Non-State Actors and International Law (The Library of Essays in International Law)

The expression 'non-state actors' has become part and parcel of the common parlance of international lawyers. Together with the traditional subjects of international law, such as states and international organizations, non-state actors play an important role in international law-making, law-adjudication and law-enforcement processes. Although the subjects/actors discourse takes place in a variety of contexts, most of the time the relevant narrative merely describes how different actors participate in the legal process in any given area. Little attention has been drawn to the theoretical discourse about non-state actors and its relation to the doctrine of the subjects of international law. Whether the solution lies in 'relativizing' the subjects or rather in 'subjectivizing' the actors remains open to doubt. The constant swing of the pendulum from the normative to the descriptive mesmerizes the observer but hardly hides the struggle for determining who may legitimately and authoritatively perform legally relevant acts on the international scene. Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgements......Page 8 Series Preface......Page 10 Introduction......Page 12 Part I Non-state Actors in the Theory of International Law......Page 32 1.Hersch Lauterpacht (1970), 'The Subjects of International Law', in......Page 34 2.Critical reflections on the Westphalian......Page 50 3.(I Can't Get No) Recognition:......Page 68 4.The Emergence of Non-Governmental Organizations......Page 88 5.Paul Ricoeur and International Law:......Page 110 Part II The Empirical Approach: Selected Non-state Actors......Page 150 6.Robert McCorquodale (2006), 'The Individual and the lnternational Legal......Page 152 7.NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW......Page 178 8.Oscar Schachter (l977), 'The Invisible College of International Lawyers',......Page 204 Part III Participation by Non-state Actors in International Legal Processes......Page 214 Law-Making......Page 216 9.NGOs, THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT, AND......Page 218 10.The Ottawa Convention Banning Landmines, the Role of......Page 252 Law Adjudication......Page 282 11.The Amicus Curiae before International Courts and Tribunals......Page 284 Law Enforcement......Page 362 12.THE ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE......Page 364 13.Globalization of Human Rights: The Role of Non-state......Page 406 Part IV Non-state Actors' Accountability:......Page 440 14.The Changing International Legal......Page 442 15.PUNISHMENT OF NON-STATE ACTORS......Page 496 16.Torture Committed by Non-State Actors: The Developing......Page 524 17.Responsibility Beyond Borders: State Responsibility for......Page 536 18.OVERCOMING NGO ACCOUNTABILITY......Page 564 Name Index......Page 632 Non-state actors in the theory of international law The empirical approach : selected non-state actors Participation by non-state actors in international legal processes : law making, law adjudication, law enforcement Non-state actors' accountability : the quest for new paradigms.