Introduction： non-state actors in international law：osciLLating between concepts and dynamics &JEAN D’ASPREMONT 1
PART I Theoretical perspectives 22
1 Non-state actors from the perspective of legal positivism： the communitarian semantics for the secondary rules of international law &JEAN D’ASPREMONT 23
2 Non-state actors from an international constitutionalist perspective： participation matters！&THOMAS KLEINLEIN 41
3 Non-state actors from the perspective of the Pure Theoryof Law&JORG KAMMERHOFER 54
4 Non-state actors from the perspective of the policy-oriented school： power， law， actors and the view from New Haven&ANTHONY D’AMATO 64
5 Towards an interdisciplinary approach to non-state participation in the formation of global law and order&MATH NOORTMANN 76
PART Ⅱ The regional perspectives 82
6 Non-state actors in French legal scholarship： international legal personality in question&NICOLAS LEROUX 83
7 Non-state actors in North American legal scholarship： four lessons for the progressive and critical international lawyer&REMIBACHAND 97
8 Non-state actors in Southeast Asia： how does civil socie contribute towards norm-building in a state-centric environment？&TAN HSIEN-LI 109
9 Contemporary Russian perspectives on non-state actors：fear of the loss of state sovereignty &LAURI MALKSOO 126
PART Ⅲ Institutional perspectives 139
10 Non-state actors from the perspective of the International Court of Justice&GLEIDER I.HERNANDEZ 140
11 Non-state actors from the perspective of the International Law Commission&GENTIAN ZYBERI 165
12 Non-state actors from the perspective of the Institut de Droit international&FRANCOIS RIGAUX 179
13 Non-state actors from the perspective of international criminal tribunals&GUIDO ACQUAVIVA 185
14 Non-state actors from the perspective of the International Committee of the Red Cross&RAPHAEL VAN STEENBERGHE 204
15 The International Law Association and non-state actors：professional network， public interest group or epistemic community？&MATH NOORTMANN 233
16 NGOs’ perspectives on non-state actors &GAELLE BRETON-LE GOFF 248
PART Ⅳ Subject-matter based perspectives 267
17 Non-state actors and human rights： corporate responsibi and the attempts to formalize the role of corporations as participants in the international legal system&ERIC DE BRABANDERE 268
18 Non-state actors in international humanitarian law&CEDRIC RYNGAERT 284
19 Non-state actors in international criminal law&CASSANDRA STEER 295
20 Non-state actors in international institutional law： non-state，inter-state or supra-state？ The peculiar identity of the intergovernmental organization&RICHARD COLLINS 311
21 Non-state actors in international peace and security： non-state actors and the use of force &NICHOLAS TSAGOURIAS 326
22 Non state actors in international dispute settlement：pragmatism in international law&ERIC DE BRABANDERE 342
23 Non-state actors in international investment law： the legal personality of corporations and NGOs in the context of investor-state arbitration&PATRICK DUMBERRY AND ERIK LABELLE-EASTAUGH 360
24 Non-state actors in international environmental law：a Rousseauist perspective &MAKANE MOiSE MBENGUE 372
25 Non-state actors in refugee law： letat， c’est moi.Refugee law as a response to non-state action&PENELOPE MATHEW 390
26 Non-state actors in European Law： enhanced participation of non-state actors in EU law making and law enforcement processes - a quest for legitimacy &DAMIEN GERARD 407
27 Conclusion： inclusive law-making and law-enforcement processes for an exclusive international legal system &JEAN D’ASPREMONT 425
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