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Informationen zum Autor Roland Portmann is a Scientific Collaborator at the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Directorate of International Law, Bern, and a Lecturer in Public International Law at the University of St Gallen, Switzerland. Klappentext This analysis of legal personality in international law combines theory and practical material. Zusammenfassung As one of the fundamental concepts of international law! legal personality is relevant in specialized fields as diverse as investment protection law! human rights law and the law of international institutions. Combining theory and practice! this analysis of legal personality speaks to generalists and specialists! scholars and practitioners. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. The Concept of Personality in International Law: 1. Notion; 2. Conceptions; 3. Significance; Part II. The Conceptions of Personality in International Law: Their Origins and Legal Manifestations: 4. Early doctrine and practice; 5. The states-only conception; 6. The recognition conception; 7. The individualistic conception; 8. The formal conception; 9. The actor conception; Part III. A Framework for Personality in International Law: 10. Appraisal of the conceptions and their assumptions; 11. An individualistic and formal frame of reference; 12. Conclusion.
