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Non-state actors and human rights / edited by Philip Alston - Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005 - ix, 387 p. ; 24 cm - Collected courses of the Academy of European Law ; v. 13/3 .

"Academy of European Law, European University Institute in collaboration with the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, New York University School of Law."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-368) and index

The 'not-a-cat' syndrome : can the international human rights regime accommodate non-state actors? / Philip Alston -- The changing international legal framework for dealing with non-state actors / August Reinisch -- The evolving status of NGOs under international law : a threat to the inter-state system? / Menno T. Kamminga -- Economic, social, and cultural human rights and the International Monetary Fund / François Gianviti -- Catching the conscience of the king : corporate players on the international stage / Celia Wells and Juanita Elias -- Corporate responsibility and the international law of human rights : the new Lex Mercatoria / Ralph G. Steinhardt -- The accountability of multinationals for human rights violations in European law / Olivier de Schutter -- Human rights responsibilities of business as non-state actors / David Weissbrodt and Muria Kruger

ISBN: 9780199272822

Standard No.: 9780199272822 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2005007553

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Human rights
Juristic persons
International business enterprises--Law and legislation

LC Class. No.: K3240 / .N66 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 341.4/8