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Business and International Crimes
Law Review Articles
1) Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems, Fall 1998 v32 i1 p35-71
A wolf in sheep's clothing: why Unocal should be liable under U.S. law for human rights abuses in Burma. (Unocal Corp.) Leslie Wells.
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Subjects
Human rights - Laws, regulations and rules
Jurisdiction - Laws, regulations and rules
Act of state - Laws, regulations and rules
Tort liability of corporations - Laws, regulations and rules
Statutes
Alien Tort Statute
Cases
Doe v. Unocal Corp. - 963 F. Supp. 880 (C.D. Cal. 1997)
Burma v. Unocal, Inc. - 176 F.R.D. 329 (C.D. Cal. 1997)
Locations
United States; Myanmar
2) Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, Spring 2001 v24 i3 p297-320
Accountability of multinational corporations: the barriers presented by concepts of the corporate judicial entity. (Holding Multinational Corporations Responsible Under International Law) Phillip I. Blumberg.
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Subjects
International business enterprises - Laws, regulations and rules
Juristic persons - Laws, regulations and rules
Locations
United States; International; States
3) Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, Spring 2001 v24 i3 p321-326
Two observations on Holocaust claims. (Holding Multinational Corporations Responsible Under International Law) William J. Bratton.
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Subjects
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
International business enterprises - Negotiation, mediation and arbitration
Holocaust survivors - Finance
Corporation law - Remedies
Locations
International
4) Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, Spring 2001 v24 i3 p327-337
Capital punishment: corporate criminal liability for gross violations of human rights. (Holding Multinational Corporations Responsible Under International Law) Diane Marie Amann.
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Subjects
International business enterprises - Laws, regulations and rules
Capital punishment - Laws, regulations and rules
Criminal liability (International law) - Laws, regulations and rules
Human rights - Laws, regulations and rules
Locations
International; States; United States
5) Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, Spring 2001 v24 i3 p339-349
Categories of Corporate Complicity in Human Rights Abuses. Andrew Clapham & Scott Jerbi.
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Subjects
International business enterprises - Laws, regulations and rules
Tort liability of corporations - Laws, regulations and rules
Statutes
Alien Tort Statute
Locations
United States; International
6) Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, Spring 2001 v24 i3 p351-360
Which torts in violation of the law of nations? (Holding Multinational Corporations Responsible Under International Law) William S. Dodge.
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Subjects
International business enterprises - Laws, regulations and rules
Tort liability of corporations - Laws, regulations and rules
Statutes
Alien Tort Statute
Locations
United States; International
7) Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, Spring 2001 v24 i3 p361-380
Multinational corporate liability under the Alien Tort Claims Act: some structural concerns. (Holding Multinational Corporations Responsible Under International Law) Michael D. Ramsey.
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Subjects
International business enterprises - Laws, regulations and rules
Tort liability of corporations - International aspects
Jurisdiction (International law) - Laws, regulations and rules
Statutes
Alien Tort Statute
Locations
United States; International
8) Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, Spring 2001 v24 i3 p381-400
U.S. jurisdiction over conflicts arising outside the United States: some hegemonic implications. (Holding Multinational Corporations Responsible Under International Law) Ugo Mattei & Jeffrey S. Lena.
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Subjects
Jurisdiction (International law) - Laws, regulations and rules
Locations
United States; International
9) Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, Spring 2001 v24 i3 p401-422
Corporate liability: enforcing human rights through domestic litigation. (Holding Multinational Corporations Responsible Under International Law) Beth Stephens.
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Subjects
International business enterprises - Laws, regulations and rules
Tort liability of corporations - International aspects
Human rights - Laws, regulations and rules
Locations
United States; International
10) Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, Spring 2001 v24 i3 p423-449
A new approach to corporate responsibility: the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights. (Holding Multinational Corporations Responsible Under International Law) Bennett Freeman; Maria B. Pica; Christopher N. Camponovo.
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Subjects
International business enterprises - Laws, regulations and rules
Corporate governance - International aspects
Human rights - Laws, regulations and rules
Locations
United States; International; United Kingdom
11) Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, Spring 2001 v24 i3 p451-474
Securing transnational corporate accountability through national courts: implications and policy options. (Holding Multinational Corporations Responsible Under International Law) Halina Ward.
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Subjects
International business enterprises - Laws, regulations and rules
Tort liability of corporations - International aspects
Jurisdiction (International law) - Laws, regulations and rules
Statutes
Alien Tort Statute
Locations
United States; International
12) Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, Spring 2001 v24 i3 p475-484
Indigenous rights and multinational corporations at international law. (Holding Multinational Corporations Responsible Under International Law) Patrick Macklem.
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Subjects
International business enterprises - Laws, regulations and rules
Indigenous peoples - Laws, regulations and rules
Tort liability of corporations - International aspects
Locations
United States; International
13) Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, Spring 2001 v24 i3 p485-489
Indigenous peoples, environmental torts and cultural genocide. (Nicaraguan Indians; logging)(Holding Multinational Corporations Responsible Under International Law) Robert Coulter.
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Subjects
Indigenous peoples - Natural resources
Environmental law, International - Interpretation and construction
Logging - Environmental aspects
International business enterprises - Laws, regulations and rules
Locations
Nicaragua; International
14) Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, Spring 2001 v24 i3 p491-502
The international legal rights of indigenous peoples affected by natural resource exploitation: a brief case study. (Colombian Indians)(Holding Multinational Corporations Responsible Under International Law) Martin Wagner.
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Subjects
Indigenous peoples - Natural resources
Environmental law, International - Interpretation and construction
Oil and gas exploration - Environmental aspects
International business enterprises - Laws, regulations and rules
Locations
International; Colombia
15) Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, Spring 2001 v24 i3 p503-506
Indigenous peoples, environmental torts and cultural genocide. (Holding Multinational Corporations Responsible Under International Law) Richard Herz.
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Subjects
Indigenous peoples - Natural resources
Environmental law, International - Interpretation and construction
International business enterprises - Laws, regulations and rules
Tort liability of corporations - Laws, regulations and rules
Statutes
Alien Tort Statute
Locations
International; United States
16) Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy, Fall 1998 p199-214
The Unocal litigation. (1998 Yearbook) Jennifer Lynn Peters.
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Subjects
Tort liability of corporations - International aspects
International business enterprises - Environmental policy
Human rights - Protection and preservation
Companies
Unocal Corp. - Cases
Locations
United States; Myanmar
*** 17) Third World Legal Studies, Annual 1993 p189-201
The accountability of multinational enterprises and the right to development: the compensation of industrial accident victims from developing countries. (Law, Accountability and Development: Challenges and Response - Legal Methodologies of Accountability) P.T. Muchlinski.
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Subjects
Economic development - Health aspects
Workplace accidents - International aspects
International business enterprises - Cases
Tort liability of corporations - International aspects
Locations
international
18) Texas International Law Journal, Spring 1985 v20 n2 p321-331
Theories of parent company liability and the prospects for an international settlement. (Symposium on the Bhopal tragedy) Jay Lawrence Westbrook.
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Subjects
Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster, Bhopal, India, 1984 - Analysis
Foreign investments - Social aspects
Tort liability of corporations - International aspects
Companies
Union Carbide Corp. - Cases
Jurisdiction
India
19) University of San Francisco Law Review, Spring 2003 v37 i3 p563-586
Separating fact from fiction in the debate over application of the Alien Tort Claims Act to violations of fundamental human rights by corporations. (Symposium: Work in the 21st Century - A Look at the Contemporary Labor Movement) Terry Collingsworth.
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Subjects
Human rights - Cases
Corporations - Cases
Statutes
Alien Tort Statute
Jurisdiction
United States; International
*** 20) Proceedings of the Annual Institute on Oil and Gas Law and Taxation, Annual 2002 v53 pCH14(1)
U.S. corporate liablity under the Alien Tort Claims Act: can foreign investment be an international tort? Edwin V. Woodsome Jr.; T. Jason White.
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Subjects
Human rights - Laws, regulations and rules
Foreign investments - Laws, regulations and rules
International business enterprises - Laws, regulations and rules
Tort law - Economic aspects
Statutes
Alien Tort Statute
Jurisdiction
United States
*** 21) Proceedings of the Annual Institute on Oil and Gas Law and Taxation, Annual 2002 v53 pCH15(29)
U.S. liability for overseas business activities: the expanding role of U.S. courts under the Alien Tort Claims Act. George S. Branch; Richard T. Marooney.
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Subjects
Defense (Civil procedure) - Laws, regulations and rules
International business enterprises - Cases
Human rights - Laws, regulations and rules
Statutes
Alien Tort Statute
Jurisdiction
United States
22) New York University Journal of International Law and Politics, Summer 2001 v33 i4 p1001-1100
Is the Alien Tort Statute sacrosanct? Retaining forum non conveniens in human rights litigation. Aric K. Short.
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Subjects
Human rights - Cases
Forum non conveniens - Laws, regulations and rules
Torts (International law) - Laws, regulations and rules
Statutes
Alien Tort Statute
Locations
United States
*** 23) Proceedings of the Annual Meeting-American Society of International Law, Annual 2001 v95 p42-49
Alien tort claims and business liability. (Panel Discussion)
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Subjects
Tort liability of corporations - Laws, regulations and rules
Aliens - Cases
Human rights - Cases
People
Stephens, Beth - Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
Crow, Melissa - Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
Herz, Richard - Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
Myles, Kristin Linsley - Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
Statutes
Alien Tort Statute
Locations
United States
24) Stanford Environmental Law Journal, June 1999 v18 i2 p145-208
Foreign environmental and human rights suits against U.S. corporations in U.S. courts. Armin Rosencranz; Richard Campbell.
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Subjects
Liability for environmental damages - International aspects
Human rights - Laws, regulations and rules
Jurisdiction - Laws, regulations and rules
International business enterprises - Laws, regulations and rules
Statutes
Alien Tort Statute
Locations
United States; International; States
25) Washburn Law Journal, Spring 2002 v41 i3 p399-425
Transnational corporations and environmental damage: Is tort law the answer? Michael Anderson.
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Subjects
International business enterprises - Laws, regulations and rules
Liability for environmental damages - Laws, regulations and rules
Locations
International
26) American Journal of Comparative Law, Fall 2002 v50 i3 p493-529
Asserting Human Rights Against Multinational Corporations Under United States Law: Conceptual and Procedural Problems. Phillip I. Blumberg.
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Subjects
International business enterprises - Laws, regulations and rules
Liability for environmental damages - Laws, regulations and rules
Locations
International
27) Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, March 2002 v35 i2 p719(9)
The multinational and the "new stakeholder": examining the business case for human rights. Scott Greathead.
28) International Lawyer, Spring 2003 v37 i1 p69-102
Transnational enterprise and human rights: options for standard setting and compliance. (Symposium: International Company and Securities Law) Paul Redmond.
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Subjects
Corporate governance - Standards
Human rights - Laws, regulations and rules
International business enterprises - Social aspects
Jurisdiction
International
29) Tulane Law Review, June 2002 v76 i5-6 p1431-1460
Human rights: the emerging norm of corporate social responsibility. (Socio-Economics and Corporate Law Symposium: The New Corporate Social Responsibility) Claire Moore Dickerson.
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Subjects
Corporate social responsibility - Standards
Human rights - Economic aspects
Jurisdiction
United States; International
30) Alternative Law Journal, Feb 2002 v27 i1 p7(5)
Multinational corporations and human rights: questions about their relationship. David Kinley; Sarah Joseph.
Abstract: The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law at Monash University in Australia is planning to initiate a three-year study on the human rights liability of multinational corporations. This article outlines the legal regimes by which multinationals may be held accountable for human rights. It also explains three key questions which will be the basis for the study.
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Subjects
Human rights - Protection and preservation
International business enterprises - Laws, regulations and rules
Corporate social responsibility - Laws, regulations and rules
Locations
International
Organizations
Monash University. Faculty of Law - Research
31) Yale Law Journal, Dec 2001 v111 i3 p435(102)
Corporations and human rights: a theory of legal responsibility. Steven R. Ratner.
Author's Abstract: COPYRIGHT 2001 Yale University, School of Law.
32) The Yale Journal of International Law, Summer 2001 v26 i2 p487-515
ATCA's Achilles heel: corporate complicity, international law and the Alien Tort Claims Act. George E. Edwards.
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Subjects
Tort liability of corporations - International aspects
Human rights - Laws, regulations and rules
International law - Interpretation and construction
Statutes
Alien Tort Statute
Locations
United States; International
33) Ottawa Law Review, Spring 2000 v31 i2 p171-211
Deterring "militarized commerce": the prospect of liability for "privatized" human rights abuses. (corporate liability for human rights abuses carried out by their private armies hired to protect overseas operations)(Canada) Craig Forcese.
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Subjects
Tort liability of corporations - Military aspects
Human rights - Remedies
Armed Forces - Social aspects
Locations
Canada; Internation
34) Brigham Young University Law Review, Fall 1999 v1999 i4 p1139-1213
Collective rights adjudication in U.S. courts: enforcing human rights at the corporate level. Kathryn L. Boyd.
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Subjects
International business enterprises - Cases
Human rights - Cases
International law - Interpretation and construction
Locations
United States
35) Columbia Human Rights Law Review, Spring 1999 v30 i2 p359-419
Corporate violator: the alien tort liability of transnational corportions for human rights abuses abroad. (Symposium in Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights) Gregory G.A. Tzeutschler.
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Subjects
Human rights - Laws, regulations and rules
International business enterprises - Laws, regulations and rules
Statutes
Alien Tort Statute
Cases
Filartiga v. Pena-Irala - 630 F.2d 876 (2d Cir. 1980)
Locations
United States; International
36) Fordham International Law Journal, June 1996 v19 n5 p1963-1984
Corporate initiatives: a second human rights revolution? (International Security in the Post-Cold War Era: Can International Law Truly Effect Global Political and Economic Stability?) Douglass Cassel.
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Subjects
Human rights - Analysis
International business enterprises - Social policy
Locations
international
37) Fordham International Law Journal, Dec 1999 v23 i2 p378-397
The ICC's new legal landscape: the need to expand U.S. domestic jurisdiction to prosecute genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. (Dedicated to the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights: Genocide, War Crimes, and Crimes Against Humanity) Douglass Cassel.
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Subjects
Jurisdiction - Laws, regulations and rules
Genocide - Laws, regulations and rules
War crimes - Laws, regulations and rules
Crimes against humanity - Laws, regulations and rules
Locations
International; United States
Organizations
International Criminal Court (The Hague, Netherlands) - Powers and duties
38) Harvard Law Review, May 2001 v114 i7 p2025
Development in the law: international criminal law.
Abstract: Developments and achievements in international criminal law are assessed. Topics include the effect of international tribunals, including the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, on the development of international humanitarian law. Individual and corporate liability, and domestic liability for violations of international law are also examined. (Only parts dealing with corporate liability have been downloaded).
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Subjects
International offenses - Surveys
Criminal jurisdiction - Surveys
International courts - Surveys
Criminal liability - Surveys
Locations
International; United States
Organizations
United Nations. International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
- Surveys
United Nations. International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda - Surveys
39) Willamette Law Review, Winter 2004 v40 p103
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): Market-Based Remedies for International Human Rights Violations? Eric Engle.
40) Connecticut Journal of International Law, Fall 2003 v19 p1
Human Rights Violations by Multinational Corporations and International Law: Where From Here? Surya Deva.
41) Chicago Journal of International Law, Fall 2003 v4 i2 p305-328
Economic sanctions: public goals and private compensation. (Reconciling Political Sanctions with Globalization and Free Trade) Gary Clyde Hufbauer; Barbara Oegg.
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Subjects
International economic relations
Sanctions (International law)
Free trade
Jurisdiction
International
42) ACCA Docket, June 2003. v21 p23.
An Alien’s Action for Tort: Potential Corporate Liability for Human Rights Abuses Abroad. James P. Barry, Robert J. Meyer.
43) University of Richmond Law Review, March 2000 v34 i1 p1-283
Nuremberg in America: litigating the Holocaust in United States courts. Michael J. Bazyler.
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Subjects
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Cases
Restitution and indemnification claims (1933- ) - Analysis
Locations
United States
44) Berkeley Journal of International Law, Wntr 2002 v20 i1 p11(34)
The Holocaust restitution movement in comparative perspective. (civil litigation in the US) Michael J. Bazyler.
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Subjects
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
World War II, 1939-1945
Restitution and indemnification claims (1933- ) - Comparative analysis
Locations
United States; International; Germany; Switzerland
45) Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Summer 1999 v19 i2 p167-201
Human rights codes for transnational corporations: what can the Sullivan and MacBride Principles tell us? (Review) Christopher McCrudden.
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Subjects
International business enterprises - Social aspects
Locations
International; United Kingdom
46) Fordham International Law Journal, April 2001 v24 i4 p1402-1476
Rich and rare are the gems they war: holding De Beers accountable for trading conflict diamonds. Lucinda Saunders.
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Subjects
Diamond industry - Laws, regulations and rules
Gems - Laws, regulations and rules
War crimes - Laws, regulations and rules
Companies
De Beers Botswana Mining Company (Proprietary) Ltd. - Political activity
Locations
Africa; International
47) Columbia Human Rights Law Review, Spring 2001 v32 i2 p517-563
Plaintiff pseudonymity and the Alient Tort Claims Act: questions and challenges. Jed Greer.
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Subjects
Anonymous parties to actions - Laws, regulations and rules
Aliens - Laws, regulations and rules
Discovery (Law) - Laws, regulations and rules
Civil procedure - Laws, regulations and rules
Statutes
Alien Tort Statute
Locations
United States
48) Virginia Journal of International Law, Wntr 2000 v40 i2 p547-638
Litigating environmental abuses under the Alien Tort Claims Act: a practical assessment. Richard L. Herz.
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Subjects
Tort liability of corporations - Laws, regulations and rules
Liability for environmental damages - Laws, regulations and rules
Statutes
Alien Tort Statute
Locations
United State
49) Berkeley Journal of International Law, Wntr 2002 v20 i1 p91(69)
Corporate complicity: from Nuremberg to Rangoon: an examination of forced labor cases and their impact on the liability of multinational corporations. Anita Ramasastry.
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Subjects
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
World War II, 1939-1945
Restitution and indemnification claims (1933- ) - Laws, regulations and
rules
Forced labor - Laws, regulations and rules
International business enterprises - Laws, regulations and rules
Criminal liability (International law) - Laws, regulations and rules
Tort liability of corporations - Laws, regulations and rules
Locations
International
50) Berkeley Journal of International Law, Wntr 2002 v20 i1 p45(46)
The amorality of profit: transnational corporations and human rights. Beth Stephens.
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Subjects
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
World War II, 1939-1945
Restitution and indemnification claims (1933- ) - Laws, regulations and
rules
Human rights - Laws, regulations and rules
International business enterprises - Laws, regulations and rules
Criminal liability (International law) - Laws, regulations and rules
Locations
International
51) International Affairs, January 2001 v77 i1 p31-48
Human Rights and Multinationals: Is There a Problem? Peter T. Muchlinski.
52) The Yale Journal of International Law, Wntr 2002 v27 i1 p1-57
Translating Filartiga: a comparative and international law analysis of domestic remedies for international human rights violations. Beth Stephens.
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Subjects
Human rights - Cases
Jurisdiction (International law) - Cases
Cases
Filartiga v. Pena-Irala - 630 F.2d 876 (2d Cir. 1980)
Locations
United States; International
Legal Newspaper or Bar Journal Articles
1) Legal Times, July 21, 2003 v26 i29 p1 col 1 (50 col in)
Gathering storm: suits that claim overseas abuse are putting U.S. executives on alert and their lawyers on call. (corporate liability for human rights violations by foreign governments) Jenna Greene.
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Subjects
Jurisdiction (International law) - Analysis
Employer liability - International aspects
Human rights - Laws, regulations and rules
International business enterprises - Laws, regulations and rules
Statutes
Alien Tort Statute
Jurisdiction
United States; International
2) New Jersey Law Journal, April 29, 2002 v168 i5 pS-13(3)
All the world's a forum: businesses that benefit from the increased globalization of commerce also face increased risks of liability abroad. Eugene Gulland.
Full Text: COPYRIGHT 2002 American Lawyer Media L.P.
3) ABA Journal, Oct 2003 v89 p20(1)
Old law bares its teeth: Alien Tort Claims Act bites international firms. Jenny B. Davis.
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Subjects
Jurisdiction - Laws, regulations and rules
Tort liability - Laws, regulations and rules
Statutes
Alien Tort Statute
Jurisdiction
International
4) New Law Journal, Nov 20, 1998 v148 i6865 p1706(2)
Accountability of transnationals for human rights abuses. (part 2)(United Kingdom) Richard Meeran.
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Subjects
International business enterprises - Social aspects
Human rights - Protection and preservation
Tort liability of corporations - International aspects
Locations
United Kingdom
5) The National Law Journal, Sept 15, 2003 v26 i3 p38 col 2 (35 col in)
Human rights switcheroo: door closes on alien claims. (Editorial) Peter Ulrich Weiss.
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Subjects
Social policy - Political aspects
Human rights - Political aspects
Statutes
Alien Tort Statute
Jurisdiction
United States; International
6) The National Law Journal, Sept 15, 2003 v26 i3 p11 col 1 (15 col in)
Environmental suit disallowed under U.S. statute: court sees limits to Alien Tort Claims Act. (2d US Court of Appeals) Mark Hamblett.
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Subjects
Subject matter jurisdiction - Laws, regulations and rules
Environmental justice - International aspects
Statutes
Alien Tort Statute
Jurisdiction
United States
7) The Los Angeles Daily Journal, June 17, 2003 v116 i116 p1 col 5 (35 col in)
Panel weighs Unocal liability in slavery suit. (US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, whether US multinational corporations can be held liable for human rights abuses in overseas ventures) Pamela A. MacLean.
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Subjects
Jurisdiction (International law) - Laws, regulations and rules
Intentional torts - Cases
Human rights - Laws, regulations and rules
Human rights - International aspects
Joint ventures - Laws, regulations and rules
Companies
Unocal Corp. - Cases
Statutes
Alien Tort Statute
Jurisdiction
United States; International; Myanmar
8) The National Law Journal, June 9, 2003 v25 i42 p1 col 4 (50 col in)
9th Circuit spurns U.S. over alien tort claims: a big Unocal case is still to be argued. (Alvarez-Machain v. U.S. and Sosa, Doe and Roe v. Unocal Corp.) Marcia Coyle.
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Subjects
Federal jurisdiction - Laws, regulations and rules
Criminal liability of juristic persons - Laws, regulations and rules
Statutes
Alien Tort Statute
Jurisdiction
United States
9) California Lawyer, Sept 2001 v21 i9 p36(5)
The court of last resort. (a Seattle lawyer represents Solomon Island Villagers in a suit against a London-based mining company) Pamela A. MacLean.
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Subjects
Solomon Islands - Natural resources
Copper industry - Environmental aspects
Companies
Bougainville Copper Ltd. - Cases
People
Berman, Steve W. - Cases
Statutes
Alien Tort Statute
Locations
United States
10) California Lawyer, Jan 2000 v20 i1 p17(1)
Alien attack: an old law is making U.S. corporations accountable. (subject-matter jurisdiction under the Alien Tort Claims Act) Brian Johns.
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Subjects
International business enterprises - Cases
Torts - Cases
Statutes
Alien Tort Statute
Locations
United States
11) Beyond voluntarism: Developing international legal accountability for companies in relation to human rights. David Petrasek, International Council on Human Rights Policy, March 2001.
Books & Chapters
1) Addo, M.K. Human rights standards and the responsibility of Transnational
Corporations. Kluwer, 1999.
A compilation of essays that examines the nature and scope of corporate responsibility to human rights, particularly as it relates to transnational corporations. It takes a look at the changing nature and role of the multinational corporation and its regulation under both domestic and international law. The essays are divided into six broad themes and provide case studies on human rights issues that may arise through commercial enterprise. The volume is the outcome of a three-day conference involving a wide range of stakeholders.
p. 3 – Human Rights and Transnational Corporations
Michael K. Addo
p. 131 – Regulating Multinational Corporations in a World of Nation States
Jessica Woodroffe
p. 145 – The Responsibility of Parent Corporations for the Human Rights Violations of Their Subsidiaries.
Worth Loomis
p. 197 – Strategies for the Application of Human Rights to Business
Sune Skadegard Thorsen
p. 209 – Human Rights and Company Law
Janet Dine
p. 239 – Economic and Social Human Rights, Private Actors and International Obligations
Sigrun I. Skogly
p. 259 – The Legal Status of the Multinational Corporation Under International Law
Nicola Jägers
p. 289 – Privatisation and Accountability: Developing Appropriate Institutions in Commonwealth Africa
John Hatchard
2) Meyer, W.H Human Rights and International Political Economy in the Third World Nations: Multinational Corporations, Foreign Aid, and Repression. Praeger 1998.
This book takes a critical look at the activities of multinational corporations in third world countries. The attendant impact that direct foreign investment has on human rights’ issues in these nations is also analyzed.
3) Picciotto S Regulating International Business Beyond Liberalization Oxfam 1999.
A volume of 14 essays with contributions from academics, non-governmental organisations, trade unions and business practitioners. It addresses the cardinal issue on whether there can be an effective regulatory framework for international business. It also provides some illuminating thoughts on the politics behind corporate accountability.
4) Sullivan R. (Ed) Business and Human Rights: Dilemmas and Solutions. Greenleaf Publishing 2003.
Recently published edited collection of essays. It is divided into two main sections. The first section examines the reasons why human rights have become an important consideration for companies. The second section considers how businesses have primarily responded to human rights issues. It has an illuminating sub-section on supply chains, which comprises of four case studies. It also addresses the current debate on the impact that company operations have on the rights of indigenous peoples. The book also highlights the positive contributions; multinational corporations have had on critical human rights issues as HIV/AIDS.
5) Kamminga, M and Zia-Zafiri (Eds.) Liability of Multinational Corporations Under International Law. Kluwer 2000.
This is the seventh volume in the series titled Studies and Materials on the Settlement of International Disputes. It examines the duties and obligations that corporations have under international law and how they can be called to accountability for human rights and environmental breaches.
6) Fujita, H.; Suzuki, I.; and Nagano, K. (Eds.) War and the Rights of Individuals: Renaissance of Individual Compensation. Nippon Hyoron-sha 1999.
7) Scott, C. (Ed.) Torture as Tort: Comparative Perspectives on the Development of
Transnational Human Rights Litigation. Hart 2001.
8) Steinhardt, R. and D’Amato, A. (Eds.) The Alien Tort Claims Act: An Analytical Anthology. Transnational Publishers 1999.
9) Bottomley, S. and Kinley, D. (Eds.) Commercial Law and Human Rights. Dartmouth Publishing 2002.
10) Jägers, N. Corporate Human Rights Obligations: In Search of Acountability. Intersentia 2002.
11) Simpson, C. (Ed.) War Crimes of the Deutsche Bank and the Dresdner
Bank. Holmes & Meiers Publishers 2002.
NGO & IGO Reports & Publications
1) Code of Conduct for Businesses. Salil Tripathi. Amnesty International 1999.
2) Human Rights Principles for Companies. Amnesty International 1998.
3) Solidarity Action for Universal Rights, Making Multinational Companies Accountable, Protesting Human Rights in a ‘Globalised’ Economy. Amnesty International 1999.
4) Community Redress and Multinational Enterprises. Alice Palmer. Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development 2003.
5) Sudan, Oil, and Human Rights. Human Rights Watch 2003.
6) Accountability of Private Businesses: A Question of Sustainability and Human Rights. Romina Picolotti & Jorge Daniel Taillant. International Council on Human Rights Policy 2002.
7) Adding Values: Business, the WTO, and Human Rights. Caroline Dommen. International Council on Human Rights Policy 2002.
8) Beyond Voluntarism: Human Rights and the Developing International Legal Obligations of Corporations. International Council on Human Rights Policy 2002.
9) Business and Human Rights: UK Report. Sarbjit Nahal. International Council on Human Rights Policy 2002.
10) Corporate Accountability in Search of a Treaty? Some Insights from Foreign Direct Liability. Halina Ward. Royal Institute of International Affairs 2002.
11) Legal Issues in Corporate Citizenship. Halina Ward. International Institute for Environment and Development 2003.
12) Governing Multinationals: The Role of Foreign Direct Liability. Halina Ward. Royal Institute of International Affairs 2001.
13) Controlling Corporate Wrongs: The Liability of Multinational Corporations. Amanda MacDonald. International Restructuring Education Network Europe 2000.
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