Lost in translation? Nonstate actors and the transnational movement of procedural law

B Brake, PJ Katzenstein - International Organization, 2013 - cambridge.org
In recent years US legal norms and practices reconfigured important elements of how law is
thought of and practiced in both common and civil law countries around the world. With …

Growing political will from the grassroots: How social movement principles can reverse the dismal legacy of rule of law interventions

F Quigley - Colum. Hum. Rts. L. Rev., 2009 - HeinOnline
The international community's efforts to promote the rule of law and human rights in
developing countries have been largely unsuccessful. This record of disappointment is …

Rights as footprints: a New Metaphor for Contemporary human rights practice

J Perelman, KG Young - Nw. UJ Int'l Hum. Rts., 2010 - HeinOnline
Metaphors can help advocates and scholars to understand the complicated practice of
claiming human rights. So far, drawing on studies from related literaturesfrom critical rights …

[PDF][PDF] Rules And Rebels: Discourse, Domestic Politics, And The Diffusion Of Law

B Brake - 2011 - ecommons.cornell.edu
This dissertation examines the role of discourse and domestic structure in the diffusion of
norms and the conditions under which the policy recommendations of transnational …

CURRENT INDEX TO LEGAL PERIODICALS

S Sorensen - New Mexico Law Review, 2006 - HeinOnline
Hayes, Diana L. Case comment. Bankruptcy law: an exercise in statutory interpretation--
staying true to the broad aim of the code or ignoring plain meaning and purpose?(Howard …