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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
International humanitarian law is applied across the world in domestic courts. This book investigates how five domestic courts, the UK, US, Canada, Italy, and Israel, have done so, arguing that they show a range of different approaches, from acting as apologists for the use of force to actively promoting international humanitarian law. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The apologist role of national courts : legitimizing (illegal) state policy -- The avoiding role of national courts : law as a political doctrine -- The normative role of national courts : from deferring to limiting -- The twilight zone of utopia : judges as law developers -- Conclusion. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Humanitarian law.
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Humanitarian law. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Weill, Sharon. Role of National Courts in Applying International Humanitarian Law. Oxford Scholarship Online 2014 1306637805 |
| ISBN |
9780191508615 (electronic book) |
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0191508616 (electronic book) |
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1306637805 (electronic book) |
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9781306637800 (electronic book) |
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