Introduction: Stories about international organisations, non-State actors and the formation of customary international law / Sufyan Droubi and Jean d'Aspremont -- International organisations as autonomous actors / Nikolaos Voulgaris -- Capturing the juridical will / Catherine Brolmann -- Opinio Juris : between mental states and institutional objects / Sufyan Droubi -- Beyond the either-or paradigm / Lorenzo Gasbarri -- Between anthropomorphism and artificial unity / Maiko Meguro -- Custom as the product of successful argumentative campaigns / Fabian Cardenas -- Unlearning some common tropes / Jean d'Aspremont -- International organizations and non-State actors in the International Law Commission's conclusions on identification of customary International law / Michael Wood -- The International Law Commission perspective on non-State actors and customary international law / Veronika Bilkova -- The International Law Commission in the eyes of the International Law Commission : mirror or looking-glass? / Luiza Leao Soares Pereira -- The riddle of custom : General Assembly resolutions / Rossana Deplano -- The United Nations Secretariat and custom / Jean-Baptiste Merlin -- The making of custom through sanctions of international organisations / Marusa T. Veber -- The International Committee of the Red Cross and custom / Iris Muller -- Treaty bodies and states : shaping custom / Kasey McCall-Smith -- The contribution to customary international law by territories under international administration / William Thomas Worster -- The formation of customary international law by de facto regimes / Antal Berkes -- Investors in the formation of customary international law / Tomoko Yamashita -- Adjudicators, guardians, and enforcers : taking the role of non-governmental organisations in customary international lawmaking seriously / Valentina Azarova.
Summary:
This collection of essays provides the most comprehensive study of the theory and practice of the contribution of international organisations and non-state actors to the formation of customary international law. The book offers new practical and theoretical perspectives on one of the most complex questions about the making of international law.
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