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International Human Rights Law – Imperialist, Inept and Ineffective? Cultural Relativism and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (2003)
Journal Article
Harris-Short, S. (2003). International Human Rights Law – Imperialist, Inept and Ineffective? Cultural Relativism and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Human Rights Quarterly, 25(1), 130-181. https://doi.org/10.1353/hrq.2003.0004

Against the background of the largely theoretical debate concerning the use and potential abuse of the cultural relativism argument by State elites, this article seeks to explore how, if at all, the cultural relativism argument is actually being depl... Read More about International Human Rights Law – Imperialist, Inept and Ineffective? Cultural Relativism and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The Cambodian Extraordinary Chambers - a dangerous precedent for international justice? (2003)
Journal Article
Williams, S. (2003). The Cambodian Extraordinary Chambers - a dangerous precedent for international justice?. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 53(1), 227-245. https://doi.org/10.1093/iclq/53.1.227

Discusses the problems encountered in negotiating the structure and composition of the Cambodian Extraordinary Chambers which led to the arrangement whereby the chambers have a majority of Cambodian judges but require a super-majority for a voting de... Read More about The Cambodian Extraordinary Chambers - a dangerous precedent for international justice?.

'Domestic Judicial Deference and the ECHR in the UK and Netherlands' (2003)
Journal Article
Schooten, H. V., & Sweeney, J. A. (2003). 'Domestic Judicial Deference and the ECHR in the UK and Netherlands'. Tilburg foreign law review, 11(1), 439-461

This comparative article explores the interrelationship of domestic and international human rights law in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, with reference to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The two jurisdictions offer a valuable... Read More about 'Domestic Judicial Deference and the ECHR in the UK and Netherlands'.

Reassessing Portia: The Iconic Potential of Shakespeare's Woman Lawyer (2003)
Journal Article
Rackley, E. (2003). Reassessing Portia: The Iconic Potential of Shakespeare's Woman Lawyer. Feminist Legal Studies, 11(1), 25-44. https://doi.org/10.1023/a%3A1023274821930

This paper considers the adoption of Portia, the heroine of The Merchant of Venice, by feminist legal scholars as a metaphor for the woman lawyer. It suggests that Portia has both captured and is captured by the feminist legal scholar's imagination,... Read More about Reassessing Portia: The Iconic Potential of Shakespeare's Woman Lawyer.