Abstract
This conference allowed scholars and legal minds to begin exploring issues that are both relevant and extremely important. Despite the relative recency of this field and the concomitant lack of understanding, we might yet be in a position to come to some agreement regarding the functional outcomes affected by non-state actors and an appropriate set of principles that can guide the activities of those organizations, as well as the state’s reactions to those activities. Although discussion and analysis produce far more questions than answers, we believe that a critical first step was taken. While many participants—frankly—left the conference not agreeing as to the definition of non-state governance, unanimity was reached as to its existence. Whether this is akin to Justice Powell’s observation regarding pornography—“I know it when I see it”—remains an open question. What is not an open question is a principled agreement among a broad range of leading thinkers that non-state governance is a living, breathing entity.
Recommended Citation
Enniss, Brittany and Guiora, Amos N.
(2010)
"Introduction,"
Utah Law Review: Vol. 2010:
No.
1, Article 1.
Available at:
https://dc.law.utah.edu/ulr/vol2010/iss1/1