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Title: Extradition's Paradox: Duty, Discretion, And Rights in the World of Non-Inquiry.
Author : Stanford Journal of International Law
Release Date : January 22, 2007
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 315 KB

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INTRODUCTION As international law grows increasingly preoccupied with the status of individuals, (1) international extradition, once considered exclusively within the realm of foreign policy and state-to-state relations, now finds itself saturated with concerns of human rights. Throughout its history, international extradition law--an intricate doctrinal web spun by treaties, statutes, the workings of national politics, and concerns of transnational comity (2)--has resisted the incursion of individual rights concerns, dismissing them as inconvenient to the pursuit of broader policy goals. As extradition remains a creature of treaties, (3) their negotiators and architects have little incentive to sacrifice state power and discretion for the protection of rights of would-be fugitives.