International courts and the performance of international agreements : a general theory with evidence from the European Union / Clifford J. Carrubba, Emory University, Matthew J. Gabel, Washington University, St. Louis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carrubba, Clifford J., author.

Gabel, Matthew J., author.

Series:

Comparative constitutional law and policy.

Comparative constitutional law and policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International courts.

International relations.

European Union countries--Foreign relations.

European Union countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 243 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

International Courts & the Performance of International Agreements

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Nations often turn to international courts to help with overcoming collective-action problems associated with international relations. However, these courts generally cannot enforce their rulings, which begs the question: how effective are international courts? This book proposes a general theory of international courts that assumes a court has no direct power over national governments. Member states are free to ignore both the international agreement and the rulings by the court created to enforce that agreement. The theory demonstrates that such a court can, in fact, facilitate cooperation with international law, but only within important political constraints. The authors examine the theoretical argument in the context of the European Union. Using an original data set of rulings by the European Court of Justice, they find that the disposition of court rulings and government compliance with those rulings comport with the theory's predictions.

Contents:

International courts and compliance

A theory of courts and compliance in international law

Putting the theory to the test : evaluating the hypotheses in the European Union

Preliminary considerations : designing a control for the legal merits

The political sensitivity hypothesis : third-party briefs and European Court of justice rulings

The conditional effectiveness hypothesis : the European court of justice and encoomic integration.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-316-16403-9

1-316-16448-9

1-316-16700-3

1-316-16588-4

1-316-16634-1

1-107-67726-2

1-107-58859-6

1-316-16656-2

1-316-16722-4

1-316-16678-3