Participants in the international legal system : multiple perspectives on non-state actors in international law / / edited by Jean d'Aspremont ; foreword by W. Michael Reisman ; presentation by Math Noortmann

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910456972003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2011
• ISBN: 1-136-72493-1; 1-283-24164-1; 9786613241641; 0-203-81683-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (497 p.)
• Collana: Routledge Research in International Law
• Altri autori (Persone): AspremontJean d'; NoortmannMath; ReismanW. Michael <1939-> (William Michael)
• Disciplina: 341.2
• Soggetti: Non-state actors (International relations); International relations; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Participants in the International Legal System: Multiple perspectives on non-state actors in international law; Copyright; Contents; Cases and statutes; Notes on contributors; Foreword: Veritas vos liberabit; Acknowledgments; Presentation; Introduction: non-state actors in international law: oscillating between concepts and dynamics; PART I Theoretical perspectives; 1 Non-state actors from the perspective of legal positivism: the the secondary rules of international law; 2 Non-state actors from an international constitutionalist perspective: participation matters!; 3 Non-state actors from the perspective of the Pure Theory of Law4 Non-state actors from the perspective of the policy- oriented school: power, law, actors and the view from New Haven; 5 Towards an interdisciplinary approach to non- state participation in the formation of global law and order; PART II The regional perspectives; 6 Non- state actors in French legal scholarship: international legal personality in ; question; 7 Non-state actors in North American legal scholarship: four lessons for the progressive and critical international lawyer; 8 Non-state actors in Southeast Asia: how does civil society contribute towards norm- building in a state- centric environment?9 Contemporary Russian perspectives on non- state actors: fear of the loss of state sovereignty; PART III Institutional perspectives; 10 Non-state actors from the perspective of the International Court of Justice; 11 Non-state actors from the perspective of the International Law Commission; 12 Non-state actors from the perspective of the Institut de Droit international; 13 Non-state actors from the perspective of international criminal tribunals; 14 Non-state actors from the perspective of the International Committee of the Red Cross15 The International Law Association and non- state actors: professional network, public interest group or epistemic community?; 16 NGOs' perspectives on non-state actors; PART IV Subject- matter based perspectives; 17 Non-state actors and human rights: corporate responsibility and the attempts to formalize the role of corporations as participants in the international legal system; 18 Non-state actors in international humanitarian law; 19 Non-state actors in international criminal law; 20 Non-state actors in international institutional law: non-state, inter-state or supra-state? The peculiar identity of the intergovernmental organization21 Non-state actors in international peace and security: non- state actors and the use of force; 22 Non- state actors in international dispute settlement: pragmatism in international law; 23 Non-state actors in international investment law: the legal personality of corporations and NGOs in the context of investor-state arbitration; 24 Non-state actors in international environmental law: a Rousseauist perspective; 25 Non-state actors in refugee law: l'état, c'est moi. Refugee law as a response to non- state action
• Sommario/riassunto: The international legal system has weathered sweeping changes over the last decade as new participants have emerged. International law-making and law-enforcement processes have become increasingly multi-layered with unprecedented numbers of non-State actors, including individuals, insurgents, multinational corporations and even terrorist groups, being involved. This growth in the importance of non-State actors at the law-making and law-enforcement levels has generated a lot of new scholarly studies on the topic. However, while it remains uncontested that non-State actors are now?playing an