Jeffrey Davis

Justice Across Borders

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book studies the struggle to enforce international human rights law in federal courts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: European Community
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780521878173
• ISBN-10: 0521878179
• Artikelnr.: 24815914

Autorenporträt

Professor Davis has taught constitutional law, comparative law, and judicial politics courses for more than six years and has won several teaching awards. He has published articles on human rights accountability, judicial decision-making, and judicial fairness in several journals. In addition, Professor Davis has conducted research and analysis on a volunteer basis for two international human rights organizations. Before beginning his academic career, Professor Davis practised law as a state Assistant Attorney General, as an attorney for the Atlanta School Board, and as the Legal Aide to the Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The seeds of legal accountability
2. Competing forces in the struggle for accountability
3. Human rights entrepreneurs: NGOs and the ATS revolution
4. Separation of powers and human rights cases
5. No safe haven: human rights cases challenging foreign countries and nationals
6. Holding corporations accountable for human rights violations
7. Sorting through the ashes: testing findings and predictions through quantitative analysis
8. Impact and conclusion.