Non-State Actor Dynamics in International Law

Taylor & Francis

This book examines the position of non-state actors in international law as law-makers and law-takers and questions whether these different positions can or should be separated from each other. It is an indispensable read for scholars and policy makers wishing to gain new insights into general discourse on non-state actors in international law and the process of norm formation in the international realm. > Non-state actors have always been treated with ambivalence in the works of international law. While their empirical existence is widely acknowledged and their impact and influence uncontested, non-state actors are still not in the centre of international legal research. The idea that non-state actors are not law-makers, however, stands in sharp contrast with the growing notion of non-state actors as law-takers.\nThis book examines the position of non-state actors in international law as law-makers and law-takers and questions whether these different positions can or should be sy