Non-state actor dynamics in international law from law-takers to law-makers

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : non-state actors : international law's problematic case / Math Noortmann & Cedric Ryngaert -- Multinational enterprises as actors in international law : creating "soft law" obligations and "hard law" rights / Peter Muchlinski -- The impact of non-state actors on the international law regime of corporate social responsibility : blessing or curse? / Leyla Davarnejad -- Imposing international duties on non-state actors and the legitimacy of international law / Cedric Ryngaert -- Non-state actors and the international rule of law : revisiting the "realist theory" of international legal personality / Janne E. Nijman -- Observations on the desirability of an enhanced international legal status of the non-state actor / Noemi Gal-Or -- Understanding non-state actors in the contemporary world society transcending the international, mainstreaming the transnational, or bringing the participants back in? / Math Noortmann -- International law-making by non-state actors : changing the model or putting the phenomenon into perspective? / Jean d'Aspremont -- Non-state actors : law-takers or law-makers? Is that the question? / Math Noortmann & Cedric Ryngaert.