Law in Times of Crisis - Emergency Powers in Theory and Practice

Informationen zum Autor Irving Younger Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Legal Studies at the University of Minnesota Law School. Klappentext Presents a systematic and comprehensive attempt by legal scholars to conceptualize the theory of emergency powers. Zusammenfassung This book presents a systematic and comprehensive attempt by legal scholars to conceptualize the theory of emergency powers! combining post-September 11 developments with more general theoretical! historical and comparative perspectives. The authors examine the interface between law and violent crises through history and across jurisdictions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Table of cases; Table of treaties; Table of legislation; Table of international materials; Introduction; Part I: 1. Models of accommodation; 2. Law for all seasons; 3. Models of extra-legality; 4. Five degrees of separation; Part II: 5. International human rights and emergencies; 6. Emergencies and humanitarian law; 7. Terrorism, emergencies and international responses to contemporary threats; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Oren Gross, Oren Ni Aolain Gross, Fionnuala Ni Aolain
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.11.2006
• EAN: 9780521833516
• ISBN: 978-0-521-83351-6
• No. of pages: 516
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Internati
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law