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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... noted , a phenomenon similar to what has happened in Europe is occurring on this side of the Atlantic . " NAFTA's Pow- erful Little Secret " detailed the ways in which obscure tribunals , impaneled to enforce the rules of the North ...
... noted that “ the con- tinuing steep increase in the number of applications to the Court is putting even the new system under pressure . Today we are faced with nearly 10,000 registered applications and more than 47,000 provisional files ...
... noted that several military dictatorships had used the forced disap- pearance of persons as a means of repression ... noted that the practice of forced disappearance had already generated a response from the international community in ...
Contents
Judicialization and Sovereignty Mary L Volcansek | 11 |
Transnational Courts | 17 |
Courts and Regional Trade Agreements Mary L Volcansek | 23 |
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