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Title

Corporations and transnational human rights litigation / Sarah Joseph.

Author

Joseph, Sarah.

Publication

Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2004.

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Description

xii, 177 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

Since the mid-1980s litigants have been exploring ways of holding multinational corporations liable for offshore human rights abuses in the courts of the company's home state. This study examines these developments and the procedural arguments which havebeen used to block litigation.

Series Statement

Human rights law in perspective ; v. 4

Uniform Title

Human rights law in perspective ; v. 4.

Subject

• Economic development > Environmental aspects
• Environmental responsibility
• Human rights
• Jurisdiction (International law)
• Noncitizens > United States
• Tort liability of corporations
• Torts (International law)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. The alien tort claims act -- 3. Other jurisdictional bases in the US -- 4. Procedural obstacles in the US -- 5. A new front: the nike case -- 6. Transnational human rights litigation in other countries -- 7. Parent corporation liability in transnational human rights cases -- 8. Conclusion

ISBN

1841134570

OCLC

56355561

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library