Recent publications on international human rights
| DOI | 10.1177/0924051919884769 |
| Published date | 01 December 2019 |
| Date | 01 December 2019 |
| Subject Matter | Recent publications |
Recent publications
Recent publications on
international human rights
Akbulut O and Aktoprak E, Minority Self-government in Eur ope and the Middle East: From
Theory to Practice (Studies in international minority and group rights, Volume 15, Brill Nijhoff
2019)
This volume, Minority Self-Government in Europe and the Middle East: From Theory to Practice,
is novel from several perspectives. It combines theory with facts on the ground, going beyond legal
perspectives without neglecting existing laws and their implementation. Theoretical discussions
transcend examining existing autonomy models in certain regions. It offers new models in the
field, discussing such critical theme s as environmentalism. Tradition al concepts such as self-
determination and well-known successful autonomy examples, including the A
˚land Islands, Bas-
que and Catalonian models, are ex amined from different perspect ives. Some chapters in this
volume focus on certain regions (including Turkey, Syria, and Iraq) which have only recently
received scholarly attention. Chapters complement one another in terms of their theoretical inputs
and outputs from the field.
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Belov M, The Role of Courts in Contemporary Legal Orders (Eleven International 2019)
This book aims to address the rising importance of courts in contemporary legal orders. It
explores the role of courts on national, international, supranational and global level. The book
provides for a multidiscursive analysis – theoretical and comparative, exemplified with case-
studies. The book is timely and topical analysis of pressing issues related to the enhanced role
of courts in politics and the increased impact of politics on courts. It explores fundamental
issues such as the legitimacy of courts, judicial activism, theory and philosophy of judicial
decision-making, and the impact of politics, ethics, logic and technology on legal argumenta-
tion. It provides an analysis of the role of courts in supranational and global constitutionalism.
Furthermore, the role of constitutional courts, administrative courts and criminal courts as well
as the most important international and supranational courts is critically assessed. Special
attention is devoted to the role of courts in the context of democratic backsliding, illiberal
democracies and populist constitutionalism. Key issues related to the impact of courts on
environmental and human rights’ protection are also addressed. The book finishes with the
provocative chapter on the alternatives to courts.
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Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights
2019, Vol. 37(4) 407–412
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