Achieving Access to Justice in a Business and Human Rights Context. : An Assessment of Litigation and Regulatory Responses in European Civil-Law Countries / Virginie Rouas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rouas, Virginie, author.

Rouas, Virginie., Author.

Series:

OBServing law

OBServing Law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights.

International business enterprises--Social aspects.

International business enterprises.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxx, 390 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London 2022

London : University of London Press, 2022.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Achieving Access to Justice in a Business and Human Rights Context explores the interplay between access to justice and business and human rights- a growing area of international human rights law- in European civil-law countries.

Contents:

Part I. Setting the scene: access to justice and corporate accountability in Europe; 1. Introduction.

2. Corporate accountability and access to justice in international and European legal frameworks.

3. The rise of transnational litigation against multinational enterprises.

Part II. Suing multinational enterprises in Europe: comparing national experiences in civil law jurisdictions; 4. Civil litigation against multinational enterprises in France and the Netherlands.

5. Criminal litigation against multinational enterprises in France and the Netherlands.

6. Holding multinational enterprises liable in France and the Netherlands.

Part III. Future pathways for access to justice in business and human rights; 7. Achieving access to justice in Europe through mandatory due diligence legislation.

8. Achieving access to justice through an international treaty on business and human rights.

9. Conclusions

Notes:

Includes index.

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-911507-27-3

1-911507-19-2

OCLC:

1295467488