The Politics of the Globalization of Law Getting from Rights to Justice |
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| Editor:
| Brysk, Alison |
| Series title: | Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-135-07604-7 |
| Publication Date: | May 2013 |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $46.95 |
Book Description:
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The globalization of law has the potential to move the international human rights regime from the generation of norms to the fulfillment of rights, through direct enforcement, reshaping state policy, granting access to civil society, and global governance of transnational forces. In this volume, edited by Alison Brysk, an international and interdisciplinary team of scholars explores the development of new norms, mechanisms, and practices of international legal accountability for...
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The globalization of law has the potential to move the international human rights regime from the generation of norms to the fulfillment of rights, through direct enforcement, reshaping state policy, granting access to civil society, and global governance of transnational forces. In this volume, edited by Alison Brysk, an international and interdisciplinary team of scholars explores the development of new norms, mechanisms, and practices of international legal accountability for human rights abuse, and tests their power in a series of "hard cases."