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Does The European Convention On Human Rights Protect Refugees From "Safe" Countries?, Kathleen M. Whitney Oct 2014

Does The European Convention On Human Rights Protect Refugees From "Safe" Countries?, Kathleen M. Whitney

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Turkey's Article 301: A Legitimate Tool For Maintaining Order Or A Threat To Freedom Of Expression?, Jahnisa Tate Sep 2014

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

No abstract provided.


Reversal Of Fortune: How The German Courts Found Their Human Rights And Helped The European Courts Find Theirs, Henry Biggs May 2014

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

No abstract provided.


International Courts As Agents Of Legal Change: Evidence From Lgbt Rights In Europe, Laurence R. Helfer, Erik Voeten Jan 2014

International Courts As Agents Of Legal Change: Evidence From Lgbt Rights In Europe, Laurence R. Helfer, Erik Voeten

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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 …