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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... requirements , " relating to the pro- tection of public health , consumers , the effectiveness of fiscal supervision , and so on , must be allowed.19 The doctrine of mandatory requirements came to be known as the " rule of reason " and ...
... requirements . In an historic judgment , one that both heralded the evolving balance between trade and the environment and elevated the legal status of environmental protection , the Court held that " the principle of free- dom of trade ...
... requirements for resolution . Figure 6.1 maps the growth in ap- plications declared inadmissible over time . The number of decisions by the Court increased dramatically as well , grow- ing more than tenfold between 1980 and 1995 to more ...
Contents
Judicialization and Sovereignty Mary L Volcansek | 11 |
Transnational Courts | 17 |
Courts and Regional Trade Agreements Mary L Volcansek | 23 |
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