Documenting the recent rise of transnational corporations, Skinner details the business-related human rights and environmental law violations inflicted on local communities - along with the barriers victims face when seeking remedies. This book will interest scholars, policymakers, and anyone concerned about the role of corporations in our increasingly globalized society.
Documenting the recent rise of transnational corporations, Skinner details the business-related human rights and environmental law violations inflicted on local communities - along with the barriers victims face when seeking remedies. This book will interest scholars, policymakers, and anyone concerned about the role of corporations in our increasingly globalized society.
Gwynne L. Skinner was Professor of Law and director of the Immigration Clinic at Willamette University. Along with teaching, Skinner also served as a civil rights and international human rights attorney in Seattle, a civil litigator at Dorsey and Whitney LLP, and a federal and state prosecutor. Her cutting-edge human rights litigation included the representation of individuals in immigrant detention, clients before the European Court of Human Rights, and the Palestinian families and parents of Rachel Corrie in the suit against Caterpillar, Inc. An advisor for the International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR), she was the author of many leading human rights reports.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Part I. Rise of Transnational Corporations, Impact on Human Rights, and Victims' Rights to Remedy 1. Growth and Structure of Transnational Corporations 2. Victims' Rights to Remedy for Business-Related Human Rights Violations 3. Barriers to Judicial Remedies in Host Countries 4. Limits on Subject Matter Jurisdiction over International Human Rights Violations 5. Limited Liability of Parent Corporations 6. Lack of in Personam Jurisdiction over Transnational Corporations and their Affiliates Part II. Legal Barriers to Remedy and How to Overcome Them 7. Overcoming Legal Barriers to Remedy 8. Overcoming Other Barriers to Remedy Conclusion.
Introduction Part I. Rise of Transnational Corporations, Impact on Human Rights, and Victims' Rights to Remedy 1. Growth and Structure of Transnational Corporations 2. Victims' Rights to Remedy for Business-Related Human Rights Violations 3. Barriers to Judicial Remedies in Host Countries 4. Limits on Subject Matter Jurisdiction over International Human Rights Violations 5. Limited Liability of Parent Corporations 6. Lack of in Personam Jurisdiction over Transnational Corporations and their Affiliates Part II. Legal Barriers to Remedy and How to Overcome Them 7. Overcoming Legal Barriers to Remedy 8. Overcoming Other Barriers to Remedy Conclusion.
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