Recension: Robert McCorquodale, International Law beyond.
Advances a legal theory of international human rights that defines their nature and purpose in relation to the structure and operation of international law Argues that the mission of international human rights law is to mitigate the adverse effects of how international law deploys sovereignty.
Humanisation of International Law 29 BAS DE GAAY FORTMAN Beating the State at its Own Game. An Inquiry into the Intricacies of Sovereignty and the Separation of Powers 41 KOFI KUMADO Changing Perceptions of Sovereignty and Human Rights in Africa 57 MARJOLEIN VAN DEN BRINK Gendered Sovereignty? In Search of Gender Bias in the International Law.
The Challenge The declaration of the human rights law is a clear statement of challenging previous law being implemented on a certain state. This is a challenge to the existing state sovereignty, wherein the power that is concentrated on a certain sovereign body may be overruled by an individual’s human rights.
Since Bill of Rights, the biggest change in the UK law has appreciated to be the Human Rights Act 1998 which was a written law into an unwritten democratic system. Notwithstanding, the UK was the first State who signed the Convention, the rights of which were not binding in British courts as the Parliamentary Sovereignty gives to the judges the comprehension to make law.
Beyond Sovereignty: International Human Rights as Experience Patrick Macklem's book The Sovereignty of Human Rights deploys an insightful descriptive and analytical approach to understand international law and international human rights law.
The topic of sovereignty is contentious, and one of enduring interest. In a world of ever increasing economic globalisation, the rise of supranational regulation and the interconnected age of information and communication technology, among many other developments, have challenged the once exclusively held Westphalian model of sovereignty.
International law - International law - States in international law: Although states are not the only entities with international legal standing and are not the exclusive international actors, they are the primary subjects of international law and possess the greatest range of rights and obligations. Unlike states, which possess rights and obligations automatically, international organizations.