Highest courts and globalisation / edited by Sam Muller and Sidney Richards ; assistant editor, Laura Henderson.
2010
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Title
Highest courts and globalisation / edited by Sam Muller and Sidney Richards ; assistant editor, Laura Henderson.
Published
The Hague : Hague Academic Press, [2010]
Copyright
©2010
Call Number
K2123 .H538 2010
ISBN
9789067043281
9067043281
9067043281
Description
xvi, 198 pages ; 25 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)567162726
Note
"This book is based on the 2008 annual conference of the Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law (HiiL) which was entitled 'The changing role of highest courts in an internationalising world'"--Half-title verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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Table of Contents
Foreword
v
Acknowledgements
vii
List of Abbreviations
xiii
Introduction: Globalisation and Highest Courts
1
1.
Introduction: Globalisation and the Law / Sidney Richards Sam Muller
1
2.
The Internationalisation of the Judiciary / Sam Muller Sidney Richards
2
3.
Highest Courts and Globalisation: Themes and Issues / Sidney Richards Sam Muller
4
3.1.
Unity and coherence / Sam Muller Sidney Richards
5
3.2.
Frameworks of judicial legitimacy / Sam Muller Sidney Richards
11
3.3.
Novel concepts and paradigms? / Sidney Richards Sam Muller
13
3.4.
Institutional resources / Sam Muller Sidney Richards
18
4.
Concluding Observations / Sidney Richards Sam Muller
18
Trans-Judicial Dialogue in a Global World / Sam Muller Sidney Richards
21
1.
Introduction / Guy Canivet
21
2.
Why Is It Happening? / Guy Canivet
23
2.1.
Historical reasons / Guy Canivet
23
2.1.1.
Families of legal systems / Guy Canivet
23
2.1.2.
Strengthening legal systems / Guy Canivet
25
2.2.
Contextual reasons / Guy Canivet
25
2.3.
Political reasons / Guy Canivet
28
2.4.
Strategic reasons / Guy Canivet
29
2.5.
Utilitarian reasons / Guy Canivet
29
3.
How Is It Happening? / Guy Canivet
30
3.1.
The development of judicial diplomacy / Guy Canivet
30
3.1.1.
Governmental cooperation / Guy Canivet
31
3.1.2.
Non-governmental cooperation / Guy Canivet
32
3.2.
The development of the international dimension in judicial training / Guy Canivet
33
3.2.1.
Training / Guy Canivet
33
3.2.2.
Exchanges / Guy Canivet
34
3.2.3.
Universities / Guy Canivet
35
3.3.
Information and communication technology / Guy Canivet
35
3.4.
The development of a comparative judicial methodology / Guy Canivet
36
4.
flow Far and within Which Parameters? / Guy Canivet
37
4.1.
Ideological limits / Guy Canivet
37
4.1.1.
Elitism / Guy Canivet
37
4.1.2.
Nationalism / Guy Canivet
38
4.1.3.
Exclusion / Guy Canivet
38
4.2.
Judicial limits / Guy Canivet
38
4.2.1.
The incommensurability of legal systems / Guy Canivet
39
4.2.2.
The judge's neutrality in legal training / Guy Canivet
39
4.3.
Institutional limits / Guy Canivet
40
5.
Conclusions / Guy Canivet
40
The Globalisation of the Law and the Work of the Supreme Court of Canada / Guy Canivet
41
1.
Introduction / Michel Bastarache
41
2.
The Use of Non-Domestic Legal Resources in Canada / Michel Bastarache
42
2.1.
International instruments and decisions / Michel Bastarache
42
2.2.
Judicial borrowing / Michel Bastarache
46
3.
Formal and Informal International Networks / Michel Bastarache
52
4.
Conclusion / Michel Bastarache
54
The Widening Horizons of Litigation in Britain / Michel Bastarache
55
Judicial Co-operation and Communication in the Context of the Hague Conventions / Lord Bingham of Cornhill
59
1.
Introduction / William Duncan
59
1.1.
The Hague Conference on private international law / William Duncan
59
2.
The International Network of Judges / William Duncan
60
3.
Involvement of Judges in Developing and Reviewing the Operation of Hague Conventions / William Duncan
62
4.
International Judicial Conferences / William Duncan
62
5.
An International Approach to Interpretation of the Hague Conventions / William Duncan
64
6.
Conclusions / William Duncan
65
Judicial Globalisation: Supreme Court of India / William Duncan
67
Accommodating Unity / Justice Ajit Prakash Shah
85
1.
Unity and Diversity / H. Patrick Glenn
85
2.
Accommodating Unity / H. Patrick Glenn
88
3.
Reconciling Legal Unities / H. Patrick Glenn
92
4.
Conclusion / H. Patrick Glenn
97
Treating Like Cases Alike in the World: The Theoretical Basis of the Demand for Legal Unity / H. Patrick Glenn
99
1.
A Bracing Environment / Jeremy Waldron
99
2.
The Lack of Argument / Jeremy Waldron
100
3.
Learning from Others / Jeremy Waldron
101
4.
A Need for Harmonisation? / Jeremy Waldron
105
5.
Treating Like Cases Alike / Jeremy Waldron
107
6.
The Agency Problem / Jeremy Waldron
107
7.
The Top-Down Approach / Jeremy Waldron
108
8.
The Bottom-Up Demand for Consistency / Jeremy Waldron
109
9.
The Human Rights Community / Jeremy Waldron
110
10.
Loose or Tight Consistency? / Jeremy Waldron
112
11.
Conclusion / Jeremy Waldron
113
Justice at a New Scale: Introducing a Conceptual Framework for the Analysis of Highest Courts' Role in a Globalised Context / Jeremy Waldron
115
1.
Introduction / Elaine Mak
115
2.
The Changing Role of Highest Courts in a Globalised Context / Elaine Mak
117
2.1.
Two types of highest courts: Supreme courts and constitutional courts / Elaine Mak
117
2.2.
A changing role under the effects of globalisation / Elaine Mak
118
2.3.
The development of new practices / Elaine Mak
120
3.
The Theoretical Framework for the Analysis: Constitutional Flexibility / Elaine Mak
121
3.1.
The constitution and changing norms / Elaine Mak
122
3.2.
A frame of reference for a comparative constitutional law analysis / Elaine Mak
123
3.3.
Some methodological considerations / Elaine Mak
124
4.
Conclusion / Elaine Mak
126
The Inevitable Globalisation of Constitutional Law / Elaine Mak
129
1.
Introduction / Mark Tushnet
129
2.
Top-Down Processes of the Globalisation of Constitutional Law / Mark Tushnet
131
3.
Bottom-Up Processes of the Globalisation of Constitutional Law / Mark Tushnet
134
4.
Qualifications: Counterpressures on the Supply Side / Mark Tushnet
138
5.
Races to the Top and Bottom, and Elsewhere / Mark Tushnet
144
6.
Conclusion: Globalisation of Domestic Constitutional Law and the Separation of Powers / Mark Tushnet
146
Is the Separation of Powers the Basis for the Legitimacy of an Internationalised Judiciary? / Mark Tushnet
149
1.
Introduction / Mitchel de S.O.l'E. Lasser
149
2.
Four Objections / Mitchel de S.O.l'E. Lasser
150
2.1.
The variability of the 'separation of powers' as a concept / Mitchel de S.O.l'E. Lasser
150
2.2.
The variability of the 'judiciary' as an institution / Mitchel de S.O.l'E. Lasser
151
2.3.
The variability of 'internationalisation' as a legal context / Mitchel de S.O.l'E. Lasser
153
2.4.
Difficulties with the concept of legitimacy as an abstraction / Mitchel de S.O.l'E. Lasser
156
3.
Concluding Remarks: Legitimacy and Fundamental Rights / Mitchel de S.O.l'E. Lasser
158
Going Global to Preserve Domestic Accountability: The New Role of National Courts / Mitchel de S.O.l'E. Lasser
163
1.
Introduction / Eyal Benvenisti George W. Downs
163
2.
The Impact of Globalisation on National Decision-Making Processes / George W. Downs Eyal Benvenisti
164
3.
Judicial Cooperation, Emerging Practice / George W. Downs Eyal Benvenisti
169
3.1.
Reviewing global counterterrorism measures / Eyal Benvenisti George W. Downs
170
3.2.
Environmental protection in developing countries / George W. Downs Eyal Benvenisti
173
3.3.
Coordinating the migration into destination countries / Eyal Benvenisti George W. Downs
176
3.4.
Protecting socio-economic rights in developing countries / Eyal Benvenisti George W. Downs
180
3.5.
The potential of and limits to further cooperation / George W. Downs Eyal Benvenisti
181
4.
Assessing the Legitimacy of Inter-Judicial Coordination / Eyal Benvenisti George W. Downs
183
5.
Conclusion / Eyal Benvenisti George W. Downs
186
List of Contributors / George W. Downs Eyal Benvenisti
187
Table of Cases / Eyal Benvenisti George W. Downs
193