Corporations and Transnational Human Rights Litigation

Sarah Joseph

ISBN : 9781841134574
Publisher : Hart Publishing Limited U.K.
Publication Year : 2004
Imprint : Hart Publishing
CD Included : No
Pages : 177
Binding : Hardback

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Since the mid-1980s,beginning with the unsuccessful Union Carbide litigation in the USA, litigants have been exploring ways of holding multinational corporations [MNCs] liable for offshore human rights abuses in the courts of the companies' home States. The highest profile cases have been the human rights claims brought against MNCs (such as Unocal, Shell, Rio Tinto, Coca Cola, and Talisman) under the Alien Tort Claims Act in the United States. Such claims also raise issues under customary international law (which may be directly applicable in US federal law) and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations [RICO] statute. Another legal front is found in the USA, England and Australia, where courts have become more willing to exerc...

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