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Law In The Time Of Covid-19, Katharina Pistor
Law In The Time Of Covid-19, Katharina Pistor
Faculty Books
The COVID-19 crisis has ended and upended lives around the globe. In addition to killing over 160,000 people, more than 35,000 in the United States alone, its secondary effects have been as devastating. These secondary effects pose fundamental challenges to the rules that govern our social, political, and economic lives. These rules are the domain of lawyers. Law in the Time of COVID-19 is the product of a joint effort by members of the faculty of Columbia Law School and several law professors from other schools.
This volume offers guidance for thinking about some the most pressing legal issues the …
Alston And Heyns On Unlawful Killings: A Compendium Of The Jurisprudence Of The United Nations Special Rapporteurs On Extrajudicial, Summary Or Arbitrary Executions From 2004-2016, Philip G. Alston, Christof Heyns, Sarah Knuckey, Thomas Probert
Alston And Heyns On Unlawful Killings: A Compendium Of The Jurisprudence Of The United Nations Special Rapporteurs On Extrajudicial, Summary Or Arbitrary Executions From 2004-2016, Philip G. Alston, Christof Heyns, Sarah Knuckey, Thomas Probert
Faculty Books
This book provides a detailed overview of the law and policy related to unlawful killings and the right to life. It is organized into the key thematic issues and types of killings that arose during the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions between 2004-2016. Each chapter contains an introductory overview and selected extracts from UN Special Rapporteur reports to the United Nations General Assembly and the Human Rights Council and other normative work, and covers the applicable international law, policy considerations, and common fact scenarios.
Philip Alston held the mandate of United Nations Special …