THERE is a wide diversity in the instruments of so-called soft law which makes the generic
term a misleading simplification. 1 Even a cursory examination of these diverse instruments …

Discussion on soft law has been revived since in the middle of the 1990s. In response to
issues of worldwide importance, such as the protection of the global environment, the …

Is international climate change law softening? Our analysis of this question takes place
against the backdrop of commentaries on the 2015 Paris Agreement as a hallmark of a new …

After a brief review of the history and typology of soft law in public international law, we
approach the concept deductively. We reject the binary view and subscribe to the continuum …

How to understand compliance with soft law? In this chapter I discuss possible elements for
a research program on understanding patterns of compliance with international soft law …

David Hume's words carry a distinct flavour of timeliness when read in the light of present-
day debates concerning soft law. The term soft law, thus delimited, denotes those …

In contemporary politics of migration governance, the criterion of legal validity is hindered by
legal efficiency. Or parliamentary government before executive governance. This tension …

One of the most difficult questions in the informal international lawmaking (IN-LAW) project
as reflected in the present book, concerns the legal nature of the norms. In fact, during …

Abstract In December 2018, the UN General Assembly adopted two Global Compacts: The
Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) and the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular …

Migration is one of the oldest phenomena in human history. Yet recent political discourse on
migration has turned the term into a 'dirty'word leading the public across many transit or …