ABSTRACT
The chapter by Jörg Kammerhofer looks at the concept of legal personality from the Pure Theory of Law’s theoretical vantage point, applying it to the debate on non-state actors in international law. The Pure Theory’s view of legal personality on a legal-normativistic basis is applied to international law and then its case is restated with respect to non-state actors. Kelsen’s removal of non-legal or pre-legal elements that adhere to many doctrines and their reduction to the legal core has the salutary effect of showing the positive law in force and unmasking the myths that needlessly complicate international legal doctrine.
