Prosecuting corporations for genocide
Kelly, Michael J
Prosecuting corporations for genocide - London Oxford University Press 2016 - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In this age of globalization, multinational corporations have risen to become the dominant actors on the world stage. They increasingly invest in the developing world and, in so doing, sometimes become complicit, financially and otherwise, in genocides that occur in there. While corporations can realize enormous profits from such complicity, they are immune from international prosecution in The Hague. This book proposes new legal pathways to prosecute multinational corporations by creating a framework for international criminal jurisdiction.
9780190238919
Tort liability of corporations.
Criminal jurisdiction.
Jurisdiction (International law)
Crimes against humanity.
Genocide.
Corporate governance--Law and legislation.
K1329.5 / .K45 2016
345.0251 / KE-P
Prosecuting corporations for genocide - London Oxford University Press 2016 - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In this age of globalization, multinational corporations have risen to become the dominant actors on the world stage. They increasingly invest in the developing world and, in so doing, sometimes become complicit, financially and otherwise, in genocides that occur in there. While corporations can realize enormous profits from such complicity, they are immune from international prosecution in The Hague. This book proposes new legal pathways to prosecute multinational corporations by creating a framework for international criminal jurisdiction.
9780190238919
Tort liability of corporations.
Criminal jurisdiction.
Jurisdiction (International law)
Crimes against humanity.
Genocide.
Corporate governance--Law and legislation.
K1329.5 / .K45 2016
345.0251 / KE-P