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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... constitutional law and not international law . The latter regulates the relationship between states and their sovereign powers , whereas the for- mer regulates the relationship among citizens and defines how their sover- eignty is to be ...
... constitutional law assume , in the inter- nal logic of their respective legal systems , the role of higher law and , when they coincide , challenge the idea of a monistic final authority . According to the in- ternal conception of the ...
... constitutional settlements . At the same time , the sovereign claim involved in the emerging European political com- munity and its constitution has never been fully recognized by national con- stitutions . The question of ultimate ...
Contents
Judicialization and Sovereignty Mary L Volcansek | 11 |
Courts and Regional Trade Agreements Mary L Volcansek | 23 |
The European Court of Justice | 43 |
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