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Disqualification For Bias And International Tribunals: Room For A Common Test , Margaret Allars
Disqualification For Bias And International Tribunals: Room For A Common Test , Margaret Allars
Missouri Law Review
This Article explores the scope for the development of a bias test applying to international tribunals. In the absence of a developed test in any such tribunal, an obvious source of jurisprudence is the case-law on Article 6(1) of the European Convention, which the European Court of Human Rights applies to domestic tribunals of member states. The requirement of impartiality in Article 6(1) has remained an abstract concept, slowly evolving on the foundation of common law maxims accepted as its rationale. While United Kingdom courts claim that their recent renovation of the common law test of apparent bias is the …
Dealing With Trans-Territorial Executive Rule-Making , Herwig C.H. Hofmann
Dealing With Trans-Territorial Executive Rule-Making , Herwig C.H. Hofmann
Missouri Law Review
This Article discusses the reality of executive rule-making procedures with trans-territorial effect, with other words, the creation of non-legislative rules which have an effect outside the territorial limits of the jurisdiction of origin. It maps the phenomenon, discusses some of its central challenges for the realization of general principles of law and considers possible legal approaches addressing these. One of the most important issues thereby is to find workable solutions in the context of the pluralism of sources of law – national, supranational and international.
Disaggregated State In Transnational Environmental Regulation, The , Hoi L. Kong
Disaggregated State In Transnational Environmental Regulation, The , Hoi L. Kong
Missouri Law Review
This Article argues against a positivist view of international environmental law that (i) conceives of states as unitary entities that speak with one voice in pursuit of a single national interest,1 and that focuses on (ii) authoritative sources of law and (iii) the binding force of these sources of law. Further, this Article argues for a view of transnational law that (i) views the state as disaggregated, rather than unitary, (ii) focuses on informal legal mechanisms that do not have authoritative status and (iii) directs attention towards law’s facilitative functions and away from law’s binding force. This special issue’s theme …
Need For Legitimate Regulatory Regime In Bioethics: A Global And European Perspective, The , Jane Reichel
Need For Legitimate Regulatory Regime In Bioethics: A Global And European Perspective, The , Jane Reichel
Missouri Law Review
Bioethics in global biobanking touches upon several internationally accepted fundamental rights and values, namely the sample donor’s right of privacy, the patient’s right to health, and – at least implicitly – scientific freedom. From the perspective of fundamental rights, however, there are very few internationally applicable rules as to the enforcement of these rights at the administrative level. Instead, the combination of the practical need for common rules and the lack of political will and/or legislative competence within the international community or the European Union (EU) seems to have paved the way for soft law. Further, the role of courts …