Advocating social change through international law : exploring the choice between hard and soft international law / / edited by Daniel D. Bradlow, University of Pretoria and American University Washington College of Law, and David B. Hunter, American University Washington College of Law

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910795291003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2020
• ISBN: 90-04-41702-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Collana: China in the World; ; volume7
• Disciplina: 341
• Soggetti: International law - Social aspects; Soft law
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : Exploring the Relationship between Hard and Soft International Law and Social Change / Daniel D. Bradlow and David B. Hunter -- The Softening of Hard Law and the Hardening of Soft Law : an Extended -- Synopsis / Upendra Baxi -- Promoting Social Change through Treaties and Customary International Law : the Experience of the Inter-American Human Rights System / Claudio Grossman -- Children's Rights : Social Change through the Application of Hard and Soft International Law / Ann Skelton -- The International Criminal Court and the Use of Hard Law in the Quest for Accountability for Core International Crimes / Angela Mudukuti -- The Hard Choices in Promoting Environmental Access Rights / Natalia Gomez Peña and David Hunter -- Hard Choices for Soft Commitments in the Climate Change Regime / David B. Hunter -- A Turning Point in a Slow Revolution : the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control / Patricia Anne Lambert -- Soft International Law and the Promotion of Financial Regulation and Responsibility / Daniel D. Bradlow -- Levers for and Obstacles to Social Change : Bank Lending, the Law and the Equator Principles / Sheldon Leader and Luis Felipe Yanes -- Non-Judicial Grievance Mechanisms : Hardening the Soft Law of Corporate Accountability? / Nikki Reisch -- Hard and Soft International Law and ; Their Contribution to Social -- Change : The Lessons Learned / Daniel D. Bradlow & David B. Hunter
• Sommario/riassunto: "The range, scope, scale, and speed of cross- border activity has significantly increased over the past half century.* Today in addition to the linkages created by international trade, foreign investment, international diplomacy, and state- to- state relations, the world is connected through deep and dynamic technological, social, cultural, and environmental interactions. The result is a profound shift towards more international connectedness through migration, trade in goods and services, social media, tourism, education exchanges, cybercrime, communicable diseases, invasive species and environmental pollution.1 Despite the drag caused by persistent and occasionally resurgent nationalism, the intensity and diversity of these interactions is likely to continue growing"--