1. | Couso, Javier (ed.) : Cultures of legality, 2010 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph Cultures of legality : judicialization and political activism in Latin America / Couso, Javier (ed.) ; Huneeus, Alexandra ; Sieder, Rachel - (Cambridge studies in law and society), xii, 287 p.. - Cambridge : Cambridge U. P., 2010. ISBN 978-0-521-76723-1 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: PART I : INTRODUCTION:. 1. Cultures of legality: judicialization and political activism in contemporary Latin America, by Alexandra Huneeus, Javier Couso, and Rachel Sieder. PART II: COURTS AND JUDICIALIZATION THORUGH A CULTURAL LENS:. 2. Legal language and social change during Colombia's economic crisis, by Pablo Rueda. 3. How courts work: culture, institutions, and the Brazilian supreme tribunal federal, by Diana Kapiszewski. 4. More power, more rights? The Supreme Court and society in Mexico, by Karina Ansolabehere. 5. High courts and the inter-American court: judicialization, human rights and a tenuous relationship, by Alexandra Huneeus. PART III: JUDICIALIZATION BEYOND THE COURTS:. 6. The transformation of constitutional discourse and the judicialization of politics in Latin America, by Javier Couso. 7. Legal cultures in the (un)rule of law: indigenous rights and juridification in post-conflict Guatemala, by Rachel Sieder. 8. Political activism and the practice of law in Venezuela Manuel, by A. Gomez. 9. The Mapuche people's battle for land: litigation as a strategy to defend indigenous land rights, by Anne Skjævestad. 10. Judicialization in Argentina: legal culture, or opportunities and support structures?, by Catalina Smulovitz. 11. Novel appropriations of the law in the pursuit of political and social change in Latin America, by Pilar Domingo. INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): AMR; ADRD;
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2. | Cardenas, Sonia : Human rights in Latin America, 2010 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph Human rights in Latin America : a politics of terror and hope / Cardenas, Sonia, xi, 248 p.. - Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-8122-4197-6 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: PART I: VIOLATING RIGHTS:. 1. A regional survey. 2. Explaining violations. PART II: PROMOTING REFORM:. 3. Global governance. 4. Transnational networks. 5. Human rights change. PART III: SECURING JUSTICE:. 6. Accountability versus impunity. 7. Never again? INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): UDHR; ICCPR; ICESCR; CAT; Inter-American convention on forced disappearance of persons; ADRD; AMR; CRPD; Inter-American convention on terrorism; Inter-American convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against persons with disabilities; Inter-American convention on the prevention, punishment and eradiction of violence against women; Inter-American convention to prevent and punish torture; ICCPR; |
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3. | Burns, William C. G. (ed.) : Adjudicating climate change, 2009 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph Adjudicating climate change : state, national and international approaches / Burns, William C. G. (ed.) ; Osofsky, Hari M., ix, 399 p.. - Cambridge : Cambridge U.P., 2009. ISBN 978-0-521-87970-5 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: Preface Peter E. Roderick. 1. Introduction: the exigencies that drive potential causes of action for climate change, by William C. G. Burns and Hari M. Osofsky. PART I: SUBNATIONAL CASE STUDIES:. 2. State action as political voice in climate change policy: the Minnesota environmental cost valuation regulation, by Stephanie Stern. 3. Limiting climate change at the coal mine, by Lesley K. McAllister. 4. Cities, land use, and the global commons: genesis and the urban politics of climate change, by Katherine Trisolini and Jonathan Zasloff. 5. Atmospheric trust litigation, by Mary Christina Wood. PART II. NATIONAL CASE STUDIES:. 6. The intersection of scale, science, and law in Massachusetts v. EPA, by Hari M. Osofsky. 7. Biodiversity, global warming, and the United States Endangered Species Act: the role of domestic wildlife law in addressing greenhouse gas emissions, by Brendan R. Cummings and Kassie R. Siegel. 8. An emerging human right to security from climate change: the case against gas flaring in Nigeria, by Amy Sinden. 9. Tort-based climate litigation, by David A. Grossman. 10. Insurance and climate change litigation, by Jeffrey W. Stempel. PART III:. SUPRANATIONAL CASE STUDIES:. 11. The world heritage convention and climate change: the case for a climate-change mitigation strategy beyond the Kyoto protocol, by Erica J. Thorson. 12. The Inuit petition as a bridge? Beyond dialectics of climate change and indigenous peoples' rights, by Hari M. Osofsky. 13. Bringing climate change claims to the accountability mechanisms of international financial institutions, by Jennifer Gleason and David B. Hunter. 14. Potential causes of action for climate change impacts under the United Nations Fish Stock Agreement, by William C. G. Burns. 15. Climate change litigation: opening the door to the international court of justice, by Andrew Strauss. 16. The implications of climate change litigation: litigation for international environmental law-making, by David B. Hunter. 17. Conclusion: adjudicating climate change across scales, by Hari M. Osofsky. INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): World heritage convention (WHC); Framework convention on climate change; Kyoto protocol; Rio declaration; ICCPR; ECHR; ACHPR; LIBRARY LOCATION: Miljörätt SHELF CODE: Domvillan
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4. | Gomez Isa, felipe (ed.) : Los derechos indigenas tras la declaracion, 2013 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph Los derechos indigenas tras la declaracion : el desafio de la implementacion / Gomez Isa, felipe (ed.) ; Berraondo, Mikel - (Serie derechos humanos ; 20), 441 p.. - Bilbao : Deusto, 2013. ISBN 978-84-15759-15-7 LANGUAGE: SPA INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): Draft declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples; |