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Record Nr.

UNINA9910522593103321

Autore

Rouas Virginie

Titolo

Achieving Access to Justice in a Business and Human Rights Context. : An Assessment of Litigation and Regulatory Responses in European Civil-Law Countries / / Virginie Rouas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, 2022

London : , : University of London Press, , 2022

ISBN

1-911507-19-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxx, 390 pages)

Collana

OBServing Law

Disciplina

341.48094

Soggetti

Human rights

International business enterprises - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Part I. Setting the scene: access to justice and corporate accountability in Europe; 1. Introduction. -- 2. Corporate accountability and access to justice in international and European legal frameworks. --3. The rise of transnational litigation against multinational enterprises. -- Part II. Suing multinational enterprises in Europe: comparing national experiences in civil law jurisdictions; 4. Civil litigation against multinational enterprises in France and the Netherlands. -- 5. Criminal litigation against multinational enterprises in France and the Netherlands. -- 6. Holding multinational enterprises liable in France and the Netherlands. -- Part III. Future pathways for access to justice in business and human rights; 7. Achieving access to justice in Europe through mandatory due diligence legislation. -- 8. Achieving access to justice through an international treaty on business and human rights. -- 9. Conclusions

Sommario/riassunto

Achieving Access to Justice in a Business and Human Rights Context explores the interplay between access to justice and business and human rights- a growing area of international human rights law- in European civil-law countries.