Lawmaking Under Pressure
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Lawmaking Under Pressure
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Author : Giovanni Mantilla
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2020-12-15
Lawmaking Under Pressure written by Giovanni Mantilla and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-15 with Law categories.
In Lawmaking under Pressure, Giovanni Mantilla analyzes the origins and development of the international humanitarian treaty rules that now exist to regulate internal armed conflict. Until well into the twentieth century, states allowed atrocious violence as an acceptable product of internal conflict. Why have states created international laws to control internal armed conflict? Why did states compromise their national security by accepting these international humanitarian constraints? Why did they create these rules at improbable moments, as European empires cracked, freedom fighters emerged, and fears of communist rebellion spread? Mantilla explores the global politics and diplomatic dynamics that led to the creation of such laws in 1949 and in the 1970s. By the 1949 Diplomatic Conference that revised the Geneva Conventions, most countries supported legislation committing states and rebels to humane principles of wartime behavior and to the avoidance of abhorrent atrocities, including torture and the murder of non-combatants. However, for decades, states had long refused to codify similar regulations concerning violence within their own borders. Diplomatic conferences in Geneva twice channeled humanitarian attitudes alongside Cold War and decolonization politics, even compelling reluctant European empires Britain and France to accept them. Lawmaking under Pressure documents the tense politics behind the making of humanitarian laws that have become touchstones of the contemporary international normative order. Mantilla not only explains the pressures that resulted in constraints on national sovereignty but also uncovers the fascinating international politics of shame, status, and hypocrisy that helped to produce the humanitarian rules now governing internal conflict.
Transnational Lawmaking Coalitions For Human Rights
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Author : Nina Reiners
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2021-12-02
Transnational Lawmaking Coalitions For Human Rights written by Nina Reiners and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-02 with Law categories.
Explores how expert bodies and non-state empowered professionals come together to shape human rights law.
Due Process Of Lawmaking
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Author : Susan Rose-Ackerman
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015-01-22
Due Process Of Lawmaking written by Susan Rose-Ackerman and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-22 with Law categories.
This comparative study of the law of lawmaking demonstrates the interplay between constitutional principles and political imperatives in four modern polities.
Swiss Public Administration
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Author : Andreas Ladner
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-08-07
Swiss Public Administration written by Andreas Ladner and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-07 with Political Science categories.
Swiss citizens approve of their government and the way democracy is practiced; they trust the authorities and are satisfied with the range of services Swiss governments provide. This is quite unusual when compared to other countries. This open access book provides insight into the organization and the functioning of the Swiss state. It claims that, beyond politics, institutions and public administration, there are other factors which make a country successful. The authors argue that Switzerland is an interesting case, from a theoretical, scientific and a more practice-oriented perspective. While confronted with the same challenges as other countries, Switzerland offers different solutions, some of which work astonishingly well.
Unorthodox Lawmaking
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Author : Barbara Sinclair
language : en
Publisher: CQ Press
Release Date : 2016-06-22
Unorthodox Lawmaking written by Barbara Sinclair and has been published by CQ Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-22 with Political Science categories.
Most major measures wind their way through the contemporary Congress in what Barbara Sinclair has dubbed “unorthodox lawmaking.” In this much-anticipated Fifth Edition of Unorthodox Lawmaking, Sinclair explores the full range of special procedures and processes that make up Congress’s work, as well as the reasons these unconventional routes evolved. The author introduces students to the intricacies of Congress and provides the tools to assess the relative successes and limitations of the institution. This dramatically updated revision incorporates a wealth of new cases and examples to illustrate the changes occurring in congressional process. Two entirely new case study chapters—on the 2013 government shutdown and the 2015 reauthorization of the Patriot Act—highlight Sinclair’s fresh analysis and the book is now introduced by a new foreword from noted scholar and teacher, Bruce I. Oppenheimer, reflecting on this book and Barbara Sinclair’s significant mark on the study of Congress.
Rule Of Law Dynamics
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Author : Michael Zurn
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2012-06-18
Rule Of Law Dynamics written by Michael Zurn and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-18 with Law categories.
This volume explores the various strategies, mechanisms and processes that influence rule of law dynamics across borders and the national/international divide, illuminating the diverse paths of influence. It shows to what extent, and how, rule of law dynamics have changed in recent years, especially at the transnational and international levels of government. To explore these interactive dynamics, the volume adopts an interdisciplinary approach, bringing together the normative perspective of law with the analytical perspective of social sciences. The volume contributes to several fields, including studies of rule of law, law and development, and good governance; democratization; globalization studies; neo-institutionalism and judicial studies; international law, transnational governance and the emerging literature on judicial reforms in authoritarian regimes; and comparative law (Islamic, African, Asian, Latin American legal systems).
The Making Of International Law
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Author : Alan Boyle
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2007-02-22
The Making Of International Law written by Alan Boyle and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-02-22 with Law categories.
This is a study of the principal negotiating processes and law-making tools through which contemporary international law is made. It does not seek to give an account of the traditional - and untraditional - sources and theories of international law, but rather to identify the processes, participants and instruments employed in the making of international law. It accordingly examines some of the mechanisms and procedures whereby new rules of law are created or old rules are amended or abrogated. It concentrates on the UN, other international organisations, diplomatic conferences, codification bodies, NGOs, and courts. Every society perceives the need to differentiate between its legal norms and other norms controlling social, economic and political behaviour. But unlike domestic legal systems where this distinction is typically determined by constitutional provisions, the decentralised nature of the international legal system makes this a complex and contested issue. Moreover, contemporary international law is often the product of a subtle and evolving interplay of law-making instruments, both binding and non-binding, and of customary law and general principles. Only in this broader context can the significance of so-called 'soft law' and multilateral treaties be fully appreciated. An important question posed by any examination of international law-making structures is the extent to which we can or should make judgments about their legitimacy and coherence, and if so in what terms. Put simply, a law-making process perceived to be illegitimate or incoherent is more likely to be an ineffective process. From this perspective, the assumption of law-making power by the UN Security Council offers unique advantages of speed and universality, but it also poses a particular challenge to the development of a more open and participatory process observable in other international law-making bodies.
Legislative Effectiveness In The United States Congress
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Author : Craig Volden
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2014-10-27
Legislative Effectiveness In The United States Congress written by Craig Volden and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-27 with Political Science categories.
This book explores why some members of Congress are more effective than others at navigating the legislative process and what this means for how Congress is organized and what policies it produces. Craig Volden and Alan E. Wiseman develop a new metric of individual legislator effectiveness (the Legislative Effectiveness Score) that will be of interest to scholars, voters, and politicians alike. They use these scores to study party influence in Congress, the successes or failures of women and African Americans in Congress, policy gridlock, and the specific strategies that lawmakers employ to advance their agendas.
Parliament And The Legislative Process
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Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Select Committee on the Constitution
language : en
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Release Date : 2004
Parliament And The Legislative Process written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Select Committee on the Constitution and has been published by The Stationery Office this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Political Science categories.
Parliament and the legislative Process : 14th report of session 2003-04, Vol. 2: Evidence
The Protection Of Cultural Heritage During Armed Conflict
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Author : Noelle Higgins
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-04-13
The Protection Of Cultural Heritage During Armed Conflict written by Noelle Higgins and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-13 with Fiction categories.
This book analyses the current legal framework seeking to protect cultural heritage during armed conflict and discusses proposed and emerging paradigms for its better protection. Cultural heritage has always been a victim of conflict, with monuments and artefacts frequently destroyed as collateral damage in wars throughout history. In addition, works of art have been viewed as booty by victors and stolen in the aftermath of conflict. However, deliberate destruction of cultural sites and items has also occurred, and the Intentional destruction of cultural heritage has been a hallmark of recent conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa, where we have witnessed unprecedented, systematic attacks on culture as a weapon of war. In Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen, and Mali, extremist groups such as ISIS and Ansar Dine have committed numerous acts of iconoclasm, deliberately destroying heritage sites, and looting valuable artefacts symbolic of minority cultures. This study explores how the international law framework can be fully utilised in order to tackle the destruction of cultural heritage, and analyses various paradigms which have recently been suggested for its better protection, including the Responsibility to Protect paradigm and the peace and security paradigm. This volume will be an essential resource for scholars and practitioners in the areas of public international law, especially international humanitarian law and cultural heritage law.