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This collection of essays seeks to address the issue of access to justice, the related element of domestic rule of law which does not yet figure significantly in debates about international rule of law. Even in cases in which laws are passed, institutions are present and key players are ethically committed to the rule of law, those whom the laws are intended to protect may be unable to secure protection. This is an issue in most domestic jurisdictions but also one which poses severe problems for international justice worldwide.

The economic growth of states throughout Asia, South and Central America and Africa is having a profound effect on the dynamics of international relations, with a resulting impact on the operation and development of international law. law. This book explores the impacts of global economic, political and cultural shifts on various international legal frameworks and legal norms.

This book systematically explores the emerging legal discipline of Earth System Law (ESL), challenging the closed system of law and marking a new era in law and society scholarship.

This book challenges the norm dynamic literature by explicitly focusing on those who resist normative change - norm `antipreneurs¿. The utility of the norm antipreneur concept is explored through a series of case studies encompassing a range of issue areas and contributed by a mix of well-known and emergent scholars of norm dynamics.

This book challenges the norm dynamic literature by explicitly focusing on those who resist normative change - norm `antipreneurs¿. The utility of the norm antipreneur concept is explored through a series of case studies encompassing a range of issue areas and contributed by a mix of well-known and emergent scholars of norm dynamics. This text will therefore be of interest to scholars and students of International Relations, International Law, Political Science, Sociology and History.

The UN Security Council formally acknowledged an obligation to promote justice and the rule of law in 2003. This volume examines the extent to which the Council has honoured this commitment when exercising its powers under the UN Charter to maintain international peace and security. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of international law, international relations, international development and peacekeeping.

Explores the most fundamental challenges to democracy in an era of globalization and addresses universal values, human rights and development, global constitutionalism, institutional complexity and challenges to the Democratic State.

This book explores the institutions that support the effectiveness of the rule of law domestically. It focuses on the extent to which similar institutions already exist at international level and analyses the possibility of their further development. The authors speculate on how the international rule of law might be advanced in the future, thereby suggesting potential strategies for strengthening the international rule of law. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach and combining the fields of international relations, politics and law, this book covers a range institutions including: UN Security Council International Court of Justice Human Rights machinery Regional Human Rights International Criminal Court World Trade Organization International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations.

Explores the impact of globalization upon citizenship, with a special focus on the transnational challenges that globalization poses. This book suggests that political, economic and social activities are becoming increasingly inter-regional or intercontinental in scope. It is suitable for students and scholars in the field of globalization.

Explores the challenges to democracy in an era of globalization and addresses universal values, human rights and development, global constitutionalism, institutional complexity and challenges to the Democratic State.

This book examines the way in which conceptions of equality are being challenged by increasing globalisation, analysing the significant opportunities for equality both within states and internationally.

"Globalisation and Equality" examines the way in which conceptions of equality are being challenged by increasing globalisation, analysing not only the problems presented, but also the significant opportunities for equality both within states and internationally.

This volume brings together contributions from prominent philosophers, political scientists and other scholars on the challenges that globalization poses to traditional environmental values.

This book provides an integrated set of perspectives on the roles of business in the ethical, social, political, economic and physical environments in which it operates globally, bringing together more than twenty years of Professor Sampford's thoughts and analysis. The book synthesises a set of consistent themes of prevailing relevance to business, with a detailed commentary on the place of business in past, current and future global public policy debates, from the best means of pricing carbon to the defining tax and welfare quandaries facing America, Europe and Asia.