ISBN:
9780198795599
,
9780198795582
Language:
English
Pages:
xix, 464 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Diagramme
Edition:
First edition
Series Statement:
International courts and tribunals series
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als International court authority
DDC:
341.55
Keywords:
International courts
;
International courts
;
International criminal tribunals
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Internationale Gerichtsbarkeit
;
Internationaler Vergleich
Abstract:
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. A stellar group of scholars investigate the challenges that international courts face in transforming the formal legal authority conferred by states into an actual authority in fact that is respected by potential litigants, national actors, legal communities, and publics. Alter, Helfer, and Madsen provide a novel framework for conceptualizing international court authority that focuses on the reactions and practices of these key audiences. Eighteen scholars from the disciplines of law, political science and sociology apply this framework to study thirteen international courts operating in Africa, Latin America, and Europe, as well as on a global level. Together the contributors document and explore important and interesting variations in whether the audiences that interact with international courts around the world embrace or reject the rulings of these judicial institutions. Alter, Helfer, and Madsen's authority framework recognizes that international judges can and often do everything they 'should' do to ensure that their rulings possess the gravitas and stature that national courts enjoy. Yet even when imbued with these characteristics, the parties to the dispute, potential future litigants, and the broader set of actors that monitor and respond to the court's activities may fail to acknowledge the rulings as binding or take meaningful steps to modify their behaviour in response to them. For both specific judicial institutions, and more generally, the book documents and explains why most international courts possess de facto authority that is partial, variable, and highly dependent on a range of different audiences and contexts - and thus is highly fragile.
Description / Table of Contents:
International Court Authority in a Complex World (Karen J. Alter, Laurence R. Helfer and Mikael Rask Madsen) -- How Context Shapes the Authority of International Courts (Karen J. Alter, Laurence R. Helfer and Mikael Rask Madsen) -- The East African Court of Justice : Human Rights and Business Actors Compared (James Thuo Gathii) -- The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice : A Dual Mandate with Skewed Authority (Solomon Ebobrah) -- The OHADA Common Court of Justice and Arbitration : Its authority in the Formal and Informal Economy (Claire Moore Dickerson) -- The SADC Tribunal : Socio-Political Dissonance and the Authority of International Courts (Tendayi Achiume) -- The Caribbean Court of Justice : A Regional Integration and Post-Colonial Court (Salvatore Caserta, Mikael Rask Madsen) -- The Andean Tribunal of Justice : From Washington Consensus to Regional Crisis (Karen J. Alter, Laurence R. Helfer) -- The Inter-American Court of Human Rights : Constitutionalism and Constitutional Lawyers across Countries (Alexandra Huneeus) -- The Court of Justice of the European Community : Changing Authority in the Twenty-First Century ( Daniel Kelemen) -- The European Court of Human Rights : From the Cold War to the Brighton Declaration and Backlash (Mikael Rask Madsen) -- The International Court of Justice and Islamic Law States : Territory and Diplomacy (Emilia Justyna Powell) -- The World Trade Organization's Dispute Settlement Body : Its Extensive but Fragile Authority ( Gregory Shaffer, Manfred Elsig, Sergio Puig) -- The International Criminal Court : The Paradox of Its Authority (Leslie Vinjamuri) -- International Criminal Tribunals : Prosecutorial Strategies in Atypical Political Environments (Ron Levi, John Hagan, Sara Dezalay) -- International Court Authority in Question : Introduction to Part III (Karen J. Alter, Laurence R. Helfer and Mikael Rask Madsen) -- Authority of International Courts : Scope, Power and Legitimacy (Andrei Marmor) -- International Courts : Command v. Reflexive Authority (Michael Zürn) -- International Court's De Facto Authority and its Justification (Ingo Venzke) -- Jurisdiction, politics and truth-making : International Courts and the formation of translocal legal cultures (Jessica Greenberg) -- The Lords and Lady doth Protest too Much, Methinks : On Authority, Legitimacy and Power, on Motives and Beliefs (Andreas Follesdal) -- Authority and International Courts : A Comment on 'Content Independent' Social Science (Ian Hurd) -- Conclusion : Context, Authority, Power (Karen J. Alter, Laurence R. Helfer and Mikael Rask Madsen)
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