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International Law

Remedies

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Rethinking "Effective Remedies": Remedial Deterrence In International Courts, Sonja Starr Jan 2008

Rethinking "Effective Remedies": Remedial Deterrence In International Courts, Sonja Starr

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One of the bedrock principles of contemporary international law is that victims of human rights violations have a right to an “effective remedy.” International courts usually hold that effective remedies must at least make the victim whole, and they sometimes adopt even stronger remedial rules for particular categories of human rights violations. Moreover, courts have refused to permit departure from these rules on the basis of competing social interests. Human rights scholars have not questioned this approach, frequently pushing for even stronger judicial remedies for rights violations. Yet in many cases, strong and inflexible remedial rules can perversely undermine human …


Security For A Commercial Loan: Historical & International Perspectives, Edward A. Tomlinson Jan 1999

Security For A Commercial Loan: Historical & International Perspectives, Edward A. Tomlinson

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