The Arab spring : new patterns for democracy and international law / edited by Carlo Panara and Gary Wilson.

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TextSeries: Nijhoff law specialsPublication details: Leiden ; Boston : M. Nijhoff Publishers, 2013.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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9004243410
9789004243415
9781283979160
1283979160

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

909/.097492708312 23

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KMC128.5 .A73 2013
JQ1850.A91 P363 2013

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List of Contributors; PrefaceThe 'Arab Spring': Constitutionalism and International Law; Acknowledgments; Chapter One Changing the Guard-The Price of Democracy: Lessons from the Arab Spring on Constitutionalism; Chapter TwoThe Emergence of a Right to Democracy-An African Perspective; Chapter Three Human Rights, Democracy and the Legitimacy of Governments in International Law: Practice of States and UN Organs; Chapter Four The Arab People's Revolution-Modernising the Legal Environment.

Chapter Five The United Nations Security Council, Libya and Resolution 1973: Protection of Civilians or Tool for Regime Change?Chapter Six Women of the Revolution: The Future of Women's Rights in post-Gaddafi Libya; Chapter Seven Security Council Resolution 1973: A New Interpretation of the Notion of Protection of Civilians?; Chapter Eight Pro-Democratic Intervention, Invitation, or "Responsibility to Protect"? Challenges to International Law from the "Arab Spring"; Chapter Nine The Possible Role of National Courts in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring.

Chapter Ten Protecting Cultural Heritage: War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity during Conflicts and Revolutions in North Africa and the Middle EastChapter Eleven Palestinian Self-Determination and a State of Aspiration; Chapter Twelve Egypt's Complicity in Torture and Extraordinary Renditions; Index.

Summary: This edited volume explores some of the key international law issues to have arisen from the events which comprised the 'Arab Spring.'Summary: The Arab Spring: New Patterns for Democracy and International Law explores a number of critical issues brought to the forefront of the international community as a result of the uprisings which began in the Middle East and North Africa in early 2011. Particularly prominent among these are issues concerning the right to democracy within international law, self-determination, recognition of newly installed governments, the use of force for humanitarian purposes, protection of human rights, and the prosecution of international crimes. This important volume brings together a multitude of fresh voices, and as events in the Arab world continue to unfold, is certain to make a valuable contribution to a meaningful understanding of the "Arab Spring" from a constitutional and international law perspective. -- Provided by publisher.

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This edited volume explores some of the key international law issues to have arisen from the events which comprised the 'Arab Spring.'

The Arab Spring: New Patterns for Democracy and International Law explores a number of critical issues brought to the forefront of the international community as a result of the uprisings which began in the Middle East and North Africa in early 2011. Particularly prominent among these are issues concerning the right to democracy within international law, self-determination, recognition of newly installed governments, the use of force for humanitarian purposes, protection of human rights, and the prosecution of international crimes. This important volume brings together a multitude of fresh voices, and as events in the Arab world continue to unfold, is certain to make a valuable contribution to a meaningful understanding of the "Arab Spring" from a constitutional and international law perspective. -- Provided by publisher.

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