VUW Law Review - Volume 38 - issue 2

Special Symposium Issue
International Law and Democratic Theory
edited by Campbell McLachlan QC

Preface Campbell McLachlan  157

Introducing the Themes José E Alvarez  159

Hegemonic Federalism: The Democratic Implications of the UN Security Council's "Legislative" Phase  Craig Forcese  175

An Undemocratic Guardian of Democracy – International Human   Rights Complaint Procedures  Shotaro Hamamoto  199

The Democratic Challenge of Incorporation: International Human Rights Treaties and National Constitutions  Joanna Harrington   217

Using Human Rights Treaties to Resolve Ambiguity: the Advent of  A Rights-Conscious Charming Betsy Canon   Melissa A Waters     237

Regionalising International Refugee Law in the European Union: Democratic Revision or Revisionist Democracy?  Jane McAdam   255

Refugee Status in Japan: Change of Judicial Practice in the Democratic State Osamu Arakaki   281

For the Rights of "Nobodies": the Globalising Tension between Human Rights and Democracy  Koji Teraya   299

The Importance of Being Quasi-Democratic –the Domestication of International Human Rights in American and Arab Politics   David Mednicoff   317

Democratising or Demonising the World Heritage Convention?    Natasha Affolder   341

International Law and the Legitimate Determination of Risk: Is Democratising Expertise the Answer?   Jacqueline Peel   363

Deliberation and Legitimacy in Transnational Governance: The Case of Environmental Impact Assessments   Neil Craik   381

Democratic Custom v International Customary Law  Nicole Roughan   403

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