Commitment and compliance the role of non-binding norms in the international legal system / [electronic resource] :
edited by Dinah Shelton.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007, c2000.
- 1 online resource (xxvi, 560 p.)
- Oxford scholarship online. Law module. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : law, non-law and the problem of 'soft law' / Dinah Shelton -- Normative development in the international legal system / Christine Chinkin -- Choosing to comply : theorizing from international relations and comparative politics / Peter M. Haas -- Beyond compliance : helping nations cooperate / Richard B. Bilder -- Interdependence, globalization, and sovereignty : the role of non-binding international legal accords / Wolfgang H. Reinicke and Jan Martin Witte -- The role of soft law in a global order / Mary Ellen O'Connell -- Commentary : compliance with international soft law / Jonathan L. Charney -- The General Assembly ban on driftnet fishing / Donald R. Rothwell -- Pesticides and chemicals : the requirement of prior informed consent / Mohamed Ali Mekouar -- The legal status and effect of Antarctic recommended measures / Christopher C. Joyner -- Selected Agreements concluded pursuant to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals / Clare Shine -- Commentary and conclusions / Alexandre Kiss -- International efforts against money laundering / Beth Simmons -- 'Soft law' in a 'hybrid' organization : the International Organization for Standardization / Naomi Roht-Arriaza -- Policy guidance and compliance : the World Bank operational standards / Laurence Boisson de Chazournes -- Environmental norms in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum / Lyuba Zarsky -- Commentary : compliance with non-binding norms of trade and finance / David A. Wirth -- A hard look at compliance with 'soft' law : the case of the OSCE / Erika B. Schlager -- International Labor Organization : recommendations and similar instruments / Francis Maupain -- Inter-American human rights law, soft and hard / Douglass Cassel -- Human rights codes for transnational corporations : the Sullivan and McBride Principles / Christopher McCrudden -- Commentary and conclusions / Dinah Shelton -- Multilateral arms control / Dinah Shelton -- The system of non-proliferation export controls / David S. Gualtieri -- Protection of nuclear materials / Barry Kellman -- International regulation of land mines / Richard L. Williamson, Jr. -- Commentary / Abram Chayes and Dinah Shelton -- Conclusions : understanding compliance with soft law / Edith Brown Weiss -- Editor's concluding note : the role of non-binding norms in the international legal system / Dinah Shelton.
Commitment and Compliance is the first book to evaluate the impact of state behavior of international norms adopted in forms that are not legally binding. The use of such `soft law' has increased dramatically with the proliferation of international organizations. Whether and how such norms can be used effectively to supplement or substitute for legally binding obligations forms the heart of this discussion.