Böcker i International Law and Domestic Legal Orders-serien

National courts may refer to the decisions of foreign or international courts in their judgments. This book presents an empirical study of this transnational judicial dialogue through a detailed analysis of domestic case law on the privileges and immunities of international organizations.

International humanitarian law is applied across the world in domestic courts. This book investigates how five domestic courts, the UK, US, Canada, Italy, and Israel, have done so, arguing that they show a range of different approaches, from acting as apologists for the use of force to actively promoting international humanitarian law.

The first sustained critique of how domestic courts in the EU apply the European Convention on Human Rights and interact with the European Court of Human Rights at Strasbourg. This book considers the British, French, and German approaches to the ECHR and shows that domestic courts apply and develop the Convention faithfully and positively.

This book explores the question of how international law is applied by domestic courts. Through case studies and analysis the contributors consider how traditions and diversity affect the interpretation of international law, from a mixture of doctrinal, practical, and theoretical approaches.

In this first full-length study of legal monism, Paul Gragl advocates for the revival of legal monism as a solution to normative conflicts between different bodies of law. Using comprehensive and inter-disciplinary arguments, this book defends the theory against dualism and pluralism.

A timely examination of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, this first thorough comparative analysis contrasts the approaches of thirteen jurisdictions to reveal a legal area of growing importance.