TY  - BOOK
AU  - Koebele,Michael
TI  - Corporate responsibility under the Alien Tort Statute: enforcement of international law through US torts law 
T2  - Nijhoff eBook titles 2009
SN  - 9789047427117
AV  - KF1309.5 .K64 2009
U1  - 342.7308/8 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
KW  - United States
KW  - Alien Tort Claims Act
KW  - Government liability (International law)
KW  - Government liability
KW  - Tort liability of corporations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [393]-407) and index; Preliminary Materials -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Actionability Standards -- Chapter Two. International Criminal Law -- Chapter Three. Civil And Political Rights -- Chapter Four. Labor Standards -- Chapter Five. Environmental Destruction -- Chapter Six. Application To Tncs -- Chapter Seven. Norms That Can Be Violated Only by State Actors -- Chapter Eight. Norms That Can Be Violated by Everyone -- Chapter Nine. Corporate Shield -- Chapter Ten. Lack Of Personal Jurisdiction -- Chapter Eleven. Forum Non Conveniens -- Chapter Twelve. Nonjusticiability Issues -- Chapter Thirteen. Duress -- Bibliography -- Index; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004173651.i-414
ER  -