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Courts, codes, and custom : legal tradition and state policy toward international human rights and environmental law
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zartner, Dana, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rule of law--History.
- Rule of law.
- Law.
- Human rights.
- International law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
- Other Title:
- Courts, codes, and custom
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford University Press 2014
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This text explores the role of legal tradition in shaping state policy toward international human rights and environmental law. Examining the institutional and cultural characteristics within a state's legal tradition across ten case studies, the book shows the importance of domestic legal factors to understanding state policy toward international law.
- Contents:
- Courts, Codes, and Custom Courts, Codes, and Custom Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Constructing the Cornerstone Chapter 3 The Common Law Chapter 4 The Civil Law Chapter 5 Religious Legal Traditions Chapter 6 Mixed Legal Traditions Chapter 7 East Asian Legal Tradition Chapter 8 Conclusion
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 17, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-936211-4
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