Corporations and transnational human rights litigation:
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.
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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. |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XII, 177 S. 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 1841134570 |
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| adam_text | CORPORATIONS AND TRANSNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LITIGATION SARAH JOSEPH
MONASH UNIVERSITY, MELBOURNE *HART- PUBLISHING OXFORD - PORTLAND OREGON
2004 CONTENTS SERIES EDITOR S PREFACE IX PREFACE XI 1 INTRODUCTION 1
INFORMAL ACCOUNTABILITY 6 SELF REGULATION 7 LEGAL ACCOUNTABILITY 8
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW 8 NATIONAL LAWS 11 EXTRATERRITORIAL LAWS
12 TRANSNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LITIGATION AGAINST CORPORATIONS 13
CRIMINAL LIABILITY 13 CIVIL LIABILITY 14 COMMON LAW AND CIVIL LAW 15
LITIGATION IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 16 LITIGATION IN NON-US
FORUMS 19 CONCLUSION 20 2 THE ALIEN TORT CLAIMS ACT 21 HISTORICAL
DEVELOPMENT OF THE ATCA 21 HUMAN RIGHTS NORMS WITHIN THE LAW OF
NATIONS 22 REQUIREMENT OF STATE ACTION 33 ABSTENTION ISSUES ASSOCIATED
WITH STATE ACTION DOCTRINE 39 ACT OF STATE 40 POLITICAL QUESTION 44
COMITY 46 PRIVATE ACTOR ABUSES 48 A SUMMARY OF CORPORATE COMPLICITY
UNDER ATCA 50 THE INTERNATIONAL TREATY LIMB OF ATCA 53 CHOICE OF LAW
UNDER ATCA 54 THE FUTURE FOR ATCA 55 ROLLING BACK FILARTIGA: ATTACK S
UPON THE ATCA IN LITIGATION 55 POTENTIAL LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENTS 60
CONSEQUENCES OF DEFUSING THE ATCA 61 THE TORTURE VICTIM PROTECTION ACT
61 CONCLUSION 63 VI CONTENTS 3 OTHER JURISDICTIONAL BASES IN THE US 65
TORT JURISDICTION 65 A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF RELEVANT TORT PRINCIPLES 67 DOE
V UNOCAL 68 OTHER EXAMPLES OF TRANSITORY TORT CASES 72 CHOICE OF LAW 74
DO TORT CASES AGAINST PRIVATE SECTOR PARTIES RAISE HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES?
76 JURISDICTION UNDER § 1331 77 LIABILITY UNDER RICO 78 CONCLUSION 81 4
PROCEDURAL OBSTACLES IN THE US 83 PERSONAL JURISDICTION 83 FORUM NOW
CONVENIENS 87 DEFERENCE TO PLAINTIFF S CHOICE 88 ADEQUATE ALTERNATIVE
FORUM 89 PUBLIC INTERESTS CONSIDERATIONS 92 WEIGHING RESPECTIVE PRIVATE
INTERESTS 94 RETALIATORY LEGISLATION: TRUMPING FORUM NON CONVENIENS} 96
CONDITIONAL FNC DISMISSALS 97 CONCLUSION ON FNC IN THE US 98 5 A NEW
FRONT: THE MITE CASE 101 THE CASE OF KASKY V NIKE 101 ASSESSMENT OF THE
NIKE CASE 106 CORPORATE RIGHTS OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION 107 CORPORATE
SILENCE: AN UNDESIRABLE CONSEQUENCE OF THE NIKE CASE 109 IMPROVING THE
QUALITY OF THE DEBATE REGARDING CORPORATIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS 111 6
TRANSNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LITIGATION IN OTHER COUNTRIES 113 ENGLAND 113
EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OVER CORPORATIONS 113 SUBJECT MATTER
JURISDICTION 115 FORUM NON CONVENIENS IN ENGLAND 115 CHOICE OF LAW 119
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF LITIGATION IN ENGLAND 120 AUSTRALIA 122
CANADA 125 CONCLUSION 128 CONTENTS VII 7 PARENT CORPORATION LIABILITY IN
TRANSNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS CASES 129 THE CORPORATE VEIL 129 JOINT
LIABILITY 132 DIRECT PARENT LIABILITY 134 MULTINATIONAL GROUP LIABILITY
138 MULTINATIONAL ECONOMIC NETWORKS 142 CONCLUSION 143 8 CONCLUSION 145
SUMMARY OF CURRENT LITIGATION 145 IS TRANSNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
LITIGATION AGAINST TNCS A GOOD THING ? 148 LITIGATION PRESSURE WILL
INCREASE 151 THE LIMITS OF TRANSNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LITIGATION AGAINST
COMPANIES 153 AN INTERNATIONAL APPROACH? 153 APPENDIX: TABLE OF SELECTED
CASES 155 INDEX 171
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