Mobilising International Law for 'Global Justice'

Jeff Handmaker, Karin Arts

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN:
  9781108497947
• eBook ISBN:
  9781108642118
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: International Relations
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Mobilising International Law for 'Global Justice' provides new insights into the dynamics between politics and international law and the roles played by state and civic actors in pursuing human rights, development, security and justice through mobilising international law at local and international levels. This includes attempts to hold states, corporations or individuals accountable for violations of international law. Second, this book examines how enforcing international law creates particular challenges for intergovernmental regulators seeking to manage tensions between incompatible legal systems and bringing an end to harmful practices, such as foreign corruption and child abduction. Finally, it explores how international law has local resonance, whereby, for example, cities have taken it upon themselves to give effect to the spirit of international treaties that national governments fail to implement, or even may have refused to ratify.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Contents
• List of Contributors
• Acknowledgements
• 1 Mobilising International Law as an Instrument of Global Justice: Introduction
• 2 Speaking the Language of International Law and Politics: Or, of Ducks, Rabbits, and Then Some
• 3 The Globalisation of Justice: Amplifying and Silencing Voices at the ICC
• 4 Justice through Direct Action: The Case of the Gaza ‘Freedom Flotilla’
• 5 The Hague Conventions: Giving Effect to Human Rights through Instruments of Private International Law
• 6 Current Developments in the Fight against Corruption
• 7 A Fatal Attraction? The UN Security Council and the Relationship between R2P and the International Criminal Court
• 8 A Return to Stability? Hegemonic and Counter-Hegemonic Positions in the Debate on Universal Jurisdiction in absentia
• 9 The Domestic Politics of International Children’s Rights: A Dutch Perspective
• 10 Human Rights Cities: The Politics of Bringing Human Rights Home to the Local Level
• 11 Taking Seriously the Politics of International Law: A Few Concluding Remarks
• index