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legal tradition and state policy toward international human rights and environmental law
1 online resource (xii, 329 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
This text explores the role of legal tradition in shaping state policy toward international human rights and environmental law. Examining the institutional and cultural characteristics within a state's legal tradition across ten case studies, the book shows the importance of domestic legal factors to understanding state policy toward international law.
Constructing the cornerstone : the role of legal tradition in shaping state policy toward international law -- The common law : legal culture, courts, and the continuity of policy in the United States and Australia -- The civil law : history and nationalism in Germany and Turkey -- Religious legal traditions: the role of Islam in shaping policy in Egypt and Saudi Arabia -- Mixed legal traditions : the impact of custom and colonialism in India and Kenya -- East Asian legal tradition : Confucius, Communism, and community in China and Japan.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2014]