Corporate Responsibility Under the Alien Tort Statute

Enforcement of International Law Through Us Torts Law
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-90-04-17365-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 61, 414 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 835 g

Reihe: Developments in International Law

The Alien Tort Statute (also referred to as the Alien Tort Claims Act) is a US statute that provides a cause of action for violations of international law. While originally used against former dictators and military officials who fled to the U.S. after the respective governments in their home countries have been removed, human rights activists are now targeting transnational corporations or multinational enterprises for human rights violations in connection with their investments made outside the United States.

This book examines and analyzes corporate liability under the Alien Tort Statute.

Zielgruppe

Lawyers, whether external advisors or inhouse; legal scholars; politicians; political scientists; economists and human rights activists interested in the regulation of transnational corporations and in the enforcement of international human rights law, international criminal law, international labor standards and the protection of the environment, will find invaluable guidance in this book.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Koebele, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmenskultur, Corporate Governance

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Koebele is a practising lawyer in an international law firm in Brussels. Before joining private practice, he was a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg, Germany.