Corporations and international lawmaking / / Stephen Tully

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910139993503321
• Autore: Tully Stephen
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boston, : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, c2007
• ISBN: 1-282-39624-2; 9786612396243; 90-474-4005-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (528 p.)
• Collana: Nijhoff eBook titles 2007
• Disciplina: 341
• Soggetti: International law; Legislation; Treaties; Soft law; International business enterprises; Pressure groups
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-471) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material / S. Tully -- Chapter 1. Introduction / S. Tully -- Chapter 2. Historical Perspective On Corporate Participation Within The International Legal Order / S. Tully -- Chapter 3. Corporate Contributions To Customary International Law And \'Soft\' International Law / S. Tully -- Chapter 4. Corporate Contributions To Treaty Formation And Implementation / S. Tully -- Chapter 5. Corporations And International Dispute Settlement / S. Tully -- Chapter 6. Conclusions / S. Tully -- Annexes / S. Tully -- Bibliography / S. Tully -- Table Of Cases / S. Tully -- Table Of Instruments / S. Tully -- Index / S. Tully.
• Sommario/riassunto: The classical model of international lawmaking posits governments as exclusively authoritative actors. However, commercially-oriented entities have long been protagonists within the prevailing international legal order, concluding contracts and resolving disputes with governments. Is the international legal personality of corporations undergoing further qualitative transformations ? Corporations influence ; the State practice constitutive of custom and create, refashion or challenge normative rules. The corporate willingness to fill legal lacunae where governments do not exercise their full regulatory responsibility is also observable through resort to alternative legal mechanisms. Corporations moreover contribute directly to treaty negotiations and occupy crucial roles during subsequent implementation. Indeed, an analysis of the access conditions and participatory modalities for non-State actors could support a right to participate under common international procedural law. Their substantive contributions are also evident when corporations participate in enforcing international law against governments through national courts, diplomatic protection (including the WTO) and arbitration (including NAFTA). However, the practice of intergovernmental organizations reveals several challenges including managing corporate interaction with developing country governments and other non-State actors. Acknowledging corporate contributions also has important implications for national regulatory autonomy, the ability of governments to mediate contested policy issues, the democratic legitimacy of the contemporary lawmaking process and an understanding of consent as the underlying basis for international law.