Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Criddle: Human Rights in Emergencies

Evan J. Criddle (William and Mary Law School) has published Human Rights in Emergencies (Cambridge Univ. Press 2016). Contents include:
  • Evan J. Criddle, Introduction: testing human rights theory during emergencies
  • Gerald L. Neuman, Constrained derogation in positive human rights regimes
  • Evan J. Criddle, Protecting human rights during emergencies: delegation, derogation, and deference
  • James W. Nickel, Two models of normative frameworks for human rights during severe emergencies
  • Emily M. Hafner-Burton, Laurence R. Helfer & Christopher J. Fariss, Emergency and escape: explaining derogations from human rights treaties
  • Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, The cloak and dagger game of emergency and war
  • Thomas Poole, The law of emergency and reason of state
  • William E. Scheuerman, Human rights lawyers v. Carl Schmitt
  • Scott Sheeran, Human rights and derogation in peacekeeping: addressing a legal vacuum within the state of exception
  • Diane A. Desierto, Austerity measures and international economic, social, and cultural rights