Focusing on the adoption of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) in 2011, this timely book charts the field of business and human rights, finding that corporate responsibility to respect human rights is gradually evolving into a binding legal duty in both national and international law. Following the structure of the UNGPs, Peter T. Muchlinski also covers the state duty to protect against business violations of human rights, the corporate responsibility to respect human rights and access to remedies for corporate violations of human rights.
David P. Forsythe presents a compelling introduction to international human rights in a political context.
European Court of Justice. In 1969, in Stauder v City of Ulm, the Court stated in dicta that it must ensure the observance of “the fundamental rights of the individual enshrined in the general principles of Community law and protected ...
In this landmark text, Dinah Shelton offers an insightful overview of the current state of international human rights law: its norms, institutions and procedures, both global and regional.
Contrasting the profit-maximizing approach of North American leagues with the global integrated approach of professional sports governed by national and international governing boards, the book offers a novel model for the latter.
Through an examination of the burgeoning case law in this area, James R. May and Erin Daly reveal a strong overlapping consensus surrounding the meaning of human dignity as a legal right and a fundamental value of nations large and small, ...
This Research Agenda maps thought-provoking research trends for the next generation of interdisciplinary human rights scholars in this particularly troubled time.
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Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences and ... Tourism Destination Management Chris Ryan International Investment Law August Reinisch Sustainable Tourism David ...
Just Business tells the powerful story of how these landmark “Ruggie Rules” came to exist.