Universal Civil Jurisdiction by Serena Forlati and Pietro FranzinaCall Number: ebook
Publication Date: 2020
Within this text experts of public and private international law discuss one of the key challenges that victims face, namely access to justice. Are the courts of other countries permitted, or required, to rule on the victim's claim? Trends at the international and the domestic level after the Naït-Liman judgment of the European Court of Human Rights offer a nuanced answer, suggesting that civil jurisdiction is not only concerned with sovereignty, but is also a tool for the governance of global problems.