Corporate responsibility under the Alien Tort Statute
Subtitle: enforcement of international law through US torts law
By: by Michael Koebele.
Series: Developments in international law -- v. 61
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9789004173651
Subjects: United States; Government liability -- United States; Tort liability of corporations -- United States; Government liability (International law); Tort liability of corporations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Actionability standards; title: International criminal law; title: Civil and political rights; title: Labor standards; title: Environmental destruction; title: Application to TNCS; title: Norms that can be violated only by state actors; title: Norms that can be violated by everyone; title: Corporate shield; title: Lack of personal jurisdiction; title: Forum non conveniens; title: Nonjusticiability issues; title: Duress.