Business and human rights : the obligations of the European home states /: the obligations of the European home states. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Dalia Palombo.
• Authors: Palombo, Dalia
• Contents: 1. The Case for Legal Reform I. From States to Non-State Actors II. The Legal Framework for Multinational EnterprisesA. Primary and Secondary Rules B. The Standards of Conduct and Review C. The Third Agency Problem III. The Avenues for Legal Change A. Soft Law: Blaming and Shaming B. Litigation Against Companies in Domestic Courts C. Litigation Against States IV. The Perspective of Victims A. Case Studies B. Normative Argument 2. The Obligations of Multinational Companies I. Remedies in the Host StateA. Undercapitalisation B. Investment Law C. Complicity II. Remedies in the Home State A. Soft Laws B. European Union Law C. Domestic Law3. The International Legal Obligations of States I. The Nature of State Obligations A. Negative Obligations B. Positive Obligations C. Overcoming the Dichotomy D. The Duties to Respect, Protect and Fulfil II. The Positive Obligation to Secure that Enterprises Respect Human Rights in the European Convention on Human Rights A. The Obligation to Secure B. The Procedural Duty to Protect and the Right to an Effective Remedy C. The Duty to Fulfil III. The Application to the Case Studies IV. Conclusion 4. Extraterritoriality I. Lex Lata: Extraterritoriality in the European Convention on Human Rights A. Extraterritorial Control B. The Duty to Protect: Territorial Control with Extraterritorial Effects C. The Duty to Fulfil: The Ability to Influence II. Lex Ferenda: The State's Duties and Multinational Enterprises A. Extraterritoriality B. Positive Obligations and Private Enterprises C. The Duty to Protect and Multinational Enterprises D. The Duty to Fulfil and Multinational Enterprises III. The Extraterritorial Application to the Case Studies A. Duty to Protect B. Duty to Fulfil IV. Conclusion 5. An Agenda for Legal Reform I. Duty to Protect A. New Binding ObligationsB. Existing Domestic Laws II. Duty to Fulfil A. Bilateral Investment Treaties and Free Trade Agreements B. Ethical Investment Policies III. Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Oxford : Hart Publishing
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 346.4065; International business enterprises -- Law and legislation -- Europe; Human rights -- Europe
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781509928040
• Related ISBNs: 9781509928057
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