Looming disasters mostly require collective action but international law is traditionally consent based. For a state to be bound by international law, it needs to have ratified a treaty (e.g. concerning climate change) or must be bound by customary international law. This horizontal form of...

The monograph focuses on the human rights challenges that are associated with the involvement of States in economic activities and on the role that international law has to play in addressing and understanding some of those challenges. State-owned entities are looked at through the lens of...

The emergence of international corporate personhood -- The international corporate person in international law : judge-made law -- The international corporate person in international law : texts and practices -- Theorizing international corporate personhood -- Political bodies and the bodyless...