ABSTRACT
In his contribution, Nicolas Leroux shows that the question of legal personality has always been central in the French legal scholarship. French legal scholars have always approached the phenomenon of non-state actors through the prism of international personality. While contending that focusing on legal personality makes it difficult to capture some realities, such as the normative influence of non-state actors, Nicolas Leroux argues that many insights can still be reaped from studying the question of non-state actors from the vantage point of legal personality. However, Nicolas Leroux argues that, to remain meaningful, the yardstick of legal personality that infuses the French legal scholarship ought to be refreshed.
