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Research handbook on international courts and tribunals / edited by Wlliam A. Schabas (Professor of International Law, Middlesex University, London, UK and Professor of International Criminal Law and Human Rights, Leiden University, the Netherlands), Shannonbrooke Murphy (Middlesex University, London, UK)

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Research handbooks in international lawPublisher: Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: xxxix, 531 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781781005019 (cased)
  • 178100501X (cased)
Other title:
  • International courts and tribunals
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 341.5/5 23
LOC classification:
  • KZ6250 RES
  • KZ6250 .R47 2017
Contents:
The peace and security judgments : the role of the International Court of Justice in the regulation of the use of force / Mónica Pinto -- The human rights judgments : the jurisprudence of regional human rights tribunals : lex specialis or lex regionis? / Dinah Shelton -- The international criminal judgments : from Nuremberg to Tadić to Taylor / Nicolaos Strapatsas -- The economic judgments and arbitral awards : the contribution of international courts and tribunals to the development of international economic law / Makane Moïses Mbengue -- The women judges : leading the line in the development of international law / Joseph Powderly and Jacob Chylinski -- The third world judges : neutrality, bias or activism at the Permanent Court of International Justice and International Court of Justice? / Liliana Obregón -- The giants of the international judiciary : towards a humanization of the law of nations / Giulia Pecorella -- Legitimacy / Yvonne McDermott and Wedad Elmaalul -- Jurisdiction / Luiz Eduardo Salles -- Enforcement / Richard Frimpong Oppong and Angela M Barreto -- Proliferation / Karin Oellers-Frahm -- Distribution / Michelle Farrell -- Regulation of the international bench / Tom Dannenbaum -- Regulation of the international bar : the particular challenges for defence counsel at the international criminal courts and tribunals / Kate Gibson, John RWD Jones QC, Michael G Karnavas and Melinda Taylor -- Infrastructure / Maria Varaki -- Functions and Access / Yaël Ronen
Summary: "Since the establishment of the Permanent Court of Arbitration for international dispute resolution in 1899, the number of international courts and tribunals has multiplied and the reach of their jurisdiction has steadily expanded. By providing an...analysis of these developments from multiple perspectives, this research handbook both contextualizes and stimulates future research and practice in this rapidly developing field...[This book] takes a thematic and interpretive, system-wide and inter-jurisdictional comparative approach to the main issues, debates and controversies related to the growth of international courts and tribunals. Its review of influential international judgements traverses the areas of international peace and security law, international human rights law, international criminal law, and international economic law, while also including critical reflection by practitioners."-- Back cover
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 484-512) and index

The peace and security judgments : the role of the International Court of Justice in the regulation of the use of force / Mónica Pinto -- The human rights judgments : the jurisprudence of regional human rights tribunals : lex specialis or lex regionis? / Dinah Shelton -- The international criminal judgments : from Nuremberg to Tadić to Taylor / Nicolaos Strapatsas -- The economic judgments and arbitral awards : the contribution of international courts and tribunals to the development of international economic law / Makane Moïses Mbengue -- The women judges : leading the line in the development of international law / Joseph Powderly and Jacob Chylinski -- The third world judges : neutrality, bias or activism at the Permanent Court of International Justice and International Court of Justice? / Liliana Obregón -- The giants of the international judiciary : towards a humanization of the law of nations / Giulia Pecorella -- Legitimacy / Yvonne McDermott and Wedad Elmaalul -- Jurisdiction / Luiz Eduardo Salles -- Enforcement / Richard Frimpong Oppong and Angela M Barreto -- Proliferation / Karin Oellers-Frahm -- Distribution / Michelle Farrell -- Regulation of the international bench / Tom Dannenbaum -- Regulation of the international bar : the particular challenges for defence counsel at the international criminal courts and tribunals / Kate Gibson, John RWD Jones QC, Michael G Karnavas and Melinda Taylor -- Infrastructure / Maria Varaki -- Functions and Access / Yaël Ronen

"Since the establishment of the Permanent Court of Arbitration for international dispute resolution in 1899, the number of international courts and tribunals has multiplied and the reach of their jurisdiction has steadily expanded. By providing an...analysis of these developments from multiple perspectives, this research handbook both contextualizes and stimulates future research and practice in this rapidly developing field...[This book] takes a thematic and interpretive, system-wide and inter-jurisdictional comparative approach to the main issues, debates and controversies related to the growth of international courts and tribunals. Its review of influential international judgements traverses the areas of international peace and security law, international human rights law, international criminal law, and international economic law, while also including critical reflection by practitioners."-- Back cover

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