Andrew Novak

Transnational Human Rights Litigation (eBook, PDF)

Challenging the Death Penalty and Criminalization of Homosexuality in the Commonwealth

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Produktbeschreibung

Analyzes the role of strategic human rights litigation in the dissemination and migration of transnational constitutional norms

Provides a detailed analysis of how transnational human rights advocates have used international and foreign law to promote abolition of the death penalty, restriction of life imprisonment, and decriminalization of homosexuality

Confirms the mutually reinforcing relationship between domestic and international law, including the role of legal advocates as the instrumental drivers of this process

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783030285463
• Artikelnr.: 57970355

Autorenporträt

Andrew Novak is Assistant Professor in Criminology Law and Society at George Mason University, Virginia, USA. He has a PhD from Middlesex University School of Law, a JD from Boston University School of Law, and an MSc in African Politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Introduction: Lawyers, Strategic Litigation, and the Transnational Judicial Dialogue.- Chapter 2. Applying the Lens of Transnational Advocacy Networks to Human Rights Litigation.- Chapter 3.Transnational Legal Citation as a Method of Norm Diffusion.- Chapter 4. Litigation and the Abolition of the Mandatory Death Penalty.- Chapter 5. BLitigation and the Decriminalization of Homosexuality.- Chapter 6: Conclusion: Transnational Litigation as part of a Comprehensive Human Rights Strategy.