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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... established in 1979. The record of this court is mixed because of the continuing hurdles posed by sovereignty in the ... establish accountable democratic political systems in the 1990s and the willingness of many countries to accept the ...
... established a working group to study the prob- lem posed by forced disappearances and to the work of other nongovern- mental actors in attempting to establish an international convention defining 80. Valasquez Rodriguez Case , Judgment ...
... established regional human rights forum.18 For example , the salience of the court may be reflected in the filing of a case there in late December 2001 against the Nether- lands on behalf of Slobodan Milosevic , claiming that his arrest ...
Contents
Judicialization and Sovereignty Mary L Volcansek | 11 |
Transnational Courts | 17 |
Courts and Regional Trade Agreements Mary L Volcansek | 23 |
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