TY - BOOK AU - Parlett,Kate TI - Individual in the international legal system: continuity and change in international law T2 - Cambridge studies in international and comparative law SN - 9781139077934 AV - KZ3920 .P37 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - Cambridge, UK, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Persons (International law) KW - Personnes (Droit international) KW - LAW KW - Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Individuals KW - pplt KW - Individual rights and duties KW - International legal personality KW - Human rights KW - International humanitarian law KW - International criminal law KW - Public international law KW - Law KW - ukslc KW - Natural persons in public international law N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I. The Framework: 1. Structures of the international legal system; Part II. The Individual in International Law: 2. The individual and international claims; 3. The individual in international humanitarian law; 4. The individual in international criminal law; 5. The individual in international human rights law; Part III. Reassessing the Framework: 6. Reflections on the structures of the international legal system N2 - "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 international law, from the first treaties conferring rights and capacities on individuals through to the present day. The analysis cuts across fields including human rights law, international investment law, international claims processes, humanitarian law and international criminal law in order to draw conclusions about structural change in the international legal system. By engaging with much new literature on non-state actors in international law, she seeks to dispel myths about state-centrism and the direction in which the international legal system continues to evolve"--; "In the relatively open and flexible international system of the 21st century, the formal status of entities may seem to have little significance. Whether an individual is a direct right-bearer or an indirect beneficiary of an inter-state obligation may seem to be a distinction without a difference for the operation of the primary rules of international law: either way, the individual benefits from some substantive right, held either directly or through its state of nationality. But when it comes to the operation of secondary rules, the distinction assumes practical significance"-- UR - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511921858 UR - https://0-www.cambridge.org.catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/core/product/identifier/9780511921858/type/BOOK UR - http://site.ebrary.com/id/10470684 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=366195 UR - http://www.survey.bris.ac.uk/standrews/cambridgebooksonlinetrial UR - https://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy11pdf03/2010036888.html ER -