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Globalizing Justice : Critical Perspectives on Transnational Law and the Cross-Border Migration of Legal Norms.
Title:
Globalizing Justice : Critical Perspectives on Transnational Law and the Cross-Border Migration of Legal Norms.
Author:
Jackson, Donald W.
ISBN:
9781438430713
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (307 pages)
Series:
SUNY Series in the Foundations of the Democratic State
Contents:
GLOBALIZING JUSTICE -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I. Transnational Influences on the U.S. Supreme Court -- 1. The U.S. Supreme Court's Use of Comparative Law in the Construction of Constitutional Rights -- 2. Foreign Law in American Jurisprudence: An Empirical Study -- 3. Foreign Law in Domestic Courts: Different Uses, Different Implications -- PART II. The Rise of Transnational Criminal Jurisdiction -- 4. Legitimacy and the Exercise of Universal Criminal Jurisdiction -- 5. International and Transnational Law,Sovereignty, and Hegemonic Power -- 6. The Promotion of International Criminal Law: Evaluating the International Criminal Court and the Apprehension of Indictees -- PART III. Transnational Influences on Rights,Citizenship, and Democratization -- 7. The Globalization of Human Rights Norms: Understanding the Opportunities and Limits of International Law and Transnational Activism -- 8. Rights and the Limits of Transnational Solidarity in Europe -- 9. International Imposition and Transmission of Democracy and the Rule of Law: Lessons from Central America -- 10. The Role of International Actors in Promoting Rule of Law in Uganda -- PART IV. Transnational Law and the Boundaries of Sovereignty -- 11. Blurring Sovereignty: The Human Rights Act of 1998 and British Law -- 12. Fundamental Rights, the European Court of Justice, and European Integration -- 13. Spreading the Word: Australia's National Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission as Transnational Legal Entrepreneur -- 14. Judicial Globalization: How the International Law of Human Rights Changed the Argentine Supreme Court -- Conclusion -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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