Table of Contents 1
Introduction&Rudiger WolFrum 1
1. The Democratization of Contemporary International Law- Making Processes and the Differentiation of Their Application&W Michael Reisman 15
Comment&By Georges Abi-Saab 31
The Inadequacy of Law-Making by International Treaties： “Soft Law” as an Alternative？ 39
Comment by Hanspeter Neuhold The Democratization of Contemporary International Law- Making Processes and the Differentiation of Their Application&Comment by Daniel Thurer 53
International Bodies： Their Role in Non-Contractual Law-Making and in the Development of Customary International Law 61
2. The Role of Technical Bodies&William Edeson 63
Restatements of International Law by Technical/Informal Bodies&Comment by Yoram Dinstein 93
3. Reweaving the Fabric of International Law？ Patterns of Consent in Environmental Framework Agreements&Jutta Brunnee 101
International “Lawmaking” by Conferences of the Parties and Other Politically Mandated Bodies&Comment by Gunther Handl 127
Reweaving the Fabric of International Law？ Patterns of Consent in Environmental Framework Agreements&Comment by Geir Ulfstein 145
International Organizations and Non-State Actors： Their Role in Non-Contractual Law-Making and in the Development of Customary International Law 155
4. The Role of International Organizations in Non-Contractual Lawmaking&Ved P. Nanda 157
Lawmaking by International Organizations. Some Thoughts on Non-Binding Instruments and Democratic Legitimacy&Comment by Armin von Bogdandy 171
5. The Security Council as a Law Maker： The Adoption of （Quasi）-Judicial Decisions&Erika de Wet 183
The Security Council as a Law Maker： The Adoption of （Quasi）-Judicial Decisions&Comment by Michael C Wood 227
Lawmaking through the UN Security Council. A Comment on Erika de Wet’s Contribution&By Georg Nolte 237
6. Alternatives to Treaty-Making and Law-Making by Treaty and Expert Bodies in the Council of Europe&Jorg Polakiewicz 245
Alternatives to Treaty-Making and Law-Making by Treaty and Expert Bodies in the Council of Europe&Comment by Joel Trachtman 291
Is the European Experience Duplicable in East Asia？&Comment by Kong Qingjiang 297
7. The Development of International Law： Alternatives to Treaty -Making？ International Organizations and Non-State Actors&Eibe Riedel 301
The Role of Non-State Actors， in Particular of NGOs， in Non-Contractual Law-Making and the Development of Customary International Law&Comment by Stepban Hobe 319
The Development of International Law： Alternatives to Treaty-Making？ International Organizations and Non-State Actors&Comment by Rahmatullah Khan 331
Cross-Cutting Issues 333
8. International Law as an Autopoietic System&Anthony D’Amato 335
The Complementarity of International Treaty Law， Customary International Law， and Non-Contractual Lawmaking&Comment by Christian Tomuschat 401
Complementarity of International Treaty Law， Customary Law， and Non-Contractual Law-Making&Comment by Alain Pellet 409
9. Non-Treaty Law-Making： When， Where and How？&Thomas M. Franck 417
Exercising Delegated Public Powers. Multilateral Environmental Agreements and Multilateral Funds&Comment by Ellen Hey 437
Treaty Law-Making and Non-Treaty Law-Making： The Evolving Structure of the International Legal Order&Comment by Laurence Boisson de Chazournes 463
Potential Subject-Matters and Areas of Non-Treaty （Non- Conventional） Lawmaking. Cross-Cutting Issues&Comment by Daniel Bodansky 481
10. Domestic Consequences of Non-Treaty （Non-Conventional） Law-MakingAnthony Aust 487
In Memory of Triepel and Anzilotti： The Use and Abuse of Non-Conventional Lawmaking&Comment by Francisco Orrego Vicuna 497
Domestic Consequences of Non-Treaty Law-Making&Comment by Susanne Wasum-Rainer 507
11. Proliferation of Actors&Volker Roben 511
Proliferation of Actors&Comment by Pierre-Marie Dupuy 537
The Relevance of Non-State Actors to International Law&Comment by Steve Cbarnovitz 543
Lawmaking through the Interpretation and Application of International Law 557
12. Human Rights Commissions and Treaty Bodies in the UN-System&Gudmundur Alfredsson 559
Impact of Treaty Bodies on the International Legal Order&Comment by Eckart Klein 571
Commissions and Treaty Bodies of the UN System&Comment by Bruno Simma 581
13. Judicial Lawmaking in an Era of “Proliferation” of International Courts and Tribunals： Development or Fragmentation of International Law？&Tullio Treves 587
International Courts and Tribunals： Alternatives to Treaty MakingComment by Abdul G. Koroma 621
List of Contributors 627