Corporate Obligations Under International Law

The international legal status of corporations is a contentious issue, as they do not easily fit within a system traditionally designed around states. This book assesses the ways in which corporations are bound by international human rights and environmental law, and the form their obligations take.

List of contents

Introduction; 1 The Concept of Corporate Obligations; 2 Corporate Obligations under Treaty Law; 3 Corporate Obligations under Customary Law; 4 Corporate Obligations under Internationalized Contracts; 5 The Structural Framework for Corporate Obligations; Conclusion

About the author

Markos Karavias is a Senior Researcher at the Amsterdam Center for International Law, University of Amsterdam. He has previously acted as a Special Advisor to the Greek Minister for Environment, Energy and Climate Change. Markos Karavias hold a DPhil from the University of Oxford.

Summary

The international legal status of corporations is a contentious issue, as they do not easily fit within a system traditionally designed around states. This book assesses the ways in which corporations are bound by international human rights and environmental law, and the form their obligations take.

Additional text

This book is the product of impressive legal research into both well-trodden and neglected areas of the international legal field, and its legal analysis is sophisticated... Corporation Obligations Under International Law undoubtedly makes a valuable and significant contribution to international legal research on how international law governs the conduct of corporations.

Product details

• Authors: Markos Karavias, Markos (Senior Researcher Karavias, Karavias Markos
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.08.2013
• EAN: 9780199674381
• ISBN: 978-0-19-967438-1
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Oxford Monographs in International Law; Oxford Monographs in Internati; Oxford Monographs in International Law; Oxford Monographs in Internati
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LAW / International, LAW / Public, LAW / Environmental, LAW / Corporate, Company law, International Environmental Law, Public international law: environment, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Responsibility of states & other entities