Free Burma [[electronic resource] ] : transnational legal action and corporate accountability / / John G. Dale

• Autore: Dale John G
• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (328 p.)
• Disciplina: 341.5/82
• Soggetto geografico: United States Foreign relations Law and legislation; Burma International status; Burma Politics and government 1988-; United States Foreign relations Burma; Burma Foreign relations United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Burma's struggle for democracy and human rights before 1988 -- Locating power in the free Burma movement -- Free Burma laws : legislating transnational sanctions -- Corporate "death penalty" : executing charter revocation -- Alien tort claims : adjudicating human rights abuses abroad.
• Sommario/riassunto: When the military's ruling party violently quashed Burma's pro-democracy movement, diplomatic condemnation quickly followed--to little effect. But when Burma's activists began linking the movement to others around the world, the result was dramatically different. This book is the first to explain how Burma's pro-democracy movement became a transnational social movement for human rights. Through the experience of the Free Burma movement, John G. Dale demonstrates how social movements create and appropriate legal mechanisms for generating new transnational political opportunities. He presents th
• Titolo autorizzato: Free Burma
• ISBN: 1-4529-4589-6; 0-8166-7653-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818574703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II