Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Preliminary Material / Christopher Harding and C.L. Lim -- Contributors / Christopher Harding and C.L. Lim -- Preface / Christopher Harding and C.L. Lim -- 1 The Significance of Westphalia: An Archaeology of the International Legal Order / Christopher Harding and C.L. Lim -- 2 Regionalism in International Law-Making and the Westphalian Legacy / Olufemi Elias -- Commentary / Christopher Harding and C.L. Lim -- 3 Authority and Personality: Non-State Entities as Law-Givers? / C.L. Lim -- Commentary / Christopher Harding and C.L. Lim -- 4 Collective Regional Security and Evolving Methods of Dealing with Confrontations / Hilaire McCoubrey -- Commentary / Christopher Harding and C.L. Lim -- 5 The Media and International Law in European Foreign Policy During the Bosnia-Herzegovina Crisis / Anthony Carty -- Commentary / Christopher Harding and C.L. Lim -- 6 Non-Governmental War Crimes Tribunals: A Forgotten Arena of International Criminal Justice? / Emily Haslam -- Commentary / Christopher Harding and C.L. Lim -- 7 The International and European Control of Crime / Christopher Harding -- Commentary / Christopher Harding and C.L. Lim -- 8 Regionalism, Asylum and Solidarity in Europe / Colin Harvey -- 9 The Evolution of the European Regulation of Asylum: From Geneva to Amsterdam / Carole Lyons -- Commentary Chapter 8 and 9 / Christopher Harding and C.L. Lim -- 10 The European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and the Evolution of Fundamental Rights in the ‘private Domain’ / Siobhán McInerney -- Commentary / Christopher Harding and C.L. Lim -- 11 Legal Mechanisms of Transnational Economic Co-Operation: International and European Dimensions / ‘Gbenga Bamodu -- Commentary / Christopher Harding and C.L. Lim -- 12 The Economics of Sovereignty / John Linarelli -- Commentary / Christopher Harding and C.L. Lim.

This collection of papers addresses two main themes: firstly, whether there is a distinctively European contribution to or even leadership in the contemporary formation and evolution of international law; secondly, the extent to which non-governmental actors (e.g. NGOs, international organizations, companies, individuals) contribute decisively to the formation of international law at the present time. These issues are explored within a number of different contexts of contemporary significance, in particular: the protection of human and minority rights; protection of the environment; control of transnational organized crime; prosecution of war crimes and crimes against humanity; the definition of statehood and the right to self-determination; transnational commercial and economic activity. The discussion is firmly located within the theory of international law and relations and also the continuum of international history. Comparisons are drawn with both global and other regional developments to test the hypothesis of a 'European international law'. The work will be of interest to teachers, students and practitioners (legal and otherwise) in the field of international law and relations.

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