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Transnational Human Rights Litigation

Part of the Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice Book Series (volume 75)

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-28546-3

ISBN: 978-3-030-28545-6

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Oct 3, 2019

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Chapter 1Introduction

Novak, Andrew

Pages: 1 –10

[CourtsStrategic litigation throughout the Commonwealth are engaged in a transnational judicial dialogueTransnational judicial dialogue on human rights issues, citing, following, and distinguishing one another’s decisions and building a global “common law”Common law on issues such as the death...
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Chapter 2Applying the Lens of Transnational Advocacy Networks to Human Rights Litigation

Novak, Andrew

Pages: 11 –35

[“Transnational advocacy networks”Transnational advocacy networks as defined by Keck and Sikkink help diffuse international human rights norms and thereby change the behavior of states. Abolition ofDeath penalty, abolition oftheDelay, death penalty anddeath penaltyDeath penaltyand protection of...
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Chapter 3Transnational Legal Citation as Method of Norm Diffusion

Novak, Andrew

Pages: 37 –64

[Transnational litigation networksTransnational litigation networks both engage in advocacy to advance a specific goal and serve as conduits for diffusion of legal expertise and strategy. By citing jurisprudence from other jurisdictions in their pleadings, these legal advocates can convince...
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Chapter 4Litigation and the Abolition of the Mandatory Death Penalty

Novak, Andrew

Pages: 65 –113

[The abolition ofDeath penalty, abolition ofthe mandatoryDelay, death penalty anddeath penaltyMandatory death penalty in the Commonwealth CaribbeanCommonwealth Caribbean, East Africa, and South Asia was the product of strategic human rights litigation brought by a network of London-based human...
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Chapter 5Litigation and the Decriminalization of Homosexuality

Novak, Andrew

Pages: 115 –170

[British colonial penal codes contained prohibitions on consensual same-sex intercourse. These laws are increasingly recognized as constraints on the human rights and freedoms of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) personsLesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights,...
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Chapter 6Conclusion

Novak, Andrew

Pages: 171 –176

[Former British colonies share similar legal and constitutional frameworks that make the comparative method fruitful in initiating law reform. Transnational litigation networksTransnational litigation networks are one means of doing this, bringing constitutional challenges in domestic courts and...

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