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Zusatztext ...an invaluable source for both newcomers to the area and experienced practitioners...The author's scholarship is extremely impressive: it seems that no domestic case containing any discussion of international law has escaped, and the domestic cases are supplemented by numerous international and comparative examples ...Using International Law in Domestic Courts is an important book and achieves its aims of providing a clear, accessible but comprehensive reference point for the increasing number of lawyers whose practice raises questions of international law. Informationen zum Autor Shaheed Fatima KC is a barrister at Blackstone Chambers, London. Klappentext International law has an increasing profile and influence on diverse areas of legal practice. This is a practitioner's book, by a practitioner, on how international law is and can be used in the domestic courts. Zusammenfassung International law is increasingly referred to and utilised in English courts,in fields as diverse as criminal proceedings, children's rights, tort law, and asylum cases. Despite this use, there is currently no book on the market (whether a practitioner text or otherwise) which addresses this subject-matter in detail. Hence the need for this book - by a practitioner and for practitioners, regardless of their specialist area of practice - on how international law is and can be used in the domestic courts. The book presents in a distilled format the relevant principles of law, and their application in this area and provides a guide to relevant international instruments and the way(s) in which these instruments have been referred to or used in English courts. While the emphasis is on stating the law as it is, the author also identifies the principles which are likely to guide practitioners in an otherwise unstructured area, supported by specific examples which will provide a subject guide to relevant instruments and sources and how they can be used. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART I: SOURCING INTERNATIONAL LAW 1. INTERNATIONAL LAW IN DOMESTIC PRACTICE AREAS 2. SOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW PART II: USING INCORPORATING STATUTES AND INCORPORATED TREATIES 3. INCORPORATING STATUTES 4. INTERPRETING TREATIES: GENERAL PRINCIPLES 5. INTERPRETING TREATIES: SUPPLEMENTARY MEANS 6. THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ACT 1972: A DIRECTLY INCORPORATING STATUTE 7. THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998: AN INDIRECTLY INCORPORATING STATUTE PART III: USING UNINCORPORATED TREATIES 8. UNINCORPORATED TREATIES 9. UNINCORPORATED TREATIES AND LEGISLATION 10. UNINCORPORATED TREATIES AND COMMON LAW 11. UNINCORPORATED TREATIES, DISCRETION AND LEGITIMATE EXPECTATIONS PART IV: JUDICIAL RESTRAINT, ACT OF STATE AND CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL LAW 12. JUDICIAL RESTRAINT AND ACT OF STATE 13. CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL LAW ...
