"The 15 essays in this book began as papers presented at the Seventh Four Societies Conference hosted at Waseda University, Tokyo, in June 2018, by the Japanese

Changing Actors in International Law explores actors other than the ‘state’ in international law focusing on under-researched actors (quasi-states, trans-go

Kate Parlett's study of the individual in the international legal system examines the way in which individuals have come to have a certain status in internation

Non-state actors have always been treated with ambivalence in the works of international law. While their empirical existence is widely acknowledged and their i

Advocating Social Change through International Law explores the strategic use of hard and soft international law to advocate for social change in a variety of c