Multinational enterprises and tort liabilities : an inter-disciplinary and comparative examination / Muzaffer Eroglu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eroglu, Muzaffer.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing.

Series:

Corporations, globalisation, and the law.

Corporations, globalisation, and the law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tort liability of corporations.

International business enterprises--Law and legislation.

International business enterprises.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Conducts an interdisciplinary and comparative examination of tort liabilities of multinational enterprises (MNEs). This work examines the social, economic, managerial and legal characteristics of MNEs and compares the findings of this examination to the understanding of MNEs in the way that tort liability is applied to them.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Figures; Preface; Abbreviations; Table of cases; Table of statutes, other statutory and international instruments; Introduction; Part I Concept of multinational enterprise; 1. Social and economic analysis of multinational enterprises; 2. Multinational enterprises as business organizations; 3. The legal structure of multinational enterprises; Part II Exploring the tort liability of multinational enterprises; 4. Jurisdictional problems; 5. Tort liability of multinational enterprises in case law; 6. Comparative laws and principles regarding corporate group liability

7. Liability options beyond the group liability discussionPart III A way forward; 8. Future of MNEs' tort liability; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-308) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-94134-4

9786611941345

1-84844-498-2

OCLC:

437239322