Title: Courts, codes, and custom : legal tradition and state policy toward international human rights and environmental law /
Authors: Zartner, Dana,
Year: 2014
Subjects: Rule of law.; Law History; Human rights; International law.
Abstract: 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.