Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice
Transnational Human Rights Litigation
Challenging the Death Penalty and Criminalization of Homosexuality in the Commonwealth
Andrew Novak
Law / Civil Rights
Analyzes the role of strategic human rights litigation in the dissemination and migration of transnational constitutional norms
Provides a detailed analysis of how transnational human rights advocates have used international and foreign law to promote abolition of the death penalty, restriction of life imprisonment, and decriminalization of homosexuality
Confirms the mutually reinforcing relationship between domestic and international law, including the role of legal advocates as the instrumental drivers of this process
Andrew Novak is Assistant Professor in Criminology Law and Society at George Mason University, Virginia, USA. He has a PhD from Middlesex University School of Law, a JD from Boston University School of Law, and an MSc in African Politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies.
| Publication Date: |
14 October 2019 |
| Publisher: |
Springer International Publishing |
| Imprint: |
Springer |
| ISBN-13: |
9783030285456 |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Page Count: |
182 |