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This book offers the first comprehensive treatment of the development of international human rights law, international criminal law and international immunities, and asks whether states and their officials can shield themselves from foreign jurisdiction by invoking international immunity rules when human rights issues are involved.

1 Navigating Law-making and Law Reform in Small Jurisdictions -- Part I Case studies in law-making in small jurisdictions -- 2 A small state, a worldwide jurisdiction: Vatican City State and its legal system -- 3 Small states and constitutional reform: democracy in Malta -- 4 Drafting for effectiveness: Tuvalu's Climate Change Resilience Act 2019 -- Part II International influences and their impact on small jurisdictions -- 5 Mapping the UK's constitutional relationship with Britain's Overseas Territories in the human rights sphere -- 6 The Long Road to a Beneficial Ownership Regime in the Cayman Islands -- 7 Law Reform and Regulated Credit Reporting Systems in Commonwealth Small Island Developing States: a study of Jamaica -- Part III Global perspectives on law-making and law reform in small jurisdictions -- 8 The Challenges and Rewards of Law Drafting in Small States.

During the last twenty years the world has experienced a sharp rise in the number of international courts and tribunals and a correlative expansion of their jurisdictions. This book draws on social sciences to provide a clear, goal-orientated assessment of their effectiveness and a critical evaluation of the quality of their performance.