The Reality of Private Rights, Duties, and Participation in the International Legal Process

22 Pages Posted: 13 Oct 2009

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Jordan J. Paust

University of Houston Law Center

Date Written: October 12, 2009

Abstract

This essay identifies the reality of private rights, duties, and participation in the international legal process. Awareness of various forms of private individual, group, and institutional participation can help to avoid false myth and guide realistic inquiry concerning identification and clarification of private rights, duties, and competencies and forms of private participation in normative formation and sanction processes. Clearly, international law has not been merely the province of the “state.”

Keywords: Alien Tort Claims Act, authority, corporations ,human right, immunity, international crime, international law, norms, participants, participation, private actor, private duty, process of review, realism, sanctions, self-determination, United Nations Charter

Suggested Citation

Paust, Jordan J., The Reality of Private Rights, Duties, and Participation in the International Legal Process (October 12, 2009). Michigan Journal of International Law, Vol. 25, No. 1229, 2004, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1487719

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