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Author Arnell, Paul

Title Law Across Borders : the Extraterritorial Application of United Kkingdom Law
Published Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (212 pages)
Contents Front Cover; Law Across Borders; Copyright Page; Contents; Table of cases; Note an Al-Skeini and others v the United Kingdom; 1. Introduction; Introduction; General subject matter; Exclusions; Forms of application -- judicial, legislative and executive; Substance of application -- criminal and human rights law; Criminal law -- nature and function; Human rights law -- nature and function; Issues and criticisms; Themes; Non-UK influence on law across borders; The proper law approach to jurisdiction; 2. The context; The UK border; Public international law and practice
Jurisdiction in public international lawThe bases, principles or categories of jurisdiction; The conventional context; The Council of Europe; The European Union; The UK overseas; 3. UK criminal law across borders; The issues; History; The current law; Criminal law applied territorially; Relationship-based criminal law; Crime-centric criminal law; Enforcement; Instances of enforcement; Territorial connection; Relationship-based connection; Crime-centric connection; Double criminality and other cases; 4. UK human rights law across borders; The issues; History; The current law; The Convention
Three preliminary pointsECtHR jurisprudence -- extradition and expulsion cases; ECtHR jurisprudence -- wholly extraterritorial cases; The Human Rights Act 1998; UK jurisprudence; Extradition and expulsion cases; Wholly extraterritorial cases; Enforcement; Extradition and expulsion cases; Wholly extraterritorial cases; 5. Synthesis: extra-legal context, criticisms, themes and conclusion; Introduction; Extra-legal context -- fundamental differences; Extra-legal context -- universalist authorities; Jurisdictional conflict and approaches thereto; Criticisms of UK law applied across borders
The criminal lawHuman rights law; Themes; Non-UK law and practice -- the criminal law; Proper law -- the criminal law; Non-UK law and practice -- human rights law; Proper law -- human rights law; Conclusion; Final points; Index
Summary This book examines the application of UK Criminal and Human Rights Law to people and circumstances outside the United Kingdom. Building upon previous analyses which have focused on a single aspect of extraterritorially, this book examines the fields of Criminal and Human Rights law as the two main areas of non-private law which are frequently applied across borders. Both fields are placed in context before being drawn together in a coherent and systematic way. The book examines recent law and practice, as well as historic developments and explores the concept of enforcement. The author's analy
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Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780203153345
0203153340