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Journal Articles (Law)
Items in this Collection
- 2Human Rights Treaties
- 1Comparative Law
- 1Constitutional Law
- 1Extradition
- 1Foreign Precedent (Law)
- 1International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights (1966)
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The absent dialogue: Extradition and the international covenant on civil and political rights
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Extradition, as a cross-border act, inevitably involves both domestic and international law. For most states, the terms and conditions of extradition are governed by both treaty and statute, with the obligation to extradite flowing from an extradition treaty. Human rights treaties, however, are...
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The democratic challenge of incorporation: International human rights treaties and national constitutions
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According to Canadian Supreme Court Justice Claire L'Heureux-Dube, the global judicial community is engaged in a process of dialogue, especially in cases involving the determination of constitutionally protected human rights. However, as this author notes, if there is a process of dialogue taking...