Pauwelyn: Informal International Law-Making: Mapping the Action and Testing Concepts of Accountability and Effectiveness

Joost Pauwelyn (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies - Law) has posted Informal International Law-Making: Mapping the Action and Testing Concepts of Accountability and Effectiveness. Here's the abstract:

This paper introduces and frames an ongoing research project on informal international law-making (IN-LAW). It defines what is meant by "informal" on three axes: output informality, process informality and actor informality. The core substantive question addressed is how to balance the effectiveness of this new model of international cooperation with perceived problems of accountability. The paper offers working definitions of accountability and different lenses through which levels of accountability can be assessed.