State-Owned Entities and Human Rights - The Role of International Law

List of contents

1. Introduction to the human rights dimension of state corporate ownership; 2. State-owned entities as a sui generis 'participant' in international law; 3. State-owned entities and norm development in international law: international, regional and domestic approaches to regulation; 4. Fundamental change in international law: state immunity and state-owned entities; 5. The continued relevance of general international law: state responsibility and state-owned entities; 6. Concluding remarks.

About the author

Mihaela Maria Barnes earned her Ph.D. in International Law from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. She also holds an LL.M. in International and European Law (specializing in International Trade and Investment Law) from the University of Amsterdam as well as undergraduate degrees, legal qualifications and experience in both common law and civil law. Dr. Barnes is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge and a member of the Coordinating Committee of the European Society of International Law Interest Group on Business and Human Rights. She has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals on various topics of international law.

Summary

Barnes focuses on the role of States as economic actors and their use of sovereign wealth funds, State-owned enterprises, export credit agencies and national oil companies to conduct economic activities. This book explores the challenges associated with regulating State-owned corporate entities from a human rights perspective.

Product details

• Authors: Mihaela Maria Barnes
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9781108832878
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83287-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LAW / International, LAW / Public, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, International Law, Public International Law, Civil rights & citizenship, Human rights, civil rights, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law