Advocating social change through international law : exploring the choice between hard and soft international law / edited by Daniel D. Bradlow, University of Pretoria and American University Washington College of Law, and David B. Hunter, American University Washington College of Law.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bradlow, Daniel D., editor.

Hunter, David, 1961- editor.

Series:

China in the World; volume7.

China in the World; volume7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International law--Social aspects.

International law.

Soft law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2020.

Summary:

"The range, scope, scale, and speed of cross- border activity has significantly increased over the past half century.* Today in addition to the linkages created by international trade, foreign investment, international diplomacy, and state- to- state relations, the world is connected through deep and dynamic technological, social, cultural, and environmental interactions. The result is a profound shift towards more international connectedness through migration, trade in goods and services, social media, tourism, education exchanges, cybercrime, communicable diseases, invasive species and environmental pollution.1 Despite the drag caused by persistent and occasionally resurgent nationalism, the intensity and diversity of these interactions is likely to continue growing"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : Exploring the Relationship between Hard and Soft International Law and Social Change / Daniel D. Bradlow and David B. Hunter

The Softening of Hard Law and the Hardening of Soft Law : an Extended

Synopsis / Upendra Baxi

Promoting Social Change through Treaties and Customary International Law : the Experience of the Inter-American Human Rights System / Claudio Grossman

Children's Rights : Social Change through the Application of Hard and Soft International Law / Ann Skelton

The International Criminal Court and the Use of Hard Law in the Quest for Accountability for Core International Crimes / Angela Mudukuti

The Hard Choices in Promoting Environmental Access Rights / Natalia Gomez Peña and David Hunter

Hard Choices for Soft Commitments in the Climate Change Regime / David B. Hunter

A Turning Point in a Slow Revolution : the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control / Patricia Anne Lambert

Soft International Law and the Promotion of Financial Regulation and Responsibility / Daniel D. Bradlow

Levers for and Obstacles to Social Change : Bank Lending, the Law and the Equator Principles / Sheldon Leader and Luis Felipe Yanes

Non-Judicial Grievance Mechanisms : Hardening the Soft Law of Corporate Accountability? / Nikki Reisch

Hard and Soft International Law and Their Contribution to Social

Change : The Lessons Learned / Daniel D. Bradlow & David B. Hunter

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-41702-8

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004417021 DOI