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Book SynopsisAdvocating Social Change through International Law, edited by Professors Daniel Bradlow and David Hunter, explores the use of hard and soft international law in advocating for social change. Using case studies rooted in inter alia human rights, international crimes, environmental protection, public heath, and financial regulation, the book focuses on both state and non-state actors’ strategic choices regarding the use of hard and soft international law in advocating for social change. Looking through the social change lens provides new insights into the interplay between soft and hard international law, the perceived costs and benefits associated with hard and soft international law in different contexts, and the factors affecting the effectiveness of hard and soft approaches to international law.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Abbreviations Notes on Contributors 1 Introduction: Exploring the Relationship between Hard and Soft International Law and Social Change Daniel D. Bradlow and David B. Hunter 2 The Softening of Hard Law and the Hardening of Soft Law: an Extended Synopsis Upendra Baxi 3 Promoting Social Change through Treaties and Customary International Law: the Experience of the Inter-American Human Rights System Claudio Grossman 4 Children’s Rights: Social Change through the Application of Hard and Soft International Law Ann Skelton 5 The International Criminal Court and the Use of Hard Law in the Quest for Accountability for Core International Crimes Angela Mudukuti 6 The Hard Choices in Promoting Environmental Access Rights Natalia Gomez Peña and David B. Hunter 7 The Hard Choice for Soft Commitments in the Climate Change Regime David B. Hunter 8 A Turning Point in a Slow Revolution: the who Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Patricia Anne Lambert 9 Soft International Law and the Promotion of Financial Regulation and Responsibility Daniel D. Bradlow 10 Levers for and Obstacles to Social Change: Bank Lending, the Law and the Equator Principles Sheldon Leader and Luis Felipe Yanes 11 Non-Judicial Grievance Mechanisms: Hardening the Soft Law of Corporate Accountability? Nikki Reisch 12 Hard and Soft International Law and Their Contribution to Social Change: the Lessons Learned Daniel D. Bradlow and David B. Hunter Index
