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Chapter 1. Introduction – Michael Devitt at Eighty (Andrea Bianchi) -- Part I: Philosophy of linguistics -- Chapter 2. Invariance as the mark of the psychological reality of language (John Collins) -- Chaprer 3. Priorities and diversities in language and thought (Elisabeth Camp) -- Part II: Theory of reference -- Chapter 4. Theories of reference: What was the question? (Panu Raatikainen) -- Chapter 5. Multiple grounding (François Recanati) -- Chapter 6. Reference and causal chains (Andrea Bianchi) -- Chapter 7. The qua-problem for names (dismissed) (Marga Reimer) -- Chapter 8. Language from a naturalistic perspective (Frank Jackson). Chapter 9. Michael Devitt, cultural evolution and the division of linguistic labour (Kim Sterelny) -- Part III: Theory of meaning -- Chapter 10. Still for direct reference (David Braun) -- Chapter 11. Naming and non-necessity (Nathan Salmon) -- Chapter 12. Against rigidity for general terms (Stephen P. Schwartz) -- Chapter 13. Devitt and the case for narrow meaning (William G. Lycan) -- Chapter 14. Languages and idiolects (Paul Horwich) -- Part IV: Methodology -- Chapter 15. Explanation first! The priority of scientific over "commonsense" metaphysics (Georges Rey) -- Chapter 16. Experimental semantics, descriptivism and anti-descriptivism. Should we endorse referential pluralism? (Genoveva Martí) -- Part V: Metaphysics -- Chapter 17. Scientific realism and epistemic optimism (Peter Godfrey-Smith) -- Chapter 18. Species have historical not intrinsic essences (Marion Godman and David Papineau) -- Part VI: Michael Devitt's Responses -- Chapter 19. Stirring the possum: Responses to the Bianchi papers (Michael Devitt).

By providing an overview of the different theoretical approaches to and perspectives on international law, this book takes readers through fourteen of the most important theories of international law, explaining their origins, core components, and the influence they have had.

pt. I. Non-state actors in the theory of international law -- pt. II. The empirical approach : selected non-state actors -- pt. III. Participation by non-state actors in international legal processes -- pt. IV. Non-state actors' accountability : the quest for new paradigms.

Part One The Fight against Terrorism in Historical Perspective: 1 Countering Terrorism: A Historical Perspective ; 2 Constitutionalising Emergency Powers in Modern Europe ; 3 Liberal State Responses to Terrorism and Their Limits ; 4 The Role of Modern States in the Decline and Demise of Terrorism -- Part Two Balancing Security Concerns and Individual Freedoms ; 5 Terrorism and Human Rights Paradigms The United Kingdom after 11 September 2001 ; 6 Terror Financing, Guilt by Association and the Paradigm of Prevention in the 'War on Terror' ; 7 United We Stand: National Courts Reviewing Counterterrorism Measures ; 8 'The Last Refuge of the Tyrant'? Judicial Deference to Executive Actions in Time of 'Terror' ; 9 The Abuse of Executive Powers: What Remedies? ; 10 The UN Security Council, Counterterrorism and Human Rights -- Part Three Is There a Need for New Legal Paradigms? ; 11 Judicial Balancing in Times of Stress: A Comparative Constitutional Perspecti ; 12. International Law, Counterterrorism and the Quest for Checks and Balances: Why the Calling Sirens of Constitutionalism Should Be Resisted.