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Corporate Responsibility under the Alien Tort Statute
In his book, Michael Koebele examines the potential liability of transnational corporations under the Alien Tort Statute (also known as Alien Tort Claims Act) for violations of international law in connection with their operations and investments worldwide.
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General principles for business and human rights in international law
In General Principles for Business and Human Rights in International Law Ludovica Chiussi Curzi offers a critical analysis of the relevance of general principles of law in the multifaceted business and human rights field.
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The Changing Role of Criminal Law in Controlling Corporate Behavior
This report addresses the use of criminal sanctions to control corporate behavior—prosecutions both of corporations and of employees for actions taken on corporations’ behalf. The authors describe the current state of the use of criminal sanctions in controlling corporate behavior, describe how the current regime developed, and offer suggestions about how the use of criminal sanctions to control corporate behavior might be improved.
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Accountability and Corporate Human Rights Violations in Tort and International Law
This volume identifies a coherent legal principle in order to establish a novel duty of care for corporate human rights violations and environmental damages. It examines whether tort and civil law offer better accountability and remedies for victims of corporate human rights abuses, and carries out an in-depth and critical analysis of the concept of corporate accountability. Moreover, a fundamental part of this book is devoted to examining the extent to which international criminal law influences international human rights law in its use of tort law and civil law remedies. Finally, the book sets out a theoretical mechanism for duty of care, as well as a proposal for the establishment of a 'Hybrid International Transnational Corporation Court' that would have the potential to effectively interpret the concept of the corporate duty of care under tort law.
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Corporate Complicity in Israel's Occupation
The Russell Tribunal on Palestine is a people’s tribunal in the spirit of the Tribunal on Vietnam that was set up by Bertrand Russell in the 1960s. This book contains a selection of the most vital evidence and testimonies presented at the London session. It includes the papers submitted to the tribunal, written by expert witnesses, based on their detailed research into the companies that prop-up Israeli occupation. Examining the involvement of corporations in the illegal occupation of Palestinian land by Israel, the tribunal of 2010 generated widespread media coverage. The book identifies companies and corporations participating in such illegality and possibilities for legal action against them are discussed. Released to coincide with the South Africa session at the end of 2011, Corporate Complicity in Israel's Occupation is a vital resource to lawyers, journalists and activists hoping to take informed action against Israeli war crimes and occupation.
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Corporations and Transnational Human Rights Litigation
Since the mid-1980s, beginning with the unsuccessful Union Carbide litigation in the USA, litigants have been exploring ways of holding multinational corporations [MNCs] liable for offshore human rights abuses in the courts of the companies’ home States. The highest profile cases have been the human rights claims brought against MNCs (such as Unocal, Shell, Rio Tinto, Coca Cola, and Talisman) under the Alien Tort Claims Act in the United States. Such claims also raise issues under customary international law (which may be directly applicable in US federal law) and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations [RICO] statute. Another legal front is found in the USA, England and Australia, where courts have become more willing to exercise jurisdiction over transnational common law tort claims against home corporations. Furthermore, a corporation’s human rights practices were indirectly targeted under trade practices law in groundbreaking litigation in California against sportsgoods manufacturer Nike. This new study examines these developments and the procedural arguments (eg regarding personal jurisdiction and especially forum non conveniens) which have been used to block litigation, as well as the principles which can be gleaned from cases which have settled. The analysis is important for human rights victims in order to know the boundaries of possible available legal redress. It is also important for MNCs, which must now take human rights into account in managing the legal risks (as well as moral and reputation risks) associated with offshore projects.
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Le guide du gérant de la SPRL
Un vade-mecum à l'usage des gérants de SPRL, pour répondre à toutes leurs questions. Depuis 1935, date de son entrée dans notre Code des sociétés, la SPRL a toujours été, et de loin, la forme de société la plus utilisée en Belgique. En 2009, alors que notre pays était frappé par une crise économique et financière exceptionnelle, plus de 20 000 SPRL furent constituées, ce qui représente plus des 2/3 des sociétés nouvelles en Belgique.
C''est la preuve éclatante que la SPRL est le véhicule idéal pour la PME qui forme notre tissu économique. Entre le commerce exercé à titre personnel avec ses risques et la société anonyme et ses lourdeurs, la SPRL est l''habit parfait pour l''entreprise familiale ou unipersonnelle. Ce livre est conçu comme le « livre de poche » de ces « hommes orchestres » que sont les gérants de SPRL, qui sont, plus encore que les administrateurs de sociétés anonymes, dans l''impossibilité de suivre l''évolution législative galopante et donc les obligations légales qui pèsent sur eux. L''éditeur de ce vade-mecum a voulu qu''il soit jalonné de questions que se posent le plus souvent les gérants. Une liste de ces questions se trouve d'ailleurs en début d''ouvrage pour aider le lecteur à trouver plus facilement leur réponse. Un guide pratique pour comprendre le droit des sociétés qui entoure les SPRL belges. À PROPOS DE L'AUTEUR Jean-Pierre Renard est avocat aux Barreaux de Bruxelles et de Nivelles, où il est également juge suppléant au tribunal de commerce. Il est spécialisé en droit commercial (notamment en droit des sociétés et en restructurations d'entreprises) et en droit pénal financier.Il intervient comme conférencier sur ces sujets et est auteur de nombreux livres et articles. Il a notamment écrit chez le même éditeur le Guide pratique du conseil d'administration et de l'assemblée général e.
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Business, Human Rights and Transitional Justice
This book considers the efficacy of transitional justice mechanisms in response to corporate human rights abuses.
Corporations and other business enterprises often operate in countries affected by conflict or repressive regimes. As such, they may become involved in human rights violations and crimes under international law ‒ either as the main perpetrators or as accomplices by aiding and abetting government actors. Transitional justice mechanisms, such as trials, truth commissions, and reparations, have usually focused on abuses by state authorities or by non-state actors directly connected to the state, such as paramilitary groups. Innovative transitional justice mechanisms have, however, now started to address corporate accountability for human rights abuses and crimes under international law and have attempted to provide redress for victims. This book analyzes this development, assessing how transitional justice can provide remedies for corporate human rights abuses and crimes under international law. Canvassing a broad range of literature relating to international criminal law mechanisms, regional human rights systems, domestic courts, truth and reconciliation commissions, and land restitution programmes, this book evaluates the limitations and potential of each mechanism. Acknowledging the limited extent to which transitional justice has been able to effectively tackle the role of corporations in human rights violations and international crimes, this book nevertheless points the way towards greater engagement with corporate accountability as part of transitional justice.
A valuable contribution to the literature on transitional justice and on business and human rights, this book will appeal to scholars, researchers and PhD students in these areas, as well as lawyers and other practitioners working on corporate accountability and transitional justice.
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