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Amicus curiae participation in international courts is steadily growing since the late 1990 despite lack of clarity on the concept's nature, function and utility in international dispute settlement. Does amicus curiae infuse international judicial proceedings with alternative views, including the public interest in a case, as often advocated by NGOs? Does it increase the legitimacy and transparency of international dispute settlement, or the coherence of international law? Or is it an unhelpful impostor that impedes negotiated solutions and derails the proceedings at the expense of the parties to advance its own agenda? By way of an empirical-comparative analysis of the laws and practices of the ICJ, the ITLOS, the ECtHR, the IACtHR, the IACtHPR, WTO panels and the Appellate Body, and investment arbitration the dissertation examines the status quo of amicus curiae before international courts and tribunals to determine if the current amicus curiae practice is of added value to international proceedings and international dispute settlement in general. The dissertation shows that there is no common concept of international amicus curiae, but that amicus curiae before the international courts examined share a few characteristics. A proposed functional systematization highlights overlaps and diverging uses of the concept before international courts and helps scholars and practitioners to assess the opportunities and limits of the concept. Analysis of the concept's current regulatory framework and its substantive effectiveness reveals a hesitation in particular by courts with a strong adversarial tradition to take into account the views of a non-party despite the positive experience with the concept in regional human rights courts. The dissertation concludes that neither the expectations nor the concerns attached to amicus curiae participation in international proceedings have materialized. It argues that the concept can contribute to improved decisions and decision-making in international dispute settlement if regulated and used properly.

Amici curiae. --- International courts --- International tribunals --- Tribunals, International --- Courts --- Jurisdiction (International law) --- Amici curiae --- Friends of the court --- Parties to actions --- Law and legislation --- Law --- General

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As both an attorney and a librarian, Healy's background makes him uniquely qualified to advise library staff on providing users with the legal information they seek.

Legal research --- Pro se representation --- Librarians --- Information scientists --- Library employees --- Libraries --- In propria persona --- Lay lawyers --- Litigants in person --- Pro persona --- Representation, Pro se --- Parties to actions --- Practice of law --- Representation in administrative proceedings --- Right to counsel --- Services for

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This book focuses on the changing landscape of class action law and its interaction with the economic analysis of key issues in class actions. Articles examine the elements of class action law from diverse viewpoints, featuring defendant and plaintiff perspectives, concerning domestic and international law, and written by lawyers and economists.

Class actions (Civil procedure) --- Aggregate litigation (Class actions) --- Class action lawsuits --- Actions and defenses --- Civil procedure --- Complex litigation --- Public interest law --- Citizen suits (Civil procedure) --- Parties to actions --- Law of civil procedure --- Economic law --- Business & Economics --- Economics. --- Law and economics. --- Antitrust law --- General. --- Business Law. --- Economic aspects --- Economics and jurisprudence --- Economics and law --- Jurisprudence and economics --- Economics --- Jurisprudence

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Members of the Supreme Court are supposed to base decisions on the law, but often their choices are better explained by political ideology and party loyalty. Roberts sheds light on this problem by looking at a part of the Court's life that has never been systematically studied. Most cases feature extra briefs written by third parties known as amici curiae. He examines the rare occasions on which the Court allows these extra groups to participate not just by filing briefs but by appearing before the Court during oral arguments. By tracing how these groups influence the justices' behavior, Rober

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In this book Aoife Daly argues that where courts decide children’s best interests (for example about parental contact) the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child's 'right to be heard' is insufficient, and autonomy should instead be the focus. Global law and practice indicate that children are regularly denied due process rights in their own best interest proceedings and find their wishes easily overridden. It is argued that a children’s autonomy principle, respecting children’s wishes unless significant harm would likely result, would ensure greater support for children in proceedings, and greater obligations on adults to engage in transparent decision-making. This book is a call for a reconceptualisation of the status of children in a key area of children’s rights.

Autonomy in children. --- Children (International law). --- Children's rights. --- Due process of law. --- Locus standi. --- Convention on the Rights of the Child --- Children (International law) --- Child autonomy --- Child psychology --- Standing in court --- Parties to actions --- Procedure (Law) --- Access to justice (Due process of law) --- Procedural due process --- Substantive due process --- Civil rights --- Justice, Administration of --- International law --- Child rights --- Children --- Children's human rights --- Children's rights --- Rights of children --- Rights of the child --- Human rights --- Law and legislation --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Right to participate in proceedings