LEADER 04661nam 22007574a 450 001 9910453898303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-92119-X 010 $a9786611921194 010 $a90-474-1997-9 024 7 $a10.1163/ej.9789004156869.i-284 035 $a(CKB)1000000000550117 035 $a(EBL)468338 035 $a(OCoLC)646788972 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000156908 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11179212 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000156908 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10130783 035 $a(PQKB)11519713 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC468338 035 $a(OCoLC)152561700 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789047419976 035 $a(PPN)174400705 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL468338 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10270746 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL192119 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000550117 100 $a20070607d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aForeign investment, human rights and the environment$b[electronic resource] $ea perspective from South Asia on the role of public interntional law for development /$fby Shyami Fernando Puvimanasinghe 210 $aLeiden ;$aBoston $cMartinus Nijhoff$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (320 p.) 225 0 $aNijhoff eBook titles 2007 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-04-15686-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tPreliminary Material /$rShyami Fernando Puvimanasinghe -- $tChapter One. Introduction /$rShyami Fernando Puvimanasinghe -- $tChapter Two. The Context and Concepts of This Study /$rShyami Fernando Puvimanasinghe -- $tChapter Three. Transnational Corporations and Public International Law /$rShyami Fernando Puvimanasinghe -- $tChapter Four. International Law Standards: Three Dimensions /$rShyami Fernando Puvimanasinghe -- $tChapter Five. The Roles of Home and Host States /$rShyami Fernando Puvimanasinghe -- $tChapter Six. Regional and National Arrangements /$rShyami Fernando Puvimanasinghe -- $tChapter Seven. The Interventions of Non-State Actors /$rShyami Fernando Puvimanasinghe -- $tChapter Eight. Reflections /$rShyami Fernando Puvimanasinghe -- $tBibliography /$rShyami Fernando Puvimanasinghe -- $tIndex /$rShyami Fernando Puvimanasinghe. 330 $aEvents like the Bhopal disaster, the sale of products harmful to human health and safety, and child labour, especially in resource-scarce settings, raise fundamental issues of human dignity and ecological integrity. From a legal perspective, and in the context of Foreign Direct Investment by Transnational Corporations in developing countries, they highlight the lacuna of a holistic international legal framework and its implementation. This book embodies a critique of the complex web of public international law principles on economics, human rights and the environment, and their convergence or lack thereof, related regional (South Asian) and domestic (Sri Lankan) legal arrangements, interventions of states and non-state actors towards just, equitable and sustainable development. It is a quest for a middle path in the multidisciplinary landscape of international law, development and North-South power dynamics; globalization of free trade and investment and of social and environmental interests; and salient aspects of the philosophical, socio-economic and legal fabric of South Asia, viewed against the evolving, controversial and elastic sphere of international relations and law where consensus has hitherto been an elusive dream. 606 $aLaw and economic development 606 $aEnvironmental law, International 606 $aInvestments, Foreign$xLaw and legislation 606 $aSustainable development$xLaw and legislation$zSouth Asia 606 $aHuman rights$zSouth Asia 606 $aInvestments, Foreign$xLaw and legislation$zSouth Asia 606 $aEnvironmental law$zSouth Asia 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLaw and economic development. 615 0$aEnvironmental law, International. 615 0$aInvestments, Foreign$xLaw and legislation. 615 0$aSustainable development$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aHuman rights 615 0$aInvestments, Foreign$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aEnvironmental law 676 $a300 700 $aPuvimanasinghe$b Shyami Fernando$0933216 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453898303321 996 $aForeign investment, human rights and the environment$92100492 997 $aUNINA