Lawyers and the construction of transnational justice / / edited by Yves Dezalay and Bryant G. Garth

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461491503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012
• ISBN: 1-283-46304-0; 9786613463043; 1-136-64386-9; 0-203-80483-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (322 p.)
• Collana: Law, development and globalization
• Altri autori (Persone): DezalayYves <1945->; GarthBryant G
• Disciplina: 341
• Soggetti: International law; International and municipal law; Human rights; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "A GlassHouse book."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : constructing transnational justice / Yves Dezalay and Bryant G. Garth -- Lawyers, humanitarian emergencies, and the politics of large numbers / Ron Levi and John Hagan -- The cause of universal jurisdiction : the rise and fall of an international mobilization / Julien Seroussi -- Lawyering war or talking peace? : on militant usages of the law in the resolution of internal armed conflicts : a case study of international alert / Sara Dezalay -- From peacebuilding in war-torn countries to justice in the global north / Sandrine Lefranc -- Legal cosmopolitanism divided : stating, codifying, and ivoking international law of state responsibility / Pierre-Yves Condé -- Globalizing intellectual property rights : the politics of law and public health / Diana Rodriguez-Franco -- The transnational meets the national : the construction of trade policy networks in Brazil / Gregory Shaffer, Michelle Ratton Sanchez Badin, and Barbara Rosenberg -- The force of a weak field : law and lawyers in the government of Europe / Antoine Vauchez -- The European Court of Justice in the emergent European ; field of power : transnational judicial institutions and national career paths / Antonin Cohen -- Human rights and the hegemony of ideology : European lawyers and the Cold War battle over international human rights / Mikael Rask Madsen -- Marketing and legitimating two sides of transnational justice : possible trajectories toward a unified transnational field / Yves Dezalay AND Bryant G. Garth.
• Sommario/riassunto: ""Lawyers and the Construction of Transnational Justice"" examines the people, the conflicts, and the mechanisms involved in producing transnational norms and institutions.