Mobilising International Law for 'Global Justice'

Mobilising International Law for ''Global Justice'' provides new insights into the dynamics between politics and international law and the roles played by state and civic actors in pursuing human rights development security and justice through mobilising international law at local and international levels. This includes attempts to hold states corporations or individuals accountable for violations of international law. Second this book examines how enforcing international law creates particular challenges for intergovernmental regulators seeking to manage tensions between incompatible legal systems and bringing an end to harmful practices such as foreign corruption and child abduction. Finally it explores how international law has local resonance whereby for example cities have taken it upon themselves to give effect to the spirit of international treaties that national governments fail to implement or even may have refused to ratify.