Non-State Actors and International Law

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Contents: Introduction: relativizing the subjects or subjectivizing the actors: is that the question? Part I Non-State Actors in the Theory of International Law: The subjects of international law, Hersch Lauterpacht Critical reflections on the Westphalian assumptions of international law and organization: a crisis of legitimacy, A. Claire Cutler (I can't get no) recognition: subjects doctrine and the emergence of non-state actors, Jan Klabbers The emergence of non-governmental organizations and transnational enterprises in international law and the changing role of the state, Daniel ThA rer Paul Ricoeur and international law: beyond 'the end of the subject', Janne E. Nijman. Part II The Empirical Approach: Selected Non-State Actors: The individual and the international legal system, Robert McCorquodale Nongovernmental organizations and international law, Steve Charnovitz The invisible college of international lawyers, Oscar Schachter. Part III Participation by Non-State Actors in International Legal Processes: Law Making: NGOs, the International Criminal Court and the politics of writing international law, Michael J. Struett The Ottawa Convention banning landmines, the role of international non-governmental organizations and the idea of international civil society, Kenneth Anderson Law Adjudication: The amicis curiae before international courts and tribunals, Lance Bartholomeusz Law Enforcement: The environmental accountability of the World Bank to non-state actors: insights from the inspection panel, Alix Gowlland Gualtieri Globalization of human rights: the role of non-state actors, Andrea Bianchi. Part IV Non-State Actors' Accountability: the Quest for New Paradigms: The changing international legal framework for dealing with non-state actors, August Reinisch Punishment of non-state actors in non-international armed conflict, William A. Schabas Torture committed by non-state actors: the developing jurisprudence from the ad hoc tribunals, Jill Marshall Responsibility beyond borders: state responsibility for extraterritorial violations by corporations of international human rights law, Robert McCorquodale and Penelope Simons Overcoming NGO accountability concerns in international governance, Erik B. Bluemel Name index.