Human rights and corporate wrongs : closing the governance gap / Simon Baughen, Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law, College of Law and Criminology, Swansea University, UK.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baughen, Simon, author.

Series:

Corporations, globalisation, and the law.

Corporations, globalisation and the law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International business enterprises--Law and legislation.

International business enterprises.

Social responsibility of business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, United Kingdom : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The effects of globalisation, together with the increase in foreign investment and resource development within the developing world, have created a context for human rights abuses by States in which transnational corporations are complicit. This timely book considers how these 'governance gaps', as identified by Professor John Ruggie, may be closed. Simon Baughen examines the status of corporations under international law, the civil liability of corporations for their participation in international crimes and self-regulation through voluntary codes of conduct, such as the 2011 UN Guiding Princ

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preliminary table of authorities; Introduction; 1. Corporations and international law; 2. Suing in the US (1): Jurisdiction; 3. Suing in the US (2): The Alien Tort Statute 1789 and statutory causes of action; 4. The 'law of nations' as a cause of action in the US; 5. Tort claims against transnational corporations in the US; 6. Tort claims against transnational corporations in the UK; 7. Customary international law as a cause of action outside the US; 8. Voluntary codes and the UN Guiding Principles; 9. Conclusion; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-85793-476-7