Achieve Quote by Richard A. Falk

The fact that Universal Jurisdiction exists in relation to serious international crimes does convey two important aspects of the global reality: first, that such…

— Richard A. Falk

It is on balance desirable to encourage Universal Jurisdiction, and to create pressure from below to make application of such jurisdiction as consistent as…

— Richard A. Falk

This issue of expanding the reach of international criminal law by reliance on the use of Universal Jurisdiction by domestic courts needs to be…

— Richard A. Falk

The weaknesses and biases of the international mechanisms of accountability make it seem desirable to extend the domain of accountability by empowering domestic courts…

— Richard A. Falk

If you want to be sovereign, act sovereign.

— Vine Deloria Jr

The administration of private justice between the citizens of the same state, the supervision of agriculture and of other concerns of a similar nature,…

— Alexander Hamilton

Laws are the sovereigns of sovereigns.

— Louis XIV

It is an established principle of jurisprudence in all civilized nations that the sovereign cannot be sued in its own courts, or in any…

— Roger B. Taney

Law is the sovereign of sovereigns

— Louis Xiv

In the first place, it is to be remembered, that the general government is not to be charged with the whole power of making…

— James Madison

There is one universal law that has been formed, or at least adoptedby the majority of mankind. That law is justice. Justice forms the…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Ultimate authority in a global system remains with sovereigns. Governments will not have it any other way: politicians face instant rejection from their electorate…

— Michael Ignatieff