fate befalling their discipline-indeed, its future has never seemed brighter or more vibrant. * Cameron A. Miles, The British Yearbook of International Law *By any measure, the book is a substantial achievement, and it will be widely and rewardingly consulted for many years to come. * Jacob Katz Cogan, University of Cincinnati, American Journal of International Law *Impressive and timely volume * Rose Parfitt, Global Law Books *The volume does a marvelous job of hemming the topic in, but pays a price for its breadth and the erudition of its contributors by leaving the reader ungratefully greedy for further contextualization and (historical) policy detail - sparking this hunger in the reader though is a true vindication of a handbook of this sort. * Wouter P. F. Schmit Jongbloed, ASIL Cables *The Oxford Handbook of the History of International Law innovatively and comprehensively provides a timely and ambitious global history of international law from the sixteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. Under the skilled editorship of Bardo Fassbender and Anne Peters, the contributors, experts who themselves come from all parts of the world, present a history that imagines international law as the product of different regions, cultures, actors, and eras. Setting a new agenda for the field, the Handbook will be the indispensable starting point for students and researchers exploring the history of international law. * ASIL Award Citation *There is no doubt that The Oxford Handbook of the History of International Law will become what editors and authors intended," the new standard reference work for the global history of international law," provides the reader with a broad spectrum of useful information on a high level which is not easily assembled. * Karl Heinz Ziegler, German Yearbook of International Law *Table of ContentsPART ONE: ACTORS; PART TWO: THEMES; PART THREE: REGIONS; I. AFRICA AND ARABIA; II. ASIA; III. THE AMERICAS AND THE CARIBBEAN; IV. EUROPE; V. ENCOUNTERS; PART FOUR: INTERACTION OR IMPOSITION; PART FIVE: METHODOLOGY AND THEORY; PART SIX: PEOPLE IN PORTRAIT
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Cambridge University Press The International Law of the Sea
Book SynopsisNewly updated, this textbook is for students, both undergraduate and postgraduate, practitioners and judges. Accessible, comprehensive and contemporary, it continues to be the best choice for students wanting to understand the law of the sea. It also offers systematic knowledge on the law of the sea, helping to develop a perspective on the law.Trade Review'Tanaka's International Law of the Sea has established itself as a key resource for both student and scholar in understanding the critical concepts underpinning this vital area of international law. This new edition provides valuable insights on the latest legal issues, whether plastics pollution at sea or submarine cables.' John Burgess, The Fletcher School, Tufts University'The latest edition of this established textbook continues to offer a clear, structured introduction to the core rules and principles of the law of the sea, whilst also capturing the dynamism of the field by integrating the latest judicial decisions and state practice, and illustrating how the law of the sea adapts to changing circumstances and new challenges.' James Harrison, University of Edinburgh'Tanaka's textbook on the international law of the sea has reached the status of a classic work. His clear writing style and ability to explain complicated issues in a simple manner make it approachable for newcomers to the field as well as experts.' Bjarni Már Magnússon, Bifröst University'A skilful analysis, rigorous method and neat style mark this book's first decade in print. Further elaborating on his distinctive theory of the “dual approach” to ocean matters in a thought-provoking manner, Tanaka continues to provide key explanatory arguments and fully reliable guidance throughout both old and novel intricacies of the law of the sea.' Ilaria Tani, University of Milano-Bicocca'In this book, scholars and practitioners will find not only a rigorous commentary on established rules and case law, but also a careful analysis of problematic profiles and an authoritative assessment of both trends in the practice of states and new interests of the international community. This is an indispensable guide to navigating this intricate and fascinating subject.' Roberto Virzo, University of MessinaTable of ContentsPart I. The Divided Oceans: International Law Governing Jurisdictional Zones: 1. The law of the sea in perspective; 2. Maritime limits: baselines and maritime features; 3. Marine spaces under national jurisdiction I: territorial sovereignty; 4. Marine spaces under national jurisdiction II: sovereign rights; 5. Marine spaces beyond national jurisdiction; 6. Maritime delimitation; Part II. Our Common Ocean: Protection of Community Interests at Sea: 7. Conservation of marine living resources; 8. Protection of the marine environment; 9. Conservation of marine biological diversity; 10. Marine scientific research; 11. Maintenance of international peace and security at sea; 12. Land-locked and geographically disadvantaged states; 13. Peaceful settlement of international disputes; 14. Looking ahead: law of the sea as a legal shield.
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Cambridge University Press Saving the International Justice Regime
Book SynopsisWhile resistance to international courts is not new, what is new, or at least newly conceptualized, is the politics of backlash against these institutions. Saving the International Justice Regime: Beyond Backlash against International Courts is at the forefront of this new conceptualization of backlash politics. It brings together theories, concepts and methods from the fields of international law, international relations, human rights and political science and case studies from around the globe to pose - and answer - three questions related to backlash against international courts: What is backlash and what forms does it take? Why do states and elites engage in backlash against international human rights and criminal courts? What can stakeholders and supporters of international justice do to meet these contemporary challenges?Table of Contents1. Progress and pushback in the judicialization of human rights; 2. Backlash in theoretical context; 3. The politics of withdrawal; 4. Replacing the international justice regime; 5. Bureaucrats, budgets and backlash: Death by a thousand paper cuts; 6. Doctrinal challenges: Diluting the domestic impacts of international adjudication; 7. How to save the international justice regime; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Negotiating State and NonState Law
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Cambridge University Press International Law in Public Debate
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Cambridge University Press Rival Legalities
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Cambridge University Press The Unruly Notion of Abuse of Rights
Book SynopsisEveryone condemns what they perceive as ''abuse of rights'', and some would elevate it to a general principle of law. But the notion seldom suffices to be applied as a rule of decision. When adjudicators purport to do so they expose themselves to charges of unpredictability, if not arbitrariness. After examining the dissimilar origins and justification of the notion in national and international doctrine, and the difficulty of its application in both comparative and international law, this book concludes that except when given context as part of a lex specialis, it is too nebulous to serve as a general principle of international law.Trade Review'With precision and passion, Paulsson challenges a shibboleth of international law.' W. Michael Reisman, Professor, Yale Law School'Paulsson's characteristic insistence that - in Holmes' phrase - we must think things, not words, and his willingness to puncture conventional wisdom, all make this a vital read for anyone concerned with the nature of law; characteristically, too, this is at the same time erudite and readable, clear-headed and quotable.' Alan Scott Rau, Professor Emeritus, University of Texas School of Law'Some may describe this book as iconoclastic. I say simply: legal theory at its best.' Francisco Gonzáles de Cossío, Arbitrator and Professor, Universidad Iberoamericana and Escuela Libre de Derecho, Mexico'Unprincipled and unstructured pleas of abuse of rights will not survive the publication of this book.' Zachary Douglas QC, Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (Geneva)'I strongly recommend this book, supremely sharp on technical reasoning and sensitive to challenges and limitations of the reality of international dispute settlement that the author knows so well. Whether the reader finds themselves largely persuaded by Paulsson's argument, as I was, they will certainly be intellectually enriched from reading the treatment of an important topic by one of the great figures of modern international dispute settlement. The essentially simultaneous publication in autumn 2020 of The Unruly Notion of Abuse of Rights and the merits judgment of the ICJ in Immunities and Criminal Proceedings puts the book under review in the rare category of perfectly timed scholarship that independently captures the substance of the leading judgment, explains the intellectual backstory of a key concept, and is likely to significantly shape future developments in the field.' Martins Paparinskis, Arbitration InternationalTable of Contents1. Matters of nomenclature; 2. An idealistic but troublesome impulse; 3. A cacophony of criteria; 4. A 'principle' with no rules?; 5. The challenge of establishing universal principles; 6. The Politis/Lauterpacht quest to elevate abuse of right; 7. Rejection and retrenchment; 8. The vanishing prospect.
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Cambridge University Press International Law and Weapons Review
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Core Statutes on Conflict of Laws
Book SynopsisWell-selected and authoritative, Palgrave Core Statutes provide the key materials needed by students in a format that is clear, compact and very easy to use. They are ideal for use in exams. This book includes:- European Union legislation including the Rome I and II Regulations and the Brussels Regulation (recast). - The New York, Lugano and Hague Conventions. - UK statutes, including the Private International Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995, State Immunity Act 1978, and Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982.
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Edinburgh University Press The Faustian Pact in International Law
Book SynopsisExamines the significance of the Faustian pact in international law
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC EU External Relations Law: Text, Cases and
Book SynopsisThe first edition of this seminal textbook made a significant impact on the teaching of EU external relations law. This new edition retains the hallmarks of that success, while providing a fully revised and updated account of this burgeoning field. It offers a dual perspective, looking at questions from both the EU constitutional law perspective (the principles underpinning EU external action, the EU’s powers, and the role of the Court of Justice of the EU); and the international law perspective (the effect of international law in the EU legal order and the position of the EU in international organisations such as the WTO). A number of key substantive policy areas are explored, including trade, security and defence, police and judicial cooperation, the environment, human rights, and development cooperation. Taking a ‘text, cases and materials’ approach, it allows students to gain a thorough understanding of milestones in the evolution of EU law in this area, their judicial interpretation and scholarly appraisal. Linking these pieces together through the authors’ commentary and analysis ensures that students are given the necessary guidance to properly position and digest these materials. Lastly, each chapter concludes with a section entitled ‘The Big Picture of EU External Relations Law’, which weaves together the diverse and complex materials into a coherent whole and stimulates critical discussion of the topics covered.Trade ReviewAn excellent text, especially for his 'text, cases and materials' approach. I will use it for classroom activities. -- Adele Del Guercio, Professor of EU External Relations Law * University of Naples L'Orientale *Table of Contents1. The European Union as a Global Legal Actor Ramses A Wessel (University of Groningen) and Joris Larik (Leiden University) 2. Principles of EU External Action Anne Thies (University of Reading) 3. EU External Competence Andrea Ott (Maastricht University) 4. Instruments of EU External Action Joris Larik (Leiden University) and Ramses A Wessel (University of Groningen) 5. The EU and International Law Ramses A Wessel (University of Groningen) 6. The EU and International Institutions Jed Odermatt (City, University of London) 7. Common Commercial Policy Joris Larik (Leiden University) 8. EU Development Policy Morten Broberg (University of Copenhagen) 9. Common Foreign, Security and Defence Policy Ramses A Wessel (University of Groningen) 10. EU External Human Rights Policy Laurent Pech and Joelle Grogan (Middlesex University London) 11. EU External Environmental Policy Gracia Marín Durán (University College London) 12. The External Dimension of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice Claudio Matera (University of Twente) 13. The EU and its Neighbours Peter Van Elsuwege (Ghent University) 14. The External Dimension of Joining and Leaving the EU Joris Larik (Leiden University), Peter Van Elsuwege (Ghent University) and Bart Van Vooren (Covington)
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Understanding Environmental Policy Processes: Cases from Africa
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Mohr Siebeck Indirekte Enteignung
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Oxford University Press Business and Human Rights
Book SynopsisBusiness and Human Rights Law is a rapidly growing area of law, which has dramatically transformed many parts of international law. In this new volume in the Elements series, Robert McCorquodale explores how the responsibility for human rights abuses has transitioned from a purely state obligation to also being the responsibility of businesses. Business responsibility for human rights impacts have become subject both to legislation and to court decisions whenever their activities lead to human rights abuses anywhere in the world.This book shows the importance of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in these developments, and examines their influence on international, regional, and national law. It also analyses the changes on state obligations to protect human rights, on the corporate responsibility for human rights abuses, and on effective access to remedies for those adversely affected by business activities. Each of these shifts has consequences on core tenets of iTable of Contents1: Development of Business and Human Rights Law 2: International Law and Business 3: International Regulation of Business about Human Rights Issues 4: State Obligations about Business and Human Rights 5: Corporate Responsibilities and Human Rights Due Diligence 6: Access to Remedies for Victims 7: National Regulation of International Human Rights Responsibilities of Business 8: Future Developments in Business and Human Rights Law 9: Conclusions: International Law, Business and Human Rights
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Oxford University Press Exponential Inequalities Equality Law in Times of
Book SynopsisThis thoughtfully edited volume explores the operation of equality and discrimination law in times of crisis. It aims to understand how existing inequalities are exacerbated in crises and whether equality law has the tools to understand and address this contingency. Experience during the COVID-19 crisis shows that the pandemic has acted as a catalyst for ''exponential inequalities'' related to racism, xenophobia, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ageism, and ableism. Yet, the field of equality law (which is meant to be addressing such discrimination or inequality) has had little immediate relevance in mitigating these exponential inequalities. This is despite the fact that countries like the UK have a rather recent and state-of-the-art legislation in the field, namely the Equality Act 2010. Exponential Inequalities offers readers an understanding of how these inequalities came to be and how crises such as the global pandemic, the climate emergency, or the economic downturn, can exacerbate an already untenable situation. It illuminates both the structural and the conceptual, as well as the practical and doctrinal difficulties currently experienced in equality law, and discusses whether or not equality law even has the tools to both understand and then address this contingency. Written by a team of internationally recognized experts, Exponential Inequalities provides a comparative perspective on the functioning of equality laws across a range of contexts and jurisdictions and represents an essential read for scholars and policy makers alike.Trade ReviewIt is an informative and meaningful read for students, scholars and policy makers who are seeking to address inequalities. * Shaid Parveen, Associate Dean for Enterprise and External Engagement and Senior Teaching Fellow, Aston University. *Table of ContentsDavid B. Oppenheimer: Foreword 1: Shreya Atrey and Sandra Fredman: Introduction - Exponential Inequalities: What Can Equality Law Do? I. UNDERSTANDING EXPONENTIAL INEQUALITIES 2: Aleta Sprague, Amy Raub, and Jody Heymann: Protecting Workers' Equal Rights During Crisis and Recovery: Constitutional Approaches in 193 Countries 3: Diane Elson and Marion Sharples: Addressing Intersecting Inequalities Through Alternative Economic Strategies 4: Aaron Reeves, Kate Andersen, Mary Reader, and Rosalie Warnock: Social Security, Exponential Inequalities, and COVID-19: How Welfare Reform in the UK Left Larger Families Exposed to the Scarring Effects of the Pandemic 5: Meghan Campbell: The Proportionality of an Economic Crisis 6: Kelley Loper: Intersecting Crises and Exponential Inequalities: The View from Hong Kong II. ADDRESSING EXPONENTIAL INEQUALITIES Section A: Comparative and International Law 7: Colm O'Cinneide: New Directions Needed: Exponential Inequalities and the Limits of Equality Law 8: Mark Bell: More than an Afterthought? Equality Law in Ireland During the Pandemic 9: Jessica A Clarke: A Public Policy Approach to Inequality 10: Beth Gaze: Responding to Exponential Inequalities in Australia: Beyond the Limits of Equality and Discrimination Law 11: Helena Alviar García: The Interaction of Laws Enabling Gender Equality with Other Legal Regimes: Limiting Progress in Times of Crisis 12: Catherine O'Regan: Equal Access to Vaccines: Exposing the Limits of International Human Rights Law? Section B: Vulnerable Groups 13: Alysia Blackham: A Life Course Approach to Addressing Exponential Inequalities: Age, Gender, and COVID-19 14: Anna Lawson and Lisa Waddington: Disability in Times of Emergency: Exponential Inequality and the Role of Reasonable Accommodation Duties 15: Jule Mulder: Remote Working, Working from Home and EU Sex-Discrimination Law 16: Marta Machado and Taís Penteado: COVID-19 and Exponential Reproductive Rights-related Inequalities in Brazil 17: Aparna Chandra: A Life of Contradictions: Group Inequality and Socio-Economic Rights in the Indian Constitution 18: Victoria Miyandazi: An Equality-Sensitive Approach to Delivering Socio-Economic Rights During Crises: A Focus on Kenya 19: Catherine Albertyn: The Role of Equality Law in Expanding Access to Social Goods and Services in South Africa: Lessons after the Pandemic
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Oxford University Press Brownlies Principles of Public International Law
Book SynopsisServing as a single volume introduction to the field as a whole, this ninth edition of Brownlie's Principles of International Law seeks to present international law as a system that is based on, and helps structure, relations among states and other entities at the international level.Trade ReviewIts case-references and notes apparatus are excellent and the overall view it opens to early 21st century international law has an unparalleled combination of depth and width ... the most impressive English-language textbook available. * Martti Koskenniemi, British Yearbook of International Law (review of the eighth edition) *Brownlie's Principles has established itself as a book of real value and authority for students, academics and practitioners. * Samuel Wordsworth, Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law (review of the eighth edition) *[T]his is a very impressive work, wide-ranging in scope and nuanced in content, just as one would expect ... delivering what seems to be at the moment the best single-author English-language international law textbook. It is highly recommended, both as a student text and as a persuasive authority for the practice of international law. * Martins Paparinskis, International and Comparative Law Quarterly (review of the eighth edition) *Table of ContentsPart I: Preliminary Topics1. Introduction2. The Sources of International Law3. The Relations of International and National LawPart II: Personality and Recognition4. Subjects of International Law5. Creation and Incidence of Statehood6. Recognition of States and Governments7. International OrganizationsPart III: Territorial Sovereignty8. Forms of Governmental Authority Over Territory9. Acquisition and Transfer of Territorial Sovereignty10. Status of Territory: Further ProblemsPart IV: Law of the Sea11. The Territorial Sea and Other Maritime Zones12. Maritime Delimitation and Associated Questions13. Maritime Transit and the Regime of the High SeasPart V: The Environment and Natural Resources14. Common Spaces and Co-Operation in the Use of Natural Resources15. Legal Aspects of the Protection of the EnvironmentPart VI: International Transactions16. The Law of Treaties17. Diplomatic and Consular Relations18. Unilateral Acts, Acquiescence, and Estoppel19. Succession to Rights and DutiesPart VII: State Jurisdiction20. Sovereignty and Equality of States21. Jurisdictional Competence22. Privileges and Immunities of Foreign StatesPart VIII: Nationality and Related Concepts23. The Relations of Nationality24. Nationality of Corporations and AssetsPart IX: The Law of Responsibility25. The Conditions for International Responsibility26. Consequences of an Internationally Wrongful Act27. Multilateral Public Order and Issues of ResponsibilityPart X: The Protection of Individuals and Groups28. The International Minimum Standard: Diplomatic Protection and Protection of Investments29. International Human Rights30. International Criminal JusticePart XI: Disputes31. The Claims Process32. Third-Party Settlement of International Disputes33. Use of Threat of Force by States
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OUP Oxford The Oxford Handbook of Law and Economics
Book SynopsisCovering over one-hundred topics on issues ranging from Law and Neuroeconomics to European Union Law and Economics to Feminist Theory and Law and Economics, The Oxford Handbook of Law and Economics is the definitive work in the field of law and economics. The book gathers together scholars and experts in law and economics to create the most inclusive and current work on law and economics. It looks at the origins of the field of law and economics, tracks the field''s progression and increased importance to both law and economics, and looks to the future of the field and its continued development by examining a cornucopia of fields touched by work in law and economics. The uniqueness of its breadth, depth, and convenience make the volume essential to scholars, students, and contributors in the field of law and economics.Table of Contents1: Gary Becker and Richard Posner: The Future of Law and Economics Part 1. Methodology and Foundations 2: Thomas J. Miceli: Economic Models of Law 3: Jonah B. Gelbach and Jonathan Klick: Empirical Law and Economics 4: Christine Jolls: Bounded Rationality, Behavioral Economics, and the Law 5: Sean P. Sullivan and Charles A. Holt: Experimental Economics and the Law 6: Tess Wilkinson-Ryan: Experimental Psychology and the Law 7: Janice Nadler and Pam A. Mueller: Social Psychology and the Law 8: Georg von Wangenheim: Evolutionary Law and Economics 9: Daniel A. Farber: Public Choice Theory and Legal Institutions 10: Stefan Voigt: Constitutional Economics and the Law 11: Emerson H. Tiller: Law, Economics, and Positive Political Theory 12: Georg Vanberg and Viktor Vanberg: Contractarian Perspectives in Law and Economics 13: Shruti Rajagopalan and Mario J. Rizzo: Austrian Perspectives in Law and Economics 14: Brian H. Bix: Moral Philosophy and Law and Economics 15: David M. Driesen and Robin Paul Malloy: Critiques of Law and Economics Part II. Concepts and Tools 16: Chris William Sanchirico: Income Redistribution through the Law 17: Richard O. Zerbe: Cost-Benefit Analysis in Legal Decision-Making 18: John Bronsteen, Christopher Buccafusco, and Jonathan S. Masur: Well-Being and Public Policy 19: Tom R. Tyler: Value-Driven Behavior and the Law 20: Donald Wittman: Ex Ante vs. Ex Post 21: Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci and Gerrit DeGeest: Carrots vs. Sticks 22: Emanuela Carbonara: Law and Social Norms 23: Werner Güth: Mechanism Design and the Law 24: Shmuel Nitzan and Jacob Paroush: Collective Decision Making and Jury Theorems
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Oxford University Press Cultural Influences on the Law of the Sea
Book SynopsisDrawing on evidence from the origins of civilization to the present, this volume examines how cultural norms have impacted international maritime law. It brings together an expert cast of contributors - representing both the Global South and North - to explore how different regions culturally express and understand the law of the sea.
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Oxford University Press Textbook on International Law
Book SynopsisThe seventh edition of Textbook on International Law offers students new to the subject a concise and focused introduction to the essential topics of an international law course. Dixon brings the subject to life with the use of topical examples to illustrate key concepts.Table of Contents1. The nature of international law and the international system ; 2. The sources of international law ; 3. The law of treaties ; 4. International law and national law ; 5. Personality, statehood and recognition ; 6. Jurisdiction and sovereignty ; 7. Immunities from national jurisdiction ; 8. The law of the sea ; 9. State responsibility ; 10. The peaceful settlement of disputes ; 11. The use of force ; 12. Human rights
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Oxford University Press Complete International Law
Book SynopsisComplete International Law is the only text, cases and materials book on international law. It is an introductory text which covers a wide range of extracts from primary and secondary materials which are combined with incisive author commentary.Trade ReviewAdemola Abass has succeeded in creating a book that is unique in its pedagogical approach and comprehensive coverage. * Times Higher Education *Review from previous edition One of the most comprehensive international law books on the market and the first to combine text, cases and materials. What makes it stand out is the ability of the author to simplify difficult concepts and make them easy to understand. * Ilias Bantekas, Professor of International Law, Brunel University *This text is the gateway to mastering international law. Professor Abass provides a thorough, in-depth, and student-friendly introduction to the subject. A compelling read. * Jean Allain, Reader in International Law, Queen's University, Belfast *Table of Contents1. International law in the modern context ; 2. Sources of international law ; 3. The law of treaties ; 4. Statehood and recognition in international law ; 5. International organizations ; 6. Territory and the law of the sea ; 7. Jurisdiction ; 8. Immunity ; 9. International law and municipal law ; 10. The law of use of force ; 11. Collective security ; 12. International humanitarian law ; 13. State responsibility ; 14. The settlement of international disputes ; 15. The International Court of Justice ; 16. International criminal law ; 17. International environmental law ; 18. International economic law ; 19. International human rights
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Taylor & Francis Routledge Handbook of International Environmental
Book SynopsisThis book critically explores the legal tools, concepts, principles and instruments, as well as cross-cutting issues, that comprise the field of international environmental law. Commencing with foundational elements, progressing on to discrete sub-fields, then exploring regional cooperative approaches, cross-cutting issues and finally emerging challenges for international environmental law, it features chapters by leading experts in the field of international environmental law, drawn from a range of countries in order to put forward a truly global approach to the subject.The book is split into five parts:â The foundations of international environmental law covering the principles of international environmental law, standards and voluntary commitments, sustainable development, issues of public participation and environmental rights and compliance, state responsibility, liability and dispute settlement.â The key instruments and governance arrangements across the mTable of Contents1. An Introduction To International Environmental Law; 2. Principles, Standards And Voluntary Commitments In IEL; 3. Sustainable Development Law; 4. Compliance, State Responsibility And Liability; 5. Information, Public Participation And Access To Justice In Environmental Matters; 6. Constitutional Environmental Rights, And Rights For The Environment; 7. International Environmental Law Dispute Settlement; 8. Biodiversity, Bio-Security And Bio-Prospecting; 9. International Wildlife Law; 10. International Freshwater Law; 11. Soils, Forestry And Deforestation In International Environmental Law; 12. Fisheries Law; 13. Marine Environmental Protection Law; 14. The Regulation Of Chemicals And Hazardous Waste; 15. Atmospheric And Air Pollution; 16. International Environmental Law And Climate Change; 17. European Environmental Law; 18. Canada, The Us And International Environmental Law; 19. International Environmental Law In Latin America; 20. Africa And International Environmental Law; 21. South-East Asian Regional Environmental Legal Governance And Asean; 22. International Environmental Law And Small Island States; 23. Polar Law And Good Governance; 24. Human Rights And International Environmental Law; 25. The Collective Rights Of Indigenous Peoples And Environmental Destruction; 26. Trade And Environment; 27. International Environmental Law, Financing And Investment; 28. Crime And Environment; 29. Technology As A Tool For Implementation, Compliance And Enforcement; 30. Nuclear Energy And International Environmental Law: Points Of Intersection And Integration; 31. Protection Of The Environment During Armed Conflict And Post-Conflict; 32. Global Plastic Pollution: Curbing Single Use Plastic Production; 33. Climate Migration; 34. Climate Law, Environmental Law, And The Schism Ahead; 35. Future Directions For International Environmental Law
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Cambridge University Press The Sentimental Court
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Cambridge University Press Manifestations of Coherence and InvestorState Arbitration
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Cambridge University Press Toward an Abolitionist Human Rights Court
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Taylor & Francis The Law of the Sea and Maritime Boundary Disputes
Book SynopsisThe United Nations Convention on the Law of Sea (âUNCLOSâ) is hailed as one of the most significant multilateral legal agreements executed in the past few decades. However, its shortcomings are neither trivial nor inconsequential, especially regarding maritime boundary disputes involving hydrocarbon resources. This monograph examines the relationship between UNCLOS and maritime boundaries in five non-polar regions, encompassing almost 90% of global unresolved disputes involving offshore hydrocarbon development. The regions, which include the eastern Mediterranean, the Caspian Sea, the Persian Gulf, northeast Asia, and the South China Sea, were chosen for their oil and gas resources potential and recent military skirmishes that have the potential to lead to wider regional confrontations. The book addresses each regionâs maritime boundary status in the context of specific articles within UNCLOS that have been exploited by disputing states to justify their overlapping claims. The history and future applicability of multilateral Joint Development Area agreements for each region are evaluated for their potential to provide a cooperative solution to resolve ongoing tensions. Highlighting the limitations of current âgun-boatâ diplomacy, the monograph makes practical suggestions for new paradigms for resolving outstanding disputes, promoting lasting peace and generating economic benefits resulting from resource development.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Rural and Remote Communities as NonState Actors
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Cambridge University Press Empire Emergency and International Law
Book SynopsisWhat does it mean to say we live in a permanent state of emergency? What are the juridical, political and social underpinnings of that framing? Has international law played a role in producing or challenging the paradigm of normalised emergency? How should we understand the relationship between imperialism, race and emergency legal regimes? In addressing such questions, this book situates emergency doctrine in historical context. It illustrates some of the particular colonial lineages that have shaped the state of emergency, and emphasises that contemporary formations of emergency governance are often better understood not as new or exceptional, but as part of an ongoing historical constellation of racialised emergency politics. The book highlights the connections between emergency law and violence, and encourages alternative approaches to security discourse. It will appeal to scholars and students of international law, colonial history, postcolonialism and human rights, as well as policymakers and social justice advocates.Trade Review'John Reynolds explores the development and operation of emergency rule in colonial territories, and the enduring influence of this model on emergency law and, indeed, international law. There is a great deal he illuminates in this book, which combines erudition with superbly clear writing. The book examines 'imperial emergency rule' - it could in fact be termed a global history of imperial emergency rule - and connects together accounts of emergency that are often treated separately: colonial emergencies, the impact of these emergencies on the drafting of international legal instruments, and contemporary settler colonialism. It is by drawing on this range of diverse yet related materials that Dr Reynolds provides such a far-reaching account of the complexities of how emergency law operates, and such an incisive understanding of how it produces resistance from below. Empire, Emergency and International Law is an eloquent and valuable book which provides enduring insights into a pervasive feature of our times.' Antony Anghie, author of Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law'This luminary work on states of emergency and settler colonialism has given us a fresh set of eyes with which to understand the structural aspects of law, and its intersections with vexing questions of power and governance, human rights and emancipation.' Noura Erakat, George Mason University, Virginia'This is a profoundly important book that should reshape the way we explore and use international law and the concept of states of emergency, among many other things.' Mark LeVine, University of California, Irvine'Highly relevant for contemporary times, this book focuses on the colonial lineages that have shaped current emergency law. This is an exceptional book which goes to the very core of law itself and its relationship with power. It is simultaneously engaging and penetrating. Presenting very serious and complex issues in a highly accessible way, it is masterful and assured in its depth of analysis.' Irish Association of Law Teachers (IALT) Council, Kevin Boyle Book Prize Judging Panel'This is a book which tackles complex questions with serious depth, while remaining accessible to the reader. It is grounded not only in legal theory, history and politics but is also informed by perspectives of on-the-ground activism and awareness of social change.' Úna Ní Raifeartaigh, Judge of the High Court of Ireland'John Reynolds has written a book of immense importance in at least three distinct areas of law: legal history, international law and comparative law. The level of detail, the theoretical basis and the ability to display the link between historical eras and disparate territories demonstrate conclusively the origins of emergency law in the colonial experience, a critically important legacy that he documents in magisterial fashion. Reynolds grounds his book firmly in the camp of Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL), which serves his principal mission of discussing the racism, imperialism and colonialism at the heart of emergency law. It is hard to overstate the importance of Reynolds' intervention. Empire, Emergency, and International Law is the corrective to the ahistorical and wrong-headed debate we have been subject to for far too long. It is an indispensable book that should serve as a frame of reference for any study on the law of emergency.' Wadie Said, Journal of Conflict & Security LawTable of ContentsForeword; Prologue; Part I. Traditions of the Oppressed: 1. Emergency, colonialism and third world approaches to international law; 2. Racialisation and states of emergency; 3. Emergency doctrine: a colonial account; Part II. Empire's Law: 4. Emergency derogations and the international human rights project; 5. Kenya: a 'purely political' state of emergency; 6. The margin of appreciation doctrine: colonial origins; Part III. The Colonial Present: 7. Palestine: a 'scattered, shattered space of exception'?; 8. Australia: racialised emergency intervention; 9. International law, resistance and 'real' states of emergency; Bibliography.
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Cambridge University Press The Challenge of InterLegality
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Cambridge University Press The UN Security Council and International Law
Book SynopsisThe UN Security Council and International Law explores the legal powers, limits and potential of the United Nations Security Council, offering a broadly positive (and positivist) account of the Council''s work in practice. This book aims to answer questions such as ''when are Council decisions binding and on whom?'', ''what legal constraints exist on Council decision making?'' and ''how far is the Council bound by international law?''. Defining the controlling legal rules and differentiating between what the Council can do, as opposed to what it should do as a matter of policy, this book offers both a tool for assessment of the Council as well as realistic solutions to address its deficiencies, and, most importantly, evaluates its potential for maintaining international peace and security, to the benefit of us all.Trade Review'Whether you have an academic interest in the UN Security Council, happen to be a journalist seeking reliable background information about it, or simply want to know how the Council works and why it so frequently stays short of our expectations - from now on there is no better way of finding out than reaching for this sharp, crystal-clear book written by prominent insiders.' Bruno Simma, Former Judge at the International Court of Justice, Founding editor of the German Commentary on the UN Charter'This exceptionally well-organized and persuasive book by two noted legal scholars (and frequent, much sought-after, practitioners) on the UN Security Council's powers and wider role in international law, a much contested field, will set the standard for at least the coming generation.' David M. Malone, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations'Wood and Sthoeger elegantly parse the voluminous practice of the U.N. Security Council to explain its most salient characteristics in relation to international law, notably its nature, process, power, limits, and law-making role. Through copious and compelling examples, the sometimes-obscure legal functions of this important political organ are thoughtfully revealed.' Sean D. Murphy, Manatt/Ahn Professor of International Law, George Washington University; Member, U.N. International Law CommissionTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The legal nature of the security council; 2. Decisions of the security council; 3. The powers of the security Council; 4. Possible limits in the powers of the security council; 5. The security council and measures not involving the use of force; 6. The security council and the use of force; 7. The security council, international organizations and the use of force; 8. The security council and the international court of justice; 9. The security council's contribution to the development of international law; Conclusions.
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Cambridge University Press Transboundary Freshwater Ecosystems in International Law
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Cambridge University Press History Politics Law
Book SynopsisHistorians of political thought and international lawyers have both been expanding their interest in studies of the formation of the present global order. This book is the first express encounter between these disciplines, juxtaposing their methods and standpoints and opening the way for richer conversation in future.Table of ContentsI. Methods: Approaches and Encounters: 1. Between History, Politics and Law: History of Political Thought and History of International Law Annabel Brett; The Past According to International Law: A Practice of History and Histories of a Practice Martti Koskenniemi; The Context for Context: International Legal History in Struggle David Kennedy; II. Thinking Through the International: Carl Schmitt's International Thought and the State Armin von Bogdandy and Adeel Hussain; Carl Schmitt on the Theory and Practice of Occupation and Dictatorship Joshua Smeltzer and Duncan Kelly; Law of Nations, World of Empires: The Politics of Law's Conceptual Frames Jennifer Pitt; The History of Political Thought in the African Political Present Emma Hunter; The (In)hospitable World; Ventriloquism in Geneva: The League of Nations as International Organisation Megan Donaldson; Sea Change Surabhi Ranganathan; The Political Economy of Context: Theories of Economic Development and the Study of Conceptual Change Joel Isaac; Gender in the State of Nature Anna Becker; Gender and the Lost Private Side of International Law Karen Knop.
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Edinburgh University Press The Faustian Pact in International Law
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Law, Politics and Theory of Treaty Withdrawal
Book SynopsisThis book explores how the law of treaty withdrawal operates. Many commentators have observed a wider sense of crisis in international law as governments of different ideological stripes withdraw or threaten to withdraw from international organisations and treaties. There are different political forces behind all of these cases, but they all use the same basic device in international law – a treaty withdrawal clause. This book focuses on withdrawal clauses within multilateral treaties, providing a detailed overview of their operation, drawing on a range of case studies including Brexit, nuclear weapons treaties and investment arbitration agreements. The obligations a withdrawal clause places on a withdrawing state help regulate the withdrawal process, providing a notional form of stability. Using insights from international relations theory and legal theory, this book unpacks how and why the law of withdrawal operates and what its limitations are.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC EU External Relations and the Power of Law
Book SynopsisThe breadth and depth of the scholarship of Marise Cremona is honoured in this collection of essays written by her colleagues and friends.Taking Cremona's field-defining research as a point of reference, this collection of research articles examines the power of law in EU external relations. Echoing the expansive scope of Cremona's intellectual enquiries across the growing and diversifying field of external relations law, this volume offers new insights into the principles and procedures that underlie this area of law; the role and responsibilities of the EU as an international actor; and the strategies and instruments through which the Union pursues its external agenda.Spanning the analysis of foundational concepts and more contemporary interventions in respect of the environment, human rights, foreign direct investment and even Brexit, what emerges from this collection is a richly conceptualised and clear examination of the multiple ways in which the power of law captures or eludes the EU's construction of a domain of external relations; a domain in which the EU interacts not only with its Member States but also other subjects of the international legal order.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Manufacturing Sovereignty
Book SynopsisThis book delves into the legal and labour history of Hashemite, Iraq to explore the role international law and its institutions played in Iraq's state formation. Focusing on this specific time and place in international legal history, it shows how Iraq was a laboratory for experimentation with the concept of sovereignty. One direct result of this was the development of the doctrine of semi-peripheral sovereignty. This study traces how this doctrine impacts on the everyday lives of working class Iraqis by looking at its influence on imperial law, land law, the transnational law of oil concessions and pipeline agreements, criminal law and emergency law. It takes case studies including the production and trade of the oil fields in Kirkuk, railways in Baghdad and Basra, looking at how workers organized themselves. This unique approach shows in a very real way how international law was the force for key employment practice developments in an emerging nation state.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Irish Yearbook of International Law, Volume 1 2006
Book SynopsisThe Irish Yearbook of International Law is intended to stimulate further research into Ireland's practice in international affairs and foreign policy, filling a gap in existing legal scholarship and assisting in the dissemination of Irish thinking and practice on matters of international law. On an annual basis, the Yearbook presents peer-reviewed academic articles and book reviews on general issues of international law. Designated correspondents provide reports on international law developments in Ireland, Irish practice in international fora and the European Union, and the practice of joint North-South implementation bodies in Ireland. In addition, the Yearbook reproduces documents that reflect Irish practice on contemporary issues of international law. Publication of the Irish Yearbook of International Law makes Irish practice and opinio juris more readily available to Governments, academics and international bodies when determining the content of international law. In providing a forum for the documentation and analysis of North-South relations the Yearbook also make an important contribution to post-conflict and transitional justice studies internationally. As a matter of editorial policy, the Yearbook seeks to promote a multilateral approach to international affairs, reflecting and reinforcing Ireland's long-standing commitment to multilateralism as a core element of foreign policy. Further details of the IYIL can be seen at: www.hartjournals.co.uk/iyil/.
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