1st Edition

Rural and Remote Communities as Non-State Actors A Legal and Moral Argument

54 Pages
by Routledge

54 Pages
by Routledge

54 Pages
by Routledge

While entities as different as armed groups, multinational corporations, political parties, megacities, labour unions, terrorist organisations, or indigenous peoples are mentioned as non-state actors in the relevant literature, rural communities are never referred to. This book addresses the role of rural communities as non-state actors, lifting this invisibility veil with arguments coming from... Read more

Introduction

1 Developing Dialogues on the Non-State Actor Dynamic

Defining Non-State Actors

Non-State Actors in the Changing World

Non-State Actors and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

The Individual as a Non-State Actor: New Directions

The Covid-19 Pandemic and Non-State Actors

The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Non-State Actors

2 Rural Communities: Non-State Actors?

The View From Positivism: Rural Communities in International Law Regimes

The View From New Haven: Mobilised Rural Communities in International Law

The View From Constitutionalism: Rural Communities’ Moral Standing

Taking the Argument Further: Remote Communities in International Law

Conclusion

Biography

Ciprian Nicolae Radavoi has a background in human rights law (lawyer in a firm with cases at the European Court of Human Rights) and diplomacy (consular positions in Northern Africa and Asia). Since 2012 he has taught international law and social justice subjects in China and in Australia and has published extensively on these matters.

David Price has researched and published widely on intellectual property protection in the Arabian Gulf States, including the intersection with international law and international trade. This extends to investor-state dispute settlement in the Gulf States, Indonesia, and Australia. He has worked in institutions in Australia, China, Europe, Indonesia, Oman, and the United Kingdom.