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Full-Text Articles in Law
Reflections On Regional Human Rights Law, Gabriel M. Wilner
Reflections On Regional Human Rights Law, Gabriel M. Wilner
Scholarly Works
The principal purpose of the Colloquium, as can be seen from the great attention given to the papers presented by the second panel, was to discuss the uses of customary international human rights law in the defense of human rights before national courts. More generally, these discussions focused on the effectiveness of customary international human rights rules in influencing legislative and policy-making, administrative decisions and, particularly, judicial adjudication, at international and national levels. The initial and wider question of the feasibility of using custom as a source of human rights rules formed the underlying aspects of the debates in the …
Sources Of International Law, Louis B. Sohn
Sources Of International Law, Louis B. Sohn
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To summarize, States can agree on international law begin made in any way they wish. Once they agree on a method, the matter is over. As I have pointed out, every few y ears we invent a new method; there is no end to ingenuity of human beings. by the year 2000, there might be one or two more methods. We are still applying the 19th century rule that international law is made by the community of states, but in every generation the community has been able to invent new methods for crystallizing international law. We finally have accepted the …
The Extraordinary Counter-Majoritarian Power Of The New Supreme Court Of Nepal, Richard Stith
The Extraordinary Counter-Majoritarian Power Of The New Supreme Court Of Nepal, Richard Stith
Law Faculty Publications
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Book Review Of Index To The Chemical Weapons Convention, James S. Heller
Book Review Of Index To The Chemical Weapons Convention, James S. Heller
Library Staff Publications
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No Justice, No Peace: Accountability For Rape And Gender-Based Violence In The Former Yugoslavia, Diane Orentlicher
No Justice, No Peace: Accountability For Rape And Gender-Based Violence In The Former Yugoslavia, Diane Orentlicher
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The Women in the Law Project of the International Human Rights Law Group (Law Group) sponsored a delegation to the former Yugoslavia from February 14 to 22, 1993. The delegation, which was also endorsed by the Bar Association of San Francisco, had two principal objectives. First, the delegation provided training in human rights fact-finding methodology to local organizations documenting rape and other violations of international law committed in the context of the armed conflict in Bosnia-Herzegovina (Bosnia) and in Croatia. This part of the delegation's activities, undertaken in consultation with the United Nations Commission of Experts,' sought to enhance the …
Iucn's Proposed Covenant On Environment & Development, Nicholas A. Robinson
Iucn's Proposed Covenant On Environment & Development, Nicholas A. Robinson
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
This article examines the genesis and scope of the IUCN draft Covenant. It (a) describes IUCN's interest and experience in preparing the proposed draft Covenant; (b) analyzes the roles the draft Covenant can serve; and (c) identifies some illustrative precedents for the Articles of the draft Covenant.
Disquiet On The Eastern Front: Liberal Agendas, Domestic Legal Orders, And The Role Of International Law After The Cold War And Amid Resurgent Cultural Identities, Jacques Delisle
All Faculty Scholarship
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Changing Notions Of State Agency In International Law: The Case Of Paul Touvier, Claire Oakes Finkelstein
Changing Notions Of State Agency In International Law: The Case Of Paul Touvier, Claire Oakes Finkelstein
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