International Law for Common Goods: Normative Perspectives on Human Rights, Culture and Nature [Hardcover]

International law has long been dominated by the State. But it has become apparent that this bias is unrealistic and untenable in the contemporary world as the rise of the notion of common goods challenges this dominance. These common goods  typically values (like human rights, rule of law, etc) or common domains (the environment, cultural heritage, space, etc)  speak to an emergent international community beyond the society of States and the attendant rights and obligations of non-State actors.

This book details how three key areas of international law  human rights, culture and the environment  are pushing the boundaries in this field. Each category is of current and ongoing significance in legal and public discourse, as illustrated by the Syrian conflict (human rights and international humanitarian law), the destruction of mausoleums and manuscripts in Mali (cultural heritage), and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (the environment). Each exemplifies the need to move beyond a State-focused idea of international law.

This timely volume explores how the idea of common goods, in which rights and obligations extend to individuals, groups and the international community, offers one such avenue and reflects on its transformative impact on international law.

International law has long been dominated by the state, but the rise of the notion of common goods challenges this dominance. This volume explores the transformative impact that this is having on international law.Federico Lenzerini is Professor of International and EU Law at the Universit? degli Studi di Siena. Ana Filipa Vrdoljak is Professor of Law and Associate Dean (Research) at the Faculty of Law, the University of Technology, Sydney....this edited collection is a tremendously useful contribution to international legal scholarship, seeking to move the discourse past merely documenting the rise of non-State actors towards thinking in terms of common goods. Italian Yearbook of Internal““