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International law can create great expectations in those seeking to rebuild societies that have been torn apart by conflict. For outsiders, international law can mandate or militate against intervention, bolstering or undermining the legitimacy of intervention. International legal principles promise equality, justice and human rights. Yet international law's promises are difficult to fulfil. This volume of essays investigates the phenomenon of post-conflict state-building and the engagement of international law in this enterprise. It draws together original essays by scholars and practitioners who consider the many roles international law can play in rehabilitating societies after conflict. The essays explore troubled zones across the world, from Afghanistan to Africa's Great Lakes region, and from Timor-Leste to the Balkans. They identify a range of possibilities for international law in tempering, regulating, legitimating or undermining efforts to rebuild post-conflict societies

Intersections of law and culture at the International Criminal Court : introduction / Julie Fraser and Brianne McGonigle Leyh -- Now you see it, now you don't : culture at the International Criminal Court / Leigh Swigart -- How to solve a problem like Al Madhi : proposal for a new crime of 'attacks against cultural heritage' / Peta-Louise Bagott -- Cultural heritage destruction and the ICC : lessons from connecting cultural heritage and human rights through a library lens / Vicky Breemen and Kelly Breemen -- Keeping the 'delicate mosaic' together : can the ICC deal with intangible cultural heritage? / Martyna Fałkowska-Clarys and Lily Martinet -- the emergence of gender justice at the ICC / Alison Dundes Renteln -- 'Solemnly declare to tell the truth' : internationalising the solemn undertaking before the International Criminal Court / Joshua Isaac Bishay -- Spellbound at the International Criminal Court : the intersection of spirituality and international criminal law / Adina-Loredana Nistor, Andrew Merrylees and Barbora Holá -- 'Questioned by the Court' : the role of judges and sociocultural aspects of testimonial evidence in Katanga / Suzanne Schot -- The power of culture and judicial decision-making at the International Criminal Court / Gregor Maučec -- Doing 'justice' at the Office of the Prosecutor : portrayals of a cultural value / Cale Davis -- In defence of culture : should defences based on culture apply at the ICC? /Noelle Higgins --Introducing aspects of transformative justice to the International Criminal Court through plea negotiation /Phoebe Oyugi and Owiso Owiso --'Culture' and sentencing at the International Criminal Court /Michelle Coleman --A delicate mosaic : the ICC, culture and victims /Fiona McKay --The quest for cultural legitimacy at the ICC : a third-way approach as an appropriate response to African cultural paradigms /Ingrid Roestenburg-Morgan --'We will let it die on its own' : culture, ideology and power at play between the United States and the International Criminal Court /Brianne McGonigle Leyh --Asia's reluctance to join the ICC : who is jilted by whom? /Nikhil Narayan --Exploring legal compatibilities and pursuing cultural legitimacy : Islamic law and the ICC /Julie Fraser --Afterword : culture, genuine and juridical /Mark Goodale.

A history of law enforcement -- Policing and social and economic policy -- Core principles governing use of force for law enforcement -- Use of firearms -- Use of "less-lethal" weapons -- Facilitating peaceful protest and ensuring crowd safety during assemblies -- Use of force in custodial settings -- Use of force in counterterrorism -- Private security and use of force -- Counterpiracy at sea -- Accountability

Introducing the idea of relative authority / Joana Mendes and Ingo Venzke -- Democratic legitimacy and executive rule-making : positive political theory in comparative public law / Susan Rose-Ackerman -- The new separation of powers / Deirdre Curtin and Eoin Carolan -- Bolstering authority by enhancing communication : how checks and balances and feedback loops can strengthen the authority of the European Court of Human Rights / Mikael Rask Madsen -- Authority monism in international organisations : a historical sketch / Jochen von Bernstorff -- No institution is an island : checks and balances in global governance / Andreas von Staden -- The role of the European Court of Justice in shaping the institutional balance in the EU / Bruno De Witte -- Refining relative authority : the judicial branch in the new separation of powers / Joseph Corkin -- Judicial review of EU administrative discretion : how far does the separation of powers matter? / Dominique Ritleng -- First or second best? : judicial law-making in european private law / Chantal Mak -- Relative authority in global and EU financial regulation : linking the legitimacy debates / Maurizia De Bellis -- Relative authority and institutional decision-making in world trade law and international investment law / Diane Desierto

Monism and dualism represent two different approaches towards the relationship between public international law and municipal law. While the former views public international law and municipal law as a single legal system, the latter regards these two areas of law as separate and distinct legal systems that exist alongside each other. However, not all legal systems are clearly either monist or dualist. The dichotomy between monism and dualism no longer only concerns the relationship between public international law and municipal law, but also increasingly affects the relationship between public international law and regional law. This contribution discusses the application of the monist and dualist approaches by the South African Constitutional Court in the Glenister case and the European Court of Justice in the Kadi and Hungary cases in order to illustrate the practical application of the dichotomy between monism and dualism in a municipal system and on a regional level.

Monism and dualism represent two different approaches towards the relationship between public international law and municipal law. While the former views public international law and municipal law as a single legal system, the latter regards these two areas of law as separate and distinct legal systems that exist alongside each other. However, not all legal systems are clearly either monist or dualist. The dichotomy between monism and dualism no longer only concerns the relationship between public international law and municipal law, but also increasingly affects the relationship between public international law and regional law. This contribution discusses the application of the monist and dualist approaches by the South African Constitutional Court in the Glenister case and the European Court of Justice in the Kadi and Hungary cases in order to illustrate the practical application of the dichotomy between monism and dualism in a municipal system and on a regional level.

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International human rights law is most efficacious when it is both incorporated into domestic law and translated into local contexts. Yet, cities as independent implementers of unratified international law have received limited scholarly attention. This article examines such renegade municipal localization of international law through an analysis of San Francisco and Los Angeles's binding ordinances implementing the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) – a treaty to which the United States in not a party. The analysis demonstrates that municipal ordinances in US charter cities are robust legal mechanisms that can help actualize human rights in large urban populations, despite national inaction. Nonetheless, municipal localization of unratified international law – in both the content of the ordinances and their implementation over time – is driven predominantly by local context and city politics rather than conformity to the international treaty on which the ordinances are based. While this importantly demonstrates that unratified international law can be made relevant to cities, the insularity of local ordinances can also result in limited accountability for non-implementation and the ordinances evolving apart from international treaty developments.

Mode of access: Internet. ; Bound with League of nations. Secretariat. .International municipal co-operation.