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Does The European Convention On Human Rights Protect Refugees From "Safe" Countries?, Kathleen M. Whitney
Does The European Convention On Human Rights Protect Refugees From "Safe" Countries?, Kathleen M. Whitney
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
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Turkey's Article 301: A Legitimate Tool For Maintaining Order Or A Threat To Freedom Of Expression?, Jahnisa Tate
Turkey's Article 301: A Legitimate Tool For Maintaining Order Or A Threat To Freedom Of Expression?, Jahnisa Tate
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
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Reversal Of Fortune: How The German Courts Found Their Human Rights And Helped The European Courts Find Theirs, Henry Biggs
Reversal Of Fortune: How The German Courts Found Their Human Rights And Helped The European Courts Find Theirs, Henry Biggs
University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review
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International Courts As Agents Of Legal Change: Evidence From Lgbt Rights In Europe, Laurence R. Helfer, Erik Voeten
International Courts As Agents Of Legal Change: Evidence From Lgbt Rights In Europe, Laurence R. Helfer, Erik Voeten
Faculty Scholarship
Do international court judgments influence the behavior of actors other than the parties to a dispute? Are international courts agents of policy change or do their judgments merely reflect evolving social and political trends? The authors develop a theory that specifies the conditions under which international courts can use their interpretive discretion to have system-wide effects. The authors examine the theory in the context of European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) rulings on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues by creating a new dataset that matches these rulings with laws in all Council of Europe (CoE) member states. The …