1 Introduction&Jonathan Verschuuren 1
PART 1 NON-STATE LAW IN THEORY 11
2 What is non-state law？ Mapping the other hemisphere of the legal world&Marc Hertogh 11
3 Philip Selznick： incipient law， state law and the rule of law&Martin Krygier 31
4 The point of law： the interdependent functionality of state and non-state regulation&Sanne Taekema 56
5 Can there be law without the state？ The Ehrlich-Kelsen debate revisited in a globalizing setting&Bart van Klink 74
6 Ehrlich’s non-state law and the Roman jurists&Olga Tellegen-Couperus 94
PART 2 NON-STATE LAW IN PRACTICE 109
7 Environmental regulation and non-state law： the future public policy agenda&Neil Gunningham 109
8 The hardness of soft law in the United Kingdom： state and non-state regulatory activities related to nanotechnological development&Barbel Dorbeck-Jung and Marloes van Amerom 129
9 Barristers beyond the law： state and non-state actors work in partnership to enforce legal and moral norms&Jenny Job 151
10 In a world without a sovereign： native title law in Australia&Francesca Dominello 168
11 Regulating the living will： the role of non-state law at the end of life&Oliver W.Lembcke 191
12 The influence of court judgments on non-state law&Hans Peters 209
13 Conclusions and challenges： towards a fruitful relationship between state regulation and non-state law&Hanneke van Schooten and Jonathan Verschuuren 221
Index 231