Transnational Human Rights Litigation: Challenging the Death Penalty and Criminalization of Homosexuality in the Commonwealth

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Author -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Putting Lawyers into the Picture -- 1.2 Commonwealth Laws, Links, and Networks -- 1.3 The Organization of the Book -- References -- 2 Applying the Lens of Transnational Advocacy Networks to Human Rights Litigation -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Litigation, Norms, and Networks -- 2.3 Litigation as Norm Diffusion -- 2.4 Cause Lawyers as Norm Entrepreneurs -- 2.5 Conclusion -- References -- 3 Transnational Legal Citation as Method of Norm Diffusion -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Global Judicial Dialogue as Method of Norm Diffusion -- 3.3 Legal Advocates as Instrumental Actors in Transnational Legal Citation -- 3.4 A Role for the Global South -- 3.5 Conclusion -- References -- 4 Litigation and the Abolition of the Mandatory Death Penalty -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Abolition of the Death Penalty as Emerging International Norm -- 4.3 Commonwealth Death Penalty Litigation as Norm Diffusion -- 4.4 The Impact of Litigation on Death Penalty Norms -- 4.5 Diffusion of the Anti-mandatory Death Penalty Norm Through Litigation -- 4.6 The Harmonizing Effects of Transnational Death Penalty Jurisprudence -- 4.6.1 Kenya Supreme Court: Muruatetu v. Attorney General -- 4.6.2 Caribbean Court of Justice: Nervais and Severin v. Queen -- 4.7 Conclusion -- References -- 5 Litigation and the Decriminalization of Homosexuality -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 LGBT Rights as Norms in Diffusion -- 5.3 Toward a Commonwealth Strategy to Abolish Anti-sodomy Laws -- 5.4 The Transnational Judicial Dialogue and Anti-sodomy Laws -- 5.5 A Shift Toward the Global South? -- 5.5.1 Belize Supreme Court: Orozco v. Attorney General -- 5.5.2 India Supreme Court: From Naz Foundation to Johar v. Union of India -- 5.5.3 The Kenya and Botswana High Courts: Gitari and Motshidiemang -- 5.6 Conclusion -- References.