Informal international lawmaking / edited by Joost Pauwelyn, Ramses A Wessel, and Jan Wouters.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pauwelyn, Joost, editor.

Wessel, Ramses A., editor.

Wouters, Jan, 1964- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International law.

Soft law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Many international norms that have emerged in recent years are not set out in formal treaties. They are not concluded in formal international organizations. They frequently involve actors other than formal state representatives. In the realm of finance, health, security, or the environment, international lawmaking is increasingly 'informal': It takes place in networks or loosely organized fora; it involves a multitude of stakeholders including regulators, experts, professionalorganizations and other non-state actors; it leads to guidelines, standards or best practices. This book critically ass

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Tables of Cases; Table of Instruments; List of Abbreviations; An Introduction to Informal International Lawmaking; I. Conceptual Approaches to Informal International Lawmaking; 1. Informal International Lawmaking: Framing the Concept and Research Questions; 2. The International Legal Form and Status of Informal International Lawmaking Bodies: Consequences for Accountability; 3. Informal International Lawmaking: A Conceptual View from International Relations

4. The Economics of Informal International Law: An Empirical Assessment5. Legal Approaches to Global Governance and Accountability: Informal Lawmaking, International Public Authority, and Global Administrative Law Compared; II. Legal Nature of Informal International Lawmaking; 6. Is It International Law or Not, and Does It Even Matter?; 7. The Legal Nature of Informal International Law: A Legal Theoretical Exercise; 8. From a Pluralization of International Norm-making Processes to a Pluralization of the Concept of International Law

9. Reflexive Butterfly Catching: Insights from a Situated CatcherIII. Impact of Informal International Lawmaking; 10. International Courts and Informal International Law; 11. The Interaction of Formal and Informal International Lawmaking; 12. The Limits of Informal International Law: Enforcement, Norm-generation, and Learning in the ICN; IV. Accountability of Informal International Lawmaking; 13. Towards a Typology of Informal International Lawmaking Mechanisms and their Distinct Accountability Gaps; 14. Operationalizing Accountability in Respect of Informal International Lawmaking Mechanisms

15. Towards an Index of Accountability for Informal International Lawmakers?16. Private Regulators in Law; 17. Making Informal International Law Accountable: Lessons from the EU; V. Domestic Elaboration and Implementation of Informal International Lawmaking; 18. Domestic Public Authorities within Global Networks: Institutional and Procedural Design, Accountability, and Review; 19. Keeping Domestic Soft Law Accountable: Towards a Gradual Formalization; 20. US Implementation of Basel II: Lessons for Informal International Lawmaking

21. The Role of Domestic Administrative Law in the Accountability of Informal International Lawmaking: The Case of the ICHInformal International Lawmaking: An Assessment and Template to Keep It Both Effective and Accountable; Index; Footnotes

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-174224-4

1-283-70591-5

0-19-163317-8

0-19-163316-X

OCLC:

818851592