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



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Autore: Dale John G Visualizza persona
Titolo: Free Burma [[electronic resource] ] : transnational legal action and corporate accountability / / John G. Dale Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4529-4589-6
0-8166-7653-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910781214503321
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