Globalizing Justice: Critical Perspectives on Transnational Law and the Cross-border Migration of Legal Norms

Front Cover......Page 1
Front Flap......Page 2
Title Page......Page 3
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
List of Tables......Page 11
Preface and Acknowledgments......Page 13
Introduction......Page 15
PART I Transnational Influences on the U.S. Supreme Court......Page 19
1. The U.S. Supreme Court’s Use of Comparative Law in the Construction of Constitutional Rights - DAVID M. O’BRIEN......Page 21
2. Foreign Law in American Jurisprudence: An Empirical Study - FRANCINE BANNER, KEN MILLER, AND DORIS MARIE PROVINE......Page 41
3. Foreign Law in Domestic Courts: Different Uses, Different Implications - CHRISTOPHER A. WHYTOCK......Page 59
PART II The Rise of Transnational Criminal Jurisdiction......Page 79
4. Legitimacy and the Exercise of Universal Criminal Jurisdiction - DONALD W. JACKSON......Page 81
5. International and Transnational Law, Sovereignty, and Hegemonic Power - DONALD W. JACKSON......Page 97
6. The Promotion of International Criminal Law: Evaluating the International Criminal Court and the Apprehension of Indictees - LILIAN A. BARRIA AND STEVEN D. ROPER......Page 115
PART III Transnational Influences on Rights, Citizenship, and Democratization......Page 133
7. The Globalization of Human Rights Norms: Understanding the Opportunities and Limits of International Law and Transnational Activism - HANS PETER SCHMIT......Page 135
8. Rights and the Limits of Transnational Solidarity in Europe - LISA CONANT......Page 155
9. International Imposition and Transmission of Democracy and the Rule of Law: Lessons from Central America - RACHEL BOWEN......Page 175
10. The Role of International Actors in Promoting Rule of Law in Uganda - JOSEPH M. ISANGA......Page 193
PART IV Transnational Law and the Boundaries of Sovereignty......Page 213
11. Blurring Sovereignty: The Human Rights Act of 1998 and British Law - MARY L. VOLCANSEK......Page 215
12. Fundamental Rights, the European Court of Justice, and European Integration - MICHAEL C. TOLLEY......Page 231
13. Spreading the Word: Australia’s National Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission as Transnational Legal Entrepreneur - RHONDA EVANS CASE......Page 249
14. Judicial Globalization: How the International Law of Human Rights Changed the Argentine Supreme Court - WALTER F. CARNOTA......Page 269
Conclusion - DONALD W. JACKSON, MICHAEL C. TOLLEY, AND MARY L. VOLCANSEK......Page 281
List of Contributors......Page 293
Index......Page 297
Back Flap......Page 308
Back Cover......Page 309