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Comparative international law: the role of national courts in creating and enforcing international law

Roberts, Anthea (2011) Comparative international law: the role of national courts in creating and enforcing international law. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 60 (1). pp. 57-92. ISSN 0020-5893

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Identification Number: 10.1017/S0020589310000679

Abstract

Academics, practitioners and international and national courts are increasingly seeking to identify and interpret international law by engaging in comparative analyses of various domestic court decisions. This emerging phenomenon, which I term ‘comparative international law’, loosely fuses international law (as a matter of substance) with comparative law (as a matter of process). However, this comparative process is seriously complicated by the ambiguous role that national court decisions play in the international law doctrine of sources, under which they provide evidence of the practice of the forum State as well as being a subsidiary means for determining international law. This article analyses these dual, and sometimes conflicting, roles of national courts and the impact of this duality on the comparative international law process.

Item Type: Article
Official URL: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJourna...
Additional Information: © 2011 British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Divisions: Law
Subjects: K Law > K Law (General)
Date Deposited: 11 Mar 2011 11:42
Last Modified: 05 Nov 2024 18:45
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/33307

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