International court authority / edited by Karen J. Alter, Laurence R. Helfer, Mikael Rask Madsen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alter, Karen J., editor.

Helfer, Laurence R., editor.

Madsen, Mikael Rask, editor.

Series:

International courts and tribunals series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International courts.

Jurisdiction (International law).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 464 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

International Court Authority challenges fundamental preconceptions about when, why, and how international courts become important and authoritative actors in national, regional and international politics. Examining global and regional bodies, this volume investigates how political and social contexts shape the authority of international courts.

Contents:

I. The varied authority of international courts

International court authority in a complex world / Karen J. Alter, Laurence R. Helfer, and Mikael Rask Madsen

How context shapes the authority of international courts / Karen J. Alter, Laurence R. Helfer, and Mikael Rask Madsen

II. International courts in their social and political context : Africa

The East African Court of Justice : human rights and business actors compared / James Thuo Gathii

The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice : a dual mandate with skewed authority / Solomon T. Ebobrah

The OHADA Common Court of Justice and Arbitration : its authority in the formal and informal economy / Claire Moore Dickerson

The SADC Tribunal : sociopolitical dissonance and the authority of international courts / E. Tendayi Achiume

Latin America and the Caribbean

The Caribbean Court of Justice : a regional integration and postcolonial court / Salvatore Caserta and Mikael Rask Madsen

The Andean Tribunal of Justice : from Washington consensus to regional crisis / Karen J. Alter and Laurence R. Helfer

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights : how constitutional lawyers shape court authority / Alexandra Huneeus

Europe

The Court of Justice of the European Union : changing authority in the twenty-first century / R. Daniel Kelemen

The European Court of Human Rights : from the Cold War to the Brighton Declaration and backlash / Mikael Rask Madsen

Courts with a global reach

The International Court of Justice and Islamic law states : territory and diplomatic immunity / Emilia Justyna Powell

The World Trade Organization's dispute settlement body : its extensive but fragile authority / Gregory Shaffer, Manfred Elsig, and Sergio Puig

The International Criminal Court : the paradox of its authority / Leslie Vinjamuri

International criminal tribunals : prosecutorial strategies in atypical political environments / Ron Levi, John Hagan, and Sara Dezalay

III. International court authority in question

International court authority in question : introduction to Part III / Karen J. Alter, Laurence R. Helfer, Mikael Rask Madsen

Authority of international courts : scope, power, and legitimacy / Andrei Marmor

International courts : command v. reflexive authority / Michael Zürn

International courts' de facto authority and its justification / Ingo Venzke

Jurisdiction, politics, and truth-making : international courts and the formation of translocal legal cultures / Jessica Greenberg

Power or authority : actions or beliefs / Andreas Føllesdal

Authority and international courts : a comment on "content-independent" social science / Ian Hurd

IV. Growing and diminishing IC authority

Conclusion : Context, authority, power / Karen J. Alter, Laurence R. Helfer and Mikael Rask Madsen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 28, 2018).

Other Format:

Print version: International court authority.

ISBN:

9780192515032

0192515039

9780191836909

0191836907

OCLC:

1042074477

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