Globalizing Justice: Critical Perspectives on Transnational Law and the Cross-Border Migration of Legal Norms

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Contents List of Tables ix Preface and Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 Donald W. Jackson, Michael C. Tolley, and Mary L. Volcansek Part I. Transnational Influences on the U.S. Supreme Court Chapter One The U.S. Supreme Court’s Use of Comparative Law in the Construction of Constitutional Rights 7 David M. O’Brien Chapter Two Foreign Law in American Jurisprudence: An Empirical Study 27 Francine Banner, Ken Miller, and Doris Marie Provine Chapter Three Foreign Law in Domestic Courts: Different Uses, Different Implications 45 Christopher A. Whytock Part II. The Rise of Transnational Criminal Jurisdiction Chapter Four Legitimacy and the Exercise of Universal Criminal Jurisdiction 67 Donald W. Jackson Chapter Five International and Transnational Law, Sovereignty, and Hegemonic Power 83 Donald W. Jackson vi CONTENTS Chapter Six The Promotion of International Criminal Law: Evaluating the International Criminal Court and the Apprehension of Indictees 101 Lilian A. Barria and Steven D. Roper Part III. Transnational Influences on Rights, Citizenship, and Democratization Chapter Seven The Globalization of Human Rights Norms: Understanding the Opportunities and Limits of International Law and Transnational Activism 121 Hans Peter Schmitz Chapter Eight Rights and the Limits of Transnational Solidarity in Europe 141 Lisa Conant Chapter Nine International Imposition and Transmission of Democracy and the Rule of Law: Lessons from Central America 161 Rachel Bowen Chapter Ten The Role of International Actors in Promoting Rule of Law in Uganda 179 Joseph M. Isanga Part IV. Transnational Law and the Boundaries of Sovereignty Chapter Eleven Blurring Sovereignty: The Human Rights Act of 1998 and British Law 201 Mary L. Volcansek Chapter Twelve Fundamental Rights, the European Court of Justice, and European Integration 217 Michael C. Tolley vii CONTENTS Chapter Thirteen Spreading the Word: Australia’s National Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission as Transnational Legal Entrepreneur 235 Rhonda Evans Case Chapter Fourteen Judicial Globalization: How the International Law of Human Rights Changed the Argentine Supreme Court 255 Walter F. Carnota Conclusion 267 Donald W. Jackson, Michael C. Tolley, and Mary L. Volcansek List of Contributors 279 Index 283 viii CONTENTS ...