The Legal Status of International Non-governmental Organizations: Analysis of Past and Present Initiatives (1912-2012)

As an unelected source of power outside the state system, international non-government organizations (INGOs) raise difficult questions of legality and legitimacy, contends Ben-Ari (law, Bar-Ilan U., Israel), who here aims to review and evaluate attempts since 1912 to propose a formal status for INGOs. He presents a historical chronology of efforts to regulate INGOs that sets the stage for an evolutionary doctrinal sequence and then evaluates contemporary discourses against this developed doctrinal sequence. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)