International law: international disputes and civil procedure

This book demonstrates how the public international law character of investment treaty arbitration has impacted on the dispute settlement procedure.

To what extent do courts make social and public policy and influence policy change?

Negotiating sovereignty and human rights takes the transatlantic conflict over the International Criminal Court as a lens for an enquiry into the normative foundations of international society.

Explains how and when public and non-public warnings about future conflicts affect decision-making in Western states and international organisations.

Treaty shopping, also known under the terms of nationality planning, corporate (re-)structuring or corporate maneuvering, implies a strategic change of nationality or strategic invocation of another nationality with the aim of accessing another (usually more favourable) investment treaty for purposes of investment arbitration.

Shows how political and legal forces have shaped the evolution of a surprisingly effective regime to resolve transborder commercial disputes.

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses plays a crucial role in protecting and managing international watercourses and other sources of fresh water.

This book examines why states resort to international adjudication or arbitration for the resolution of their disputes.

A rigorous and empirically-based analysis of the legitimacy challenges facing investment arbitration and the potential for reforms to remedy critique.

State judicial elections are governed by a unique set of rules that enforce longstanding norms of judicial independence by limiting how judicial candidates campaign.

This book explores the requirement of publicity in international lawmaking through the lens of covert and quasi-covert uses of force.

An innovative, interdisciplinary and far-reaching examination of the actual reality of international courts, International Court Authority challenges fundamental preconceptions about when, why, and how international courts become important and authoritative actors in national, regional, and international politics.

This Study Guide is designed to help students review and apply the material presented in the textbook, "e;Families in Context.

Providing analysis and interpretation on the construction of the Bermuda Form, this second edition also addresses the dispute resolution process and covers the legal and practical issues which arise in the international arbitration of large and complex disputes under it.

The right to self-determination is renowned for its lack of clear interpretation.

Examining the twelve-decade legal conflict of government bans on religious garb worn by teachers in U.

This book addresses how the regulation of international commercial arbitrators takes place.

This book identifies conditions under which the Court is successful at altering the behavior of state and private actors.

in recent years, there has been a growing interest in the legal aspects of mass torts in Europe.

Offers extensive and detailed commentary on safeguards, emphasising practice and risk from an investigating authority''s perspective.

A timely assessment of cross-fertilization among international courts and tribunals as a complex multi-dimensional process, involving procedural and substantive elements.

The rise of investment arbitration in the last decade has generated an unprecedented body of arbitral case law.

Der Band vereint die deutschen Landesberichte zu den Themen des XXIX.

Fragmentation is one of the major debates within international law, but no detailed case studies have been made to show the problems that it creates, and how they can be addressed.

Principles of International Criminal Law has become one of the most influential textbooks in the field of international criminal justice.

Evidence in International Investment Arbitration is a guide for practitioners representing a party in investment arbitration disputes, whilst also offering academics a perspective on the practical elements affecting the treatment of evidence in the area.

Criminal Justice Internships: Theory Into Practice, Tenth Edition, guides the student, instructor, and internship site supervisor through the entire internship process, offering advice and information for use at the internship site as well as pre-planning and assessment activities.

In recent years, numerous jurisdictions have seen a significant shift in thinking about whether and to what extent matters involving the inner workings of a trust - so-called 'internal' trust disputes between settlors, trustees, and beneficiaries - are amenable to arbitration.

Africa has been at the forefront of contemporary global efforts towards ensuring greater accountability for international crimes.

Written by leading experts in the field, this collection offers a critical and comparative analysis of the existing case law on international investment law.

The trial of major Nazi war criminals in Nuremberg was a landmark event in the development of modern international law, and continues to be highly influential in our understanding of international criminal law and post-conflict justice.

International courts and tribunals hold the power to decide on questions involving sovereignty over territory, grave human rights violations, international crimes, or millions of euros' worth of economic interests.

The Handbook on Inequalities in Sentencing and Corrections among Marginalized Populations offers state-of-the-art volumes on seminal and topical issues that span the fields of sentencing and corrections.

This book provides the first in-depth and empirically grounded analysis of the foundations and evolution of the four Latin American and Caribbean regional economic courts: the Central American Court of Justice (CACJ), the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), the Andean Tribunal of Justice (ATJ), and the Mercosur Permanent Review Court (MPRC).

The Court of Justice of the European Union has exclusive jurisdiction over European Union law and holds a broad interpretation of these powers.

This book sets out and analyses the procedural law applied by international criminal tribunals and the International Criminal Court (ICC).

The Practitioner's Handbook on International Commercial Arbitration provides reports on the arbitration systems and laws of 13 countries in addition to commentaries on the arbitration rules of ICC, ICDR, LCIA, and UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules as well as on the UNCITRAL Model Law and the New York Convention.

Realizing Utopia is a collection of essays by a group of innovative international jurists.

The authorized, paginated WTO Dispute Settlement Reports in English: cases for 2015.

Critical review of the work and significance of the International Court of Justice over fifty years.

Analyses the interaction between the ICC and domestic jurisdictions from a multidisciplinary and situation-related perspective.

This new edition considers a wide range of materials dealing with dispute processes and current debates on civil justice.