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nam a22 7a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
9781138284180 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Transcribing agency |
RULE |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
344.24 HUM 2017 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Human rights in business : |
| Remainder of title |
removal of barriers to access to justice in the European Union. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
New York; |
| Name of publisher |
Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, |
| Year of publication |
2017. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Number of Pages |
146 p. : |
| Dimensions |
24 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Judicial remedies: The issue of jurisdiction; 1.1 Overview; 1.2 Impact of international human rights law on jurisdiction in private international law; 1.2.1 Introduction; 1.2.2 Human rights in private litigation; 1.2.3 International human rights law and jurisdiction in private international law; 1.3 Jurisdiction in private international law in Europe and the US; 1.3.1 Introduction; 1.3.2 The European approach: the Brussels I Regulation; 1.3.2.1 Scope of application; 1.3.2.2 Rules on jurisdiction. 1.3.2.3 Policy debate regarding the reform of the Brussels I Regulation1.3.3 The US approach to jurisdiction; 1.3.3.1 Doctrines that may limit access to US courts in transnational cases; 1.3.3.2 The Alien Tort Statute: presumption against extraterritoriality and personal jurisdiction; 1.3.3.3 Further doctrines that may limit access to US courts in transnational cases; 1.3.3.4 Litigating torts in state courts and/or under state law; 1.3.4 Comparing the EU and US approach to jurisdiction in private international law; 1.4 Residual jurisdiction in Europe; 1.4.1 Introduction. 1.4.2 Forum necessitatis1.4.3 Joining of defendants; 1.4.4 Pursuing civil remedies through criminal jurisdiction; 1.5 Conclusions and recommendations; 2 Judicial remedies: The issue of applicable law; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Legal context; 2.2.1 Foreign direct liability and beyond; 2.2.2 Private international law and extraterritoriality; 2.2.3 Discussion; 2.3 Applicable law; 2.3.1 Rome II Regulation: general rule; 2.3.2 Rome II Regulation: special rule on environmental damage; 2.3.3 Rome II Regulation: relevant exceptions; 2.3.3.1 Overriding mandatory provisions. 2.3.3.2 Rules of safety and conduct2.3.3.3 Public policy; 2.3.4 Discussion; 2.4 Procedural rules and practical circumstances; 2.4.1 General observations; 2.4.2 The financing of claims, collective redress and access to evidence; 2.4.3 Role of Article 6 ECHR; 2.4.4 Discussion; 2.5 Conclusions and recommendations; 3 Non-judicial remedies: Company-based grievance mechanisms and international arbitration; 3.1 Introduction; 3.1.1 Context of research; 3.1.2 Research interest; 3.1.3 Definitions and methodology; 3.2 Case studies on company-based grievance mechanisms; 3.2.1 Siemens AG. 3.2.1.1 General description of the company and its grievance mechanism3.2.1.2 Evaluation of the mechanism along the established criteria; 3.2.1.3 Concluding remarks; 3.2.2 Statoil; 3.2.2.1 General description of the company and its grievance mechanism; 3.2.2.2 Evaluation of the mechanism along the established criteria; 3.2.2.3 Concluding remarks; 3.3 Case study on the potential of the arbitration mechanism: Permanent Court of Arbitration; 3.3.1 General description and functioning of the Permanent Court of Arbitration; 3.3.2 Evaluation of the mechanism along the established criteria
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| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
This book brings visibility to the challenge posed and to provide some solutions for the removal of barriers to judicial and non-judicial remedy for victims of business related human rights abuses in non-EU states |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Business and Human Rights |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
RWI Book |
