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03770aam a2200445 i 4500 001 F2E2DB5E477411EC81CA9FE82DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211117010121 008 210701t20212021miu b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2021014054 020 $a 0472038850 020 $a 9780472038855 020 $a 0472132563 020 $a 9780472132560 035 $a (OCoLC)1198558831 040 $a MiU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d DLC $d OCLCO $d GZL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a K3240 $b .A76 2021 100 1 $a Armoudian, Maria, $e author. 245 10 $a Lawyers beyond borders : $b advancing international human rights through local laws and courts / $c Maria Armoudian. 264 1 $a Ann Arbor : $b University of Michigan Press, $c [2021] 300 $a xiv, 247 pages ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "Despite international conventions and human rights declarations, millions of people have suffered and continue to suffer torture, slavery, or violent deaths, with no remedy or recourse. They have fallen, in essence, "below the law," outside of law's protection. Often violated by their own governments, sometimes with support from transnational corporations, or nations benefiting from human rights violations, how can these victims find justice? Lawyers Beyond Borders reveals the inner workings of the advances and retreats in the quest for redress and restoration of human rights for those whom international legal-political systems have failed. The process of justice begins in the US, with a handful of human rights lawyers steeped in the American tradition of advancing civil rights through civil litigation. As the civil rights movement gained traction and an ample supply of lawyers, this small cadre turned their attention toward advancing international human rights, via the US legal system. They sought to build another piece of the rights revolution, this time for survivors of egregious human rights violations in faraway lands. These cases were among the most unlikely to be slated for victory: The abuses occurred abroad; the victims are aliens, usually with few, if any, resources; the perpetrators are politically powerful, resourced, and well connected, often members of governments, militaries, or multinational corporations. The legal and political systems' structures are mostly stacked against these survivors, many who bear the scars of trauma and terror. Lawyers Beyond Borders is about agency. It is about how, in the face of powerful interests and seemingly insurmountable obstacles-political, psychological, economic, geographical, and physical-a small group of lawyers and survivors navigated a terrain of daunting barriers to begin building, case-by-case, new pathways to justice for those who otherwise would have none"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (163-234) and index. 650 0 $a Human rights advocacy. 650 0 $a Human rights. 650 0 $a Civil rights lawyers $z United States $x Cases. 650 0 $a Lawyers, Foreign. 650 0 $a International law. 650 7 $a Civil rights lawyers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01893265 650 7 $a Human rights. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00963285 650 7 $a Human rights advocacy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00963343 650 7 $a International law. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00976984 650 7 $a Lawyers, Foreign. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00994444 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a Trials, litigation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423712 776 08 $i Online version: $a Armoudian, Maria. $t Lawyers beyond borders $d Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2021 $z 9780472129041 $w (DLC) 2021014055 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220526015729.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F2E2DB5E477411EC81CA9FE82DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search