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The United Kingdom and International Law: Contemporary Challenges and Opportunities book cover

1st Edition

The United Kingdom and International Law Contemporary Challenges and Opportunities

Edited By Michael Lane, Nina M Hart, Dane Luo Copyright 2027
296 Pages
by Routledge

Brexit, international conflicts and the migrant crisis are among recent events that have tested the UK’s relationship with international law. They, alongside the UK’s structural approach to international law at the national and devolved levels, have revealed a complex and evolving relationship with international law that has manifested itself in many forms ranging from the rhetoric of ‘Global... Read more

Foreword
The Rt Hon Lord Mance

Preface

Introduction
Nina M Hart, Michael Lane and Dane Luo

Part One: The Reception and Implementation of International Law in the United Kingdom

  1. Common Law Jurisdictional Hooks to Assess Compliance with Unincorporated International Treaties: An Impermissible Approach
    Dane Luo and Gabriel Tan

  2. The United Kingdom's Reception of International Human Rights Norms and Its Status as a Liberal Democracy
    Christine Bicknell

  3. Refugee Policies in Transition: Investigating the Impact of International Law on the UK Government's Recent Approaches to Asylum and Protection
    Jobair Alam and Md. Naimul Hasan

  4. The ECHR: A Limitation on Parliamentary Sovereignty or a Protective Tool for Our Rights?
    Kelly Rowney

  5. The Law of Treaty Withdrawal in the United Kingdom: The Case for Closing the Gaps
    Frederick Cowell

Part Two: Regional Reception of International Law

  1. Northern Ireland's Agency in International Law
    Kathryn McNeilly and Aoife O'Donoghue

  2. International Law at the Senedd
    Sara Moran

  3. Incorporating International Human Rights Law in Scotland
    Erin Ferguson

Part Three: The United Kingdom's Contributions to International Law and Its Responses to Contemporary Global Problems

  1. The United Kingdom and Unilateral Export Controls: Managing Great Power Competition, the Trade-Security Nexus, and International Law
    Nina M Hart

  2. The UK Approach to the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Enabled Military Systems: Diluting the Level of Required Human Oversight
    Elliot Winter

  3. We're All in This Together: International Environmental Law in Post-Brexit Britain
    James Harrison

  4. Commerce and the Crown: A Measure for Measures of Immunity
    Gopal Subramanium and Ankit Malhotra

  5. "As British.. as Fish and Chips"? Just How Committed Is the UK to the Rule of Law When It Comes to International Law and Norms?
    Chris Monaghan

Conclusion
Nina M Hart, Dane Luo and Michael Lane

Biography

Michael Lane is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Worcester, UK.

Nina M Hart is a Visiting Lecturer at King’s College London, UK, and Visiting Professor at Pusan National University, South Korea.

Dane Luo is the Farthing Scholar in Administrative Law at Pembroke College, University of Oxford, UK, and a Stipendiary Lecturer in Law at St John’s College, University of Oxford, UK.

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