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The Jurisprudence of Lord Hoffmann
A Festschrift in Honour of Lord Leonard Hoffmann
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
Lord Leonard Hoffmann remains one of the most important and influential English jurists. Born in South Africa, he came to England as a Rhodes Scholar to study law at the University of Oxford. After graduating from the Bachelor of Civil Law as Vinerian Scholar, he was elected Stowell Civil Law Fellow...
Human Security and Human Rights under International Law
The Protections Offered to Persons Confronting Structural Vulnerability
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Human security provides one of the most important protections; a person-centred axis of freedom from fear, from want and to live with dignity. It is surprising given its centrality to the human experience, that its connection with human rights has not yet been explored in a truly systematic way. This...
Hybrid and Internationalised Criminal Tribunals
Selected Jurisdictional Issues
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2012
In recent years a number of criminal tribunals have been established to investigate, prosecute and try individuals accused of serious violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law. These tribunals have been described as 'hybrid' or 'internationalised' tribunals as...
Legislation in Europe
A Comprehensive Guide For Scholars and Practitioners
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2017
This book provides a practical handbook for legislation. Written by a team of experts, practitioners and scholars, it invites national institutions to apply its teachings in the context of their own drafting manuals and laws. Analysis focuses on general principles and best practice within the context...
Feminist Judgments of Aotearoa New Zealand
Te Rino: A Two-Stranded Rope
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
This edited collection asks how key New Zealand judgments might read if they were written by a feminist judge. Feminist judging is an emerging critical legal approach that works within the confines of common law legal method to challenge the myth of judicial neutrality and illustrate how the personal...
Criminal Evidence and Human Rights
Reimagining Common Law Procedural Traditions
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2012
Criminal procedure in the common law world is being recast in the image of human rights. The cumulative impact of human rights laws, both international and domestic, presages a revolution in common law procedural traditions. Comprising 16 essays plus the editors' thematic introduction, this volume...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2018
The Irish Yearbook of International Law (IYIL) supports research into Ireland's practice in international affairs and foreign policy, filling a gap in existing legal scholarship and assisting in the dissemination of Irish policy and practice on matters of international law. On an annual basis, the...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
The Irish Yearbook of International Law (IYIL) supports research into Ireland's practice in international affairs and foreign policy, filling a gap in existing legal scholarship and assisting in the dissemination of Irish thinking and practice on matters of international law. On an annual basis, the...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2014
The Irish Yearbook of International Law (IYIL) supports research into Ireland's practice in international affairs and foreign policy, filling a gap in existing legal scholarship and assisting in the dissemination of Irish thinking and practice on matters of international law. On an annual basis, the...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2012
The Irish Yearbook of International Law is intended to stimulate further research into Ireland's practice in international affairs and foreign policy, filling a gap in existing legal scholarship and assisting in the dissemination of Irish thinking and practice on matters of international law. On an...
The Payment Order of Antiquity and the Middle Ages
A Legal History
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Examining the legal history of the order to pay money initiating a funds transfer, the author tracks basic principles of modern law to those that governed the payment order of Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Exploring the legal nature of the payment order and its underpinning in light of contemporary...
National and Regional Parliaments in the EU-Legislative Procedure Post-Lisbon
The Impact of the Early Warning Mechanism
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
Much has changed in European constitutional law after the Lisbon Treaty, not least the efforts to increase democratic legitimacy by engaging national legislatures and introducing a stricter subsidiary review process, namely the Early Warning Mechanism (EWM).
This collection looks at how national parliaments...
The Legitimacy of Family Rights in Strasbourg Case Law
‘Living Instrument’ or Extinguished Sovereignty?
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
Modern family life exhibits a huge variety of new forms. Legal responses to these new forms illustrate the continuing differences between European nations. Nonetheless, the Strasbourg Court has been increasingly active in this area, which provides fertile ground for testing the legitimacy of the Court's...
Current Problems in the Protection of Human Rights
Perspectives from Germany and the UK
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
While the legal systems of the United Kingdom and Germany differ in essential respects, the current process of 'constitutionalisation' is well recognised on both sides of the Channel. 'Constitutionalisation' manifests itself in the evolution of a constitution and the influence of existing constitutional...