Legal Visions of the 21st Century: Essays in Honour of Judge Christopher Weeramantry

1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-90-411-1116-6
Verlag: Wolters Kluwer

Buch, Englisch, 812 Seiten, GB, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1361 g

Legal Visions of the 21st Century honours Judge Christopher Weeramantry by carefully culling a range of contributions to explore the broad themes that have been the subject of Judge Weeramantry's career. Judge Weeramantry has written distinguished books on Roman Dutch Law, Jurisprudence, the relationship between Law and Science, International Law and International Human Rights Law.

The coverage of Legal Visions of the 21st Century includes:

Jurisprudence and Comparative Law

Human Rights and Bioethics

Judging and the Judiciary

International Law and the International Court of Justice

`Appreciations', which conveys an idea of the role Judge Weeramantry played in the offices he held prior to his appointment to the International Court of Justice.

In the manner of a true legal discussion, the essays reflect a variety of opinions, including those that oppose the views of the honoree. Anyone interested in current intellectual challenges in international law will want to read and re-read every section of this compelling work.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weeramantry, C.

Anghie, Antony

Sturgess, Garry

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface. I: Greetings; Lord Denning; Judge Stephen Schwebel; Sir Gerard Brennan; G.P.S. de Silva. II: Essays. 1. Jurisprudence and Comparative Law: The Coming Global Civilization: Neo-Liberal or Humanist? R. Falk. Jurisculture in the 21st Century; G.L. Dorsey. Third World Jurisprudence for the Twenty-First Century; L. Marasinghe. Roman-Dutch Law in South Africa at the End of the Century – and Thereafter; W. de Vos. Legal Visions – South Africa in the 21st Century; P. Langa. 2. Human Rights and Bioethics: Individual Human Rights in the African Context; Bola Ajibola. Human Rights Theory and `Freedom Culture' in Eastern Asia; L.W. Beer. Abortion Laws: Medicalisation; Autonomy and Equality; K. Petersen. Citizenship in a Borderless World; K. Rubenstein. Cross-Cultural Dimensions of Human Rights; Samuel K. Murumba. Personal Self-Determination: The Next Wave in Constructing Identity; T.M. Franck. Autonomy; Paternalism and Discrimination: The Darker Side of Euthanasia; K. Amarasekara. The Global Refugee Problem in the 21st Century and the Emerging Security Paradigm: A Disturbing Trend; B.S. Chimni. 3. Judging and the Judiciary: The Continuing Crisis; A.R.B. Amerasinghe. Independence of the Judiciary and Public Accountability; Sir Moti Tikaram. The Growing Rapprochement Between International Law and National Law; M. Kirby. The Need for Judicial Education in a 21st Century Democracy; R.E. McGarvie. 4. International Law: Some Remarks on the Constitutional Element(s) of General (or So-called Customary) International Law; Bin Cheng. The Future of International Telecommunications Law; N. Jasentuliyana. Water Management in the 21st Century; M. Fitzmaurice. Judicial Settlement of International Disputes: One Forum or Many? M.C.W. Pinto. International Administrative Law in the Twenty-First Century: A Critical Appraisal and a Look into the Crystal Ball; C.F. Amerasinghe. Broader Perspectives in International Law; Sir Robert Jennings. Some Reflections Erga Omnes; S. Rosenne. The Friendly Relations Declaration and the International Court of Justice; V.S. Mani. Environment and Trade: Competing Paradigms in International Law; L. Guruswamy. 5. The International Court of Justice: International Law and the Reform of the International Court of Justice; Sir Geoffrey Palmer. Pleadings and the Pursuit of International Law: Nuclear Tests II (New Zealand v. France); P. Sands. Obligations of Third States in the Face of Illegality – Ruminations Inspired by the Weeramantry Dissent in the Case Concerning East Timor; R.S. Clark. Advisory Opinion on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons: A Narrative of Affirmative Appreciation and Judge Weeramantry's Grotion Quest; S. Mendlovitz, M. Datan. A Small Country Applicant –The Immense Task of Proceeding before the International Court of Justice; B. Connell. III: Appreciations. Contributors. Index.