Courts Crossing Borders: Blurring the Lines of SovereigntyMary L. Volcansek, John F. Stack Carolina Academic Press, 2005 - 252 pages Legal issues that have traditionally been treated as domestic are increasingly governed by transnational law and numerous obscure tribunals. This book acquaints students of law and politics with the largely unrecognized authority of transnational legal systems and the ways boundaries of national sovereignty are being eroded in the 21st century. The editors have skillfully organized their collection around issues dealing with both human rights and issues of trade and used a comparative approach to analyze the many court decisions, treaties, and legal agreements that affect national sovereignty. Among subject areas included are: Courts and Regional Trade Agreements, Dispute Resolution under NAFTA, and Universal Criminal Jurisdiction. "This is an edited book that brings together in one highly readable place a crisp and engaging look at transnational courts in today's global world....In sum, Courts Crossing Borders is a quality effort that deserves careful reading. Enhancing a deeper understanding of this timely topic, it is a book that can be profitably studied by students, scholars, and the curious public." -- Law & Politics Book Review, 2005 |
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... Consistent with EU 5 13 2 20 Total cases 18 15 5 38 882 Source : Rachel A. Cichowski , Litigation and environmental protection in the European Union , Max - Planck - Projektgruppe Recht der Gemeinschaftsgüter , Table 3 ( Bonn : Max ...
... consistently upholds EU laws over national laws in the case of conflict , and consistently follows the Commission in identifying and enforcing breaches of EU law obligations by member states . Notwithstanding intergovernmentalist claims ...
... Consistent with the Law Lords deci- sion in the Pinochet case , this separate opinion also found that serious breaches of inter- national law cannot be held to be official acts of a government official . bunal with jurisdiction over the ...
Contents
Judicialization and Sovereignty Mary L Volcansek | 11 |
Transnational Courts | 17 |
Courts and Regional Trade Agreements Mary L Volcansek | 23 |
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