Corporate human rights violations : global prospects for legal action /
Stefanie Khoury and David Whyte.
- x, 210 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Ripe series in global political economy .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-199) and index.
Introduction : the rarefied politics of global legal struggles -- From economic cannibalism to corporate human rights liabilities -- Different shades of voluntarism -- A manufactured consensus -- Tort law and the struggle against corporate human rights violations -- Struggles for corporate accountability in the human rights courts -- 'Human' rights for profit -- Conclusion : new mechanisms of accountability for corporate human rights violations?
9781138659551 (hbk)
2016025347
Corporate governance--Law and legislation--Social aspects. Social responsibility of business. Human rights.