Corporations And Transnational Human Rights Litigation (Human Rights Law in Perspective)
Publisher: Hart Publishing (UK)
Published: December 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 177
ISBN-13: 9781841134574
Subjects: International human rights law; Law; Human rights; Jurisdiction (International law); General; Torts (International law)
Description: 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.